The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (the "Court") granted a health system's motion for summary judgment, dismissing a former employee-physician's claims that she was placed on leave and terminated in violation of the Americans with...
Leaders of the Alabama Society of Physician Assistants (PA) are celebrating the recent approval of rules for final adoption by the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners (ALBME) that lay out the process for PAs to apply for Schedule II prescriptive authority. A law enacted in 2013 authorized...
This may not be credentialing-specific news, but it will likely boost patient satisfaction scores. Michigan’s Henry Ford Health System will adopt a new hospital gown that aims to put the wraps on a big source of patients’ grumbles—a lack of rear coverage. Resembling a wrap-around robe, the "...
Negligent credentialing is a legal concept recognized by judges in at least 30 states, but not in South Dakota. However, that may change in the wake of “an avalanche” of cases against Allen Sossan, DO, a spine surgeon who has been accused of botching nearly three dozen surgeries that ended...
HCPro is working on a new book about focused professional practice evaluations (FPPE) and we’d like you to be a part of it. Our goal for this book is to feature the policies, dashboards, indicator lists, and other forms your organization uses to conduct FPPE.
