Only a handful of several community groups that received federal reimbursements for curbing preventable readmissions have delivered better results than programs that were not part of the initiative, according to partial results revealed in a CMS report. The results, released this month, analyzed...
CMS has terminated its Medicare agreement with Yorkville Endoscopy, a New York City clinic that came under scrutiny following Joan Rivers’ death after an outpatient procedure. In a letter sent to the clinic last week, the agency said it is terminating the Medicare agreement Jan. 31 because...
If there are members of your medical staff who think so, there’s probably no way to change their minds. Nevertheless, peer review is a requirement because it can stop or pre-empt bad care and save patient lives—and it’s not going away. If your organization is struggling with it, tune in ...
National and international medical congresses encourage attendees to “tweet” about the conferences on Twitter, but physicians are finding it’s not that easy to accurately share news from meetings on social media. Medical conferences often provide hashtags for attendees to use, to indicate their...
Credentials Verification Organizations (CVOs) perform National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) queries as part of the credentialing process. CVOs have special responsibilities to the NPDB, according to the latest Data Bank News release. A CVO may be registered with the Data Bank either...
