Adventist Health System will pay $118 million to settle claims that it overpaid physicians in order to get more referrals. The plaintiffs alleged that Adventist convinced physician practices to join the system by providing inflated base salaries and extravagant bonuses. One physician allegedly...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 10
Nuclear medicine technologists (NMTs) work under the direction of nuclear medicine physicians (MD or DO). The primary responsibilities of an NMT include preparing and administering radiopharmaceuticals; using radiation-detecting instruments for imaging procedures; supplying physicians with...
As more health systems adopt a centralized credentialing process, questions start to arise about best practices and regulatory requirements. Patricia Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA answer some of these questions.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 38
Organizations should proactively identify how they will address low- or no-volume practitioners, both at initial appointment and reappointment, to ensure that they are extending privileges only to individuals who can demonstrate current clinical competence. If an applicant has little to no...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 37
A Medscape survey of more than 3,000 female physicians found that 53% held a leadership position. Of those in leadership positions, 40% said their work and personal lives were balanced and 57% said their work gets in the way of their personal lives. However, 72% said they were very or somewhat...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 36, Issue 16
A study in Academic Medicine found that students in an accelerated baccalaureate-MD program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine had similar academic performance outcomes as their peers not in the accelerated program.
Unprofessional or abusive behavior by residency program faculty toward residents has the capacity to disrupt an entire program if left unaddressed. Unfortunately, for any number of reasons, some programs allow this disruptive behavior to persist, leaving residents to shoulder the burden....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 9
Cardiovascular technologists are advanced practice professionals who perform diagnostic examinations and therapeutic interventions on the heart and/or blood vessels at the request or under direction of a physician (MD or DO), in accordance with state and federal regulations, in one or more of...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 34
“At any given time, there are always spot shortages both by location and specialty. But the claim of an impending doctor shortage is 15 years old. The predicted shortages of 15 years ago, 10 years ago and five years ago haven't manifested. We know from past experience, when residency positions...
