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.
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez plans to ask the state legislature to provide $220,000 next year for marketing directed at nurse practitioners (NPs) to sell them on the advantages of New Mexico, which allows them more independence in providing medical care than many other states, including...
CMS has launched the Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC) to meet the rising demand for timelier Medicare and Medicaid data. Historically, CMS filled researchers’ data requests by preparing and shipping encrypted data files. Now, researchers can use the VRDC to access CMS data from their own...
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...
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....
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-...
