From advanced practice professionals to telemedicine providers, The Medical Staff’s Guide to Overcoming Competence Assessment Challenges will walk you through every step of collecting adequate performance data to assess practitioner competence. This book addresses many of the common...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 45
People trying to sign up for health insurance aren’t the only ones confused by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Physicians say they don’t know what to expect, due to the problems with the federal and state websites. Like many American physicians, Brigit Britton, MD, expects to see a rush of new...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 45
Today, the majority of U.S. medical schools have at least one student-run free clinic—a clinic almost completely staffed, operated, and led by medical students—under their auspices. However, these clinics raise some potential issues, such as patient care that is less efficient and less informed...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 45
HCPro is working on a new book about OPPE and we’d like you to be a part of it. Our goal for the book is to feature case studies of organizations that have implemented an effective OPPE program or process and are excited about sharing their experience and forms with their peers.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 45
Value-based compensation is on the rise, but productivity still reigns supreme, according to the Physicians Practice 2013 Physician Compensation Survey, which was released last week. Thirty-three percent of 1,474 physicians and staff surveyed said a portion of their compensation is tied...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 45
Physicians blame declining reimbursements and administrative hassles as major factors in their stagnant compensation, according to a recent survey by The Medicus Firm, a physician recruitment firm. The annual 2013 Physician Practice Preference and Relocation Survey of more than 2,500 physicians...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 45
From advanced practice professionals to telemedicine providers, The Medical Staff’s Guide to Overcoming Competence Assessment Challenges will walk you through every step of collecting adequate performance data to assess practitioner competence. This book addresses many of the common...
Vermont’s lone representative in the U.S. House says he wants to make it easier for people to take advantage of telemedicine by electronically linking patients to physicians. Rep. Peter Welch’s Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2013 would also cover home-based video services for hospice care, home...
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine two months ago suspended a prominent obesity surgeon’s medical license, accusing him of a pattern of negligence and declaring him an “immediate and serious threat’’ to the public. Investigators charge that he did not recognize and treat post-...
Retail clinics are often staffed by nurse practitioners (NPs), whose services are regulated by state scope-of-practice regulations. By limiting NPs’ work scope, restrictive regulations could affect possible cost savings, according to a study in the November issue of Health Affairs....
