"What if the federal government told you that pharmacists were not healthcare providers even though they have been providing healthcare since the birth of our nation?” wrote pharmacist Greg L. Alston in a recent MultiBriefs post. Section 1861 of the Social Security Act recognizes...
New data suggest Canada’s future surgeons and their patients may actually be better off without work-hour restrictions. A Canadian-led international study consolidated the results of 135 prior studies examining the impact of work-hour restrictions on medical residents in the U.S. and Quebec...
Nurse practitioners (NP) in Texas have long fought against state regulations that link them financially and professionally to supervising physicians, an arrangement they say limits their ability to treat patients in a state with a looming shortage of primary care physicians. Texas lawmakers...
Collecting and assessing information on physician competence are daunting tasks. But when physician leaders have this information, deciding what to do with it can be even more challenging. What steps should they be taking? Can they work with the physician to help him or her improve (...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 21
The salaries of insurance and hospital executives frequently far exceed those of highly trained physicians, according to an analysis recently published by The New York Times.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 21
The Ohio House recently passed a bill aiming to authorize eligible physician assistants to write prescriptions. According to the legislation, a physician assistant could be granted authority to write prescriptions if he or she holds a master’s degree or higher; or had prescriptive authority in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 21
Creating a new position to assume a physician’s documentation duties may lead to better patient care and satisfaction, according to a University of California study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 21
While overall electronic health record (EHR) adoption is up nationally, many physicians are finding it difficult to meet the CMS’ rules pertaining to meaningful use—how well a provider uses EHR technology—especially when it comes to sharing data.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 21
It’s my pleasure to introduce myself as the new editor of Medical Staff Leader Insider. For those of you interested in my background, I’m a graduate of the University of Rhode Island’s journalism program and I’ve previously worked as a reporter for several newspapers...
Multi-hospital systems will be allowed to use a unified and integrated medical staff structure, according to revised Conditions of Participation (CoP) published this week by the CMS. The organization cited the lack of evidence that a unified medical staff model is detrimental to...
