Quality experts, including the CEO of the National Quality Forum and a former CMS administrator, cautioned Senate Finance Committee members earlier this week that healthcare quality measures must be better coordinated to be effective.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 7
Editor's note: HCPro's Credentialing Resource Center is constantly adding to and updating its library of Clinical Privilege White Papers, which outline sample privileging criteria and background research for a wide range of medical specialty and subspecialty areas, procedures and new...
The Court of Appeals of Iowa (the “Court”) reversed a lower court’s decision and ordered the Iowa Board of Medicine (the “Board”) to dismiss a disciplinary action against a physician stemming from incidents involving alcohol dependency.
When reviewing compliance regarding FPPE/OPPE, we find some issues result from a fragmented approach to the privileging process. Although many facilities have successfully implemented FPPE/OPPE requirements, some facilities are still troubled by the proverbial round peg in the square hole.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 26
Teaching hospitals with a higher intensity of physician-training activity achieve lower mortality rates, but higher hospitalization readmission rates for key medical diagnoses, according to a study in the July issue of Medical Care. The disparity in readmissions is greatest for “safety-...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 25
Physician leaders warned that a recent ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could prove a significant impediment to state licensing boards’ ability to regulate the practice of medicine, amednews.com reported. The court ruled that a North Carolina dental board exceeded its authority...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 24
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have expanded the clinical practice guideline for managing patients with heart failure. The guideline updates definitions and classifications for heart failure and increases emphasis on patient-centric outcomes such as quality...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 14
Nestled in the massive immigration bill that's being debated now in Congress are a handful of provisions that could ease the process that allows foreign-born physicians to practice in underserved areas across the United States. Sections dealing with revisions to the Conrad State 30 Program...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 6
Ask any physician and he or she will likely tell you about some of the glaring flaws in the medical malpractice system that can be costly for every party involved, including hospitals, physicians, malpractice insurance providers, and patients.
As we have noted in a prior article, there are multiple midlevel practitioners crowding around the operating room table, with one profession standing out amid these often confusing and blurred roles-the RN first assistant, otherwise known as the RNFA.
