The Ohio House recently passed a bill aiming to authorize eligible physician assistants to write prescriptions. According to the legislation, a physician assistant could be granted authority to write prescriptions if he or she holds a master’s degree or higher; or had prescriptive authority in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 21
Creating a new position to assume a physician’s documentation duties may lead to better patient care and satisfaction, according to a University of California study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 21
While overall electronic health record (EHR) adoption is up nationally, many physicians are finding it difficult to meet the CMS’ rules pertaining to meaningful use—how well a provider uses EHR technology—especially when it comes to sharing data.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 21
It’s my pleasure to introduce myself as the new editor of Medical Staff Leader Insider. For those of you interested in my background, I’m a graduate of the University of Rhode Island’s journalism program and I’ve previously worked as a reporter for several newspapers...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 20
Physician Retraining & Reentry (PRR) announced this week its online program--created in collaboration with the University of California San Diego School of Medicine faculty--to retrain retired and inactive physicians to practice general medicine at understaffed health centers.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 20
Officials from several health centers, multi-group practices, insurers, and physician groups nationwide reported that the 13 million newly insured under the Affordable Care Act have not caused major delays with receiving medical care. Due to three years advance notice, many health providers were...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 20
The National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) has released its Ideal Credentialing Standards (ICS), a list of 13 criteria for establishing an applicant’s qualifications for medical staff membership and clinical privileges.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 20
Multi-hospital systems will be allowed to use a unified and integrated medical staff structure, according to revised Conditions of Participation (CoP) published this week by the CMS.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 19
With the changing demographics of the hospital medical staff comes growing challenges. Now HCPro is offering a pair of resources to help you meet these challenges. Next week you’ll have an opportunity to get answers to your questions about aging physicians and fair policies.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 178
If you missed our March webcast, Practicing Medicine Longer: Legal and Clinical Considerations for an Aging Physician Population, plan to tune in and hear the presentation by Elizabeth “Libby” Snelson, JD, and Stephen H. Miller, MD, MPH, on May 14 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Snelson and...
