Sharing peer review information between healthcare organizations is essential to help medical staffs determine practitioners' competence and make informed privilege-granting decisions. However, medical staffs can find themselves facing legal challenges if the disclosure process is done
Medical staff policies that require practitioners to sign releases before they disclose information to a requesting hospital are designed to protect an institution against lawsuits. But in the case of disclosing a practitioner’s...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 10
Also, medical boards take action against physicians in Massachusetts and California, medical group receives $2.6 million in overpayments, and patient medical images exposed online across the globe. Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare regulations by reviewing some recent...
More than 70% of heath data breaches in the past decade involved sensitive demographic or financial information, leaving 159 million people vulnerable to identity theft and fraud, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 9
A Massachusetts District Court (the “Court”) denied the motion to dismiss put forth by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, and Partners Healthcare System (collectively, “Defendants”). Defendants based the motion on the plaintiff’s failure to state...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 9
Plus, anesthesiologist billed $7 million for fraudulent telemedicine services, nurses in Tennessee fight for less physician oversight, and District Court in Oregon approves $74 million settlement after Premera Blue Cross breach. Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare...
