The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed a two-count lawsuit brought by a physician against the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (collectively, AAOS) alleging “continued tortious conduct” after AAOS...
The landscape of the healthcare environment is constantly changing, now more rapidly and with greater impact than ever before. One change that has invoked more debate than others has been the increase in employed physicians-that is, physicians working directly for a hospital or...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 9
I am addressing this article to recruiters, physician development professionals, CEOs, and others who bring physicians to a hospital. My plea is simple: Listen to the little things that a credentialing professional picks up on and use that information before deciding to bring a...
There is an infinite amount of data about healthcare access and equality out there-studies, focus groups, white papers, and more. But is anyone correlating that data to see how it all intersects? In Connecticut, one organization is doing just that. Medical staff leaders harness...
Provider credentialing in Oregon is on its way to becoming more streamlined under a bill that mandates healthcare entities use a single credentialing system by 2016. The initiative, known as SB 604, requires the Oregon Health Authority to establish an electronic database for credentialing...
