Rural areas offer the biggest compensation packages for primary care physicians, according to healthcare staffing company The Medicus Firm. The average placement salary for primary care physicians—internal medicine and family practice physicians—was about $227,000 in rural areas, which was 16%...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 14
A report issued by the Office of the Inspector General found that less than a quarter of federal prisons have adequate medical staffs. Staffing at 12 institutions are at a “crisis level” for staffing. In 2014, bureau-run prisons employed 3,215 healthcare professionals, 17 percent fewer than the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 4
Do you remember the movie Groundhog Day? That's what it felt like to attend 15 medical staff department meetings a month, listening to the same quality and administrative reports over and over (and over) again. What's more, I was one of a dwindling few who toughed out these redundant events on a...
The rise of locum tenens practitioners presents a variety of challenges: How many of a locum tenens' myriad past assignments should be verified? How can the process be streamlined, or at least be made less stressful?
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 13
Personal finance website WalletHub recently ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on 11 metrics to determine where is the best place for physicians to practice. The metrics included mean annual wages, number of hospitals per 100,000 residents, malpractice award payouts, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 12
Hackers targeted two southern California hospitals—Chino Valley Medical Center and Dessert Valley Hospital—late last week by infiltrating their computer systems with ransomware, which encrypts data and demands payment to unlock it.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 11
Later this month, New York will become the first state to require that all prescriptions be written electronically and to penalize physicians who fail to comply. The move is part of a 2012 state law, I-Stop, designed to help fight prescription opioid abuse.
“Paper prescriptions had become...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 10
Presenting patients with a diverse workforce at hospitals and healthcare institutions can lead to better patient outcomes. Researchers from the University of Southern California found that patients are less likely to trust physicians and follow medical instructions if they feel they are being...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 9
A recently released study by Avalere Health finds that many states are facing significant shortages of primary care physicians. About 57 million Americans live in communities that lack a satisfactory number of primary care physicians to meet needs.
