Although telemedicine has the potential to make access to care simpler and easier, healthcare experts and telemedicine advocates still have concerns that regulatory obstacles are preventing the industry from reaching its full potential, while raising legal questions for both hospitals and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 9
CMS' 2-midnight rule states that inpatient admissions are considered reasonable and necessary for stays that last at least two midnights. Stays that fall short of that benchmark should be billed as outpatient services.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (the "Court"), in an unpublished opinion, affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment to a hospital facing claims of racial discrimination from a physician. The Court ruled that the physician failed to...
As a physician leader, when you think about publicly reported quality data, do you wince at potentially bad news, or do you welcome that data as another tool for improving patient care? Here is some information you should know about CMS' Physician Compare website and Hospital Consumer Assessment...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 8
New research by the Center for Personalized Education for Physicians (CPEP) has corroborated several key factors associated with poor physician performance in prior studies. These factors include increasing age and solo practice, among others. However, CPEP's retrospective analysis...
Building a "smooth" relationship with medical staff leaders requires traditional skill sets, such as interpersonal and communication skills; organizational skills; knowledge of accreditation standards and state and federal laws; ability to implement plans and initiatives with little...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 6
Note from the editor: HCPro's Credentialing Resource Center is constantly adding to and updating its library of Clinical Privilege White Papers, which outline sample privileging criteria and background research for a wide range of medical specialty and subspecialty...
Updates to the NPDB Guidebook are being met with some resistance from legal and regulatory organizations, particularly concerning the way in which the NPDB defines an investigation.
The Appellate Court of Illinois Second District (the "Court") affirmed a trial court's decision to dismiss a suit brought by a physician against a hospital to force the hospital to produce information related to its credentialing process after the hospital withdrew an offer of employment to...
