Delegated credentialing has the potential to improve enrollment turnaround times for providers, decrease paperwork for practitioners and staff,...Read More »
Knowing what the standards say regarding who can provide a recommendation is the science behind peer references. The art is establishing best practices that support the capture of information from the best possible sources. For a full description of each accreditor’s standards for peer...
Also, medical boards take action against physicians in Massachusetts and California, medical group receives $2.6 million in overpayments, and...Read More »
The credentialing process for advanced practice professionals (APP) is basically the same as for other practitioners. However, APPs do come with their own set of challenges. State scope-of-practice and professional licensure laws are disparate and changing rapidly. In addition, hospital policies...
Plus, anesthesiologist billed $7 million for fraudulent telemedicine services, nurses in Tennessee fight for less physician oversight, and...Read More »
This past July, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine unanimously passed two new rules aimed at further regulating overlapping...Read More »
Hospital mergers and acquisitions continue in response to the evolving regulatory environment in the healthcare industry. National healthcare...Read More »
As the healthcare environment evolves, the functions of the medical staff services department (MSSD) change to meet the needs of the hospital and...Read More »
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Appellate District of California (the “Court”) upheld a trial court’s denial of Riverside County...Read More »