The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently conducted a study to examine the effect federal fraud and abuse...Read More »
As part of President Obama's executive order "Improving Regulations and Regulatory Review," which aims to reduce unnecessarily...Read More »
In mid-May, CMS released a final rule containing many changes to its hospital Conditions of Participation (CoP). There has...Read More »
It is important that medical staff leaders, MSPs, and all other hospital staff that carry out credentialing, peer review, and...Read More »
At the beginning of 2012, New Mexico expanded its state laws regarding reporting settlements, judgments, adverse actions, and...Read More »
Reporting a physician to the NPDB is not to be taken lightly, and hospitals must understand when it is appropriate to do so. In...Read More »
According to a recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, Hospital Incident Reporting Systems Do Not Capture Most Patient Harm (...Read More »
Every healthcare provider will tell you that patients are customers, and customers can take their business elsewhere if they are unhappy about any...Read More »
Many states protect medical staff peer review information from discovery, meaning that a plaintiff's attorney cannot use it...Read More »
Starting with the next edition of The Joint Commission's Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals to be published...Read More »
