In response to the growing concern of physician burnout, the AMA’s STEPS Forward website, which provides free online modules to help physicians revitalize their practices, outlined seven steps physicians can take to measure and respond to burnout among their colleagues.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 31
Starting in October, 2,592 hospitals will receive lower payments for Medicare patients due to penalties for high rates of readmissions, according to Kaiser Health News. The hospitals will lose a combined $420 million through the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, which was created by the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 8
CMS states that temporary privileges may be granted as allowed by state law, medical staff bylaws, and rules and regulations. The Joint Commission is more prescriptive than CMS in its standards for granting temporary privileges, specifying the reasons they may be granted, and the requirement for...
Patricia Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA, tackle the issues medical staffs must be aware of regarding new reporting requirements. The updated National Practitioner Data Bank Guidebook was released on April 6, 2015. This is the first...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 30, Issue 16
A survey conducted by Medscape with residents may shed some light into the future of healthcare. More than 1,700 residents responded to the Residents Salary & Debt Report 2015.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 29
The Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) recently released its guide to help hospitals fully comply with recommended hand-hygiene guidelines.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 28
To help patients find the right physicians, non-profit news organization ProPublica launched Surgeon Scorecard, an online tool containing data on nearly 17,000 surgeons’ complication rates for several elective surgical procedures based on...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 27
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and the University of Michigan all plan to implement minimum volume standards on 10 procedures that are proven to be riskier when performed infrequently. The move comes after a report released by U.S. News & World Report which found...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 26
With patient satisfaction scores now factoring into Medicare reimbursements, healthcare providers are putting more emphasis on empathy training to improve physicians’ bedside manner.
This month, we discuss the 800-pound gorilla in the room: the impaired and uncooperative practitioner. We also speak to disruptive behavior issues that may affect impairment and regulatory reporting requirements.
