The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) recently announced that legislators in nine states have formally introduced the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which would provide physicians with a streamlined process for applying for licenses in multiple states.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 3
Partial, early results of a $300 million program to reduce hospital readmissions show that only a small percentage of the agencies produced noteworthy results.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 2
At the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium in Las Vegas, March 12-13, 2015, speaker Todd Sagin, MD, JD, will address several hot-button medical staff issues. Below, he answers a question...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 1
At the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium in Las Vegas, March 12-13, 2015, speaker Todd Sagin, MD, JD, will address several hot-button medical staff issues. Sagin offers a unique perspective...
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, in an unpublished opinion, granted a hospital and related defendants' motion for summary judgment. The Court dismissed a physician's claims of breach of contract, defamation, and conspiracy to violate her civil rights...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 1
The Joint Commission's 2015 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals includes a new chapter, "Patient Safety Systems," the organization announced recently. The purpose of the chapter is to inform and educate hospital leaders about the importance and structure of...
For the next several months, we will design an actual OPPE system looking at different metrics of physician performance. There is no regulatory or accreditation mandate as to what must be in an OPPE system; the only requirement from The Joint Commission and Healthcare Facilities Accreditation...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 49
At the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium in Las Vegas, March 12-13, 2015, speaker Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, will address several hot-button credentialing and privileging issues....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 48
Fifty thousand fewer hospital patients died due to avoidable errors from 2011 to 2013, according to a report released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 12
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) recently released the final draft of its Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. The model legislation, if adopted by enough state legislatures, is seen as a way to address the growing need for physicians in underserved areas, as well...
