Just who is entitled to be called “doctor” in hospitals, medical offices and other clinical settings is being considered by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners. Under a proposal before the board, physician assistants (PA) with doctoral degrees would be barred from using the title...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 8
Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization with more than 300,000 members and supporters nationwide, last month issued comments on the HRSA’s proposed changes to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Guidebook. In a letter posted on the organization’s website, authors Alan Levine,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 8
“Is it possible today to practice medicine in the U.S. after one year of residency or a stand-alone internship?” The answer to this question is yes—in 37 states for DOs and 33 states for MDs who graduated from U.S. medical schools, according to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 8
The latest batch of online time-wasters offer several questions, and your answers determine which celebrity/state/car/dessert is “really you.” Yesterday I saw a variation—it was an opportunity to discover which Winter Olympic sport most closely matched your office or department. If your answer...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 8
In 2008 the predicted cost to implement ICD-10 ranged from roughly $83,300 for a small practice to $2.7 million for a large practice, according to a cost study initiated by the American Medical Association (AMA) and conducted by Nachimson Advisors. However, an updated 2014 study predicts the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 8
Bylaws must meet accreditation standards, state and federal regulations, and the needs of the hospital’s medical staff. The Guide to Medical Staff Bylaws offers tips for writing bylaws and actual sample language that complies with Joint Commission, DNV, HFAP, and/or CMS standards....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 8
Medicine lags behind the law by several decades, but it is proceeding down the same path, wrote Richard Gunderman MD, PhD, and Mark Mutz in a recent opinion story in TheAtlantic. Rankings are playing an increasing role in how medical schools and hospitals assess their performance...
The Joint Commission is developing an optional certification program for accredited organizations that will focus on essential, high-value requirements for mothers and newborns who have been assessed as clinically uncomplicated. The Perinatal Care certification will evaluate an organization’s...
The National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) has submitted its proposed changes to the NPDB Guidebook with the goal of clarifying the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) reporting process and to facilitate accuracy in NPDB reporting. In a letter signed by NAMSS president...
The National Practitioner Data Bank is in the process of revising its NPDB Guidebook for the first time since 2001. A lot has happened in 13 years in the world of healthcare and regulation, to say the least, so an update is necessary. What’s interesting is the way Health Resources and...
