The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) recently announced an update to the internal medicine Maintenance of Certification (MOC) blueprint, which will be implemented starting with the Fall 2015 internal medicine MOC exam.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 22
Patricia Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA take a look at issues that can cause practitioner impairment. This month, they focus on illness.
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey - Camden (the "Court"), in an unpublished opinion, granted defendants' motion to dismiss a surgeon's claims of antitrust violations, civil rights violations, and unfair competition.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 6
At the same time that the physician population overall is aging, a growing physician shortage is making many institutions anxious to hold on to every practitioner they can.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 21
In the 2015 MSP Salary Survey, 33% of respondents said they oversee other departments/services. This number increased by 2% since 2014 (and there were also more respondents this year). The breakdown of what departments/services they oversee is as follows
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 20
Connecticut had the highest average cost per inpatient day at state or local government hospitals, according to 2013 statistics compiled by the Kaiser State Health Facts.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 19
The latest report from the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) found that patient satisfaction in the healthcare industry is at its lowest level in nearly a decade. The healthcare sector as a whole scored 75.1 out of 100, which is down 3.2% from last year.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 5
"What just happened?" This can be a hard question to answer in the wake of a stressful "medical staff office emergency," such as a confrontational surgeon demanding privileges with 48 hours' notice. Recounting these incidents can be almost as stressful. However, writing down what happened and...
Physician impairment refers to situations in which practitioners are rendered unable to perform their professional responsibilities adequately because of a variety of health problems, including medical disease, psychiatric problems, or substance abuse (Physician Impairment by Substance Abuse,...
