A new nationwide study confirms that patients believe physician assistants (PA) add value to healthcare teams and provide excellent patient service. The study, conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), surveyed more than 1,500 U.S. adults....
When hospitals acquire medical groups and physician practices, this consolidation can lead to higher costs, according to a study that appeared recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The JAMA study found that total expenditures per patient were higher in...
Joan Rivers’ death following treatment at a Manhattan ambulatory surgery center was tragic and untimely, but not an aberration—fatalities after surgery in physician's offices alarmed New York State health officials long before her passing, Crain’s New York Business reported earlier...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 43
Mark your calendars for March 12-13, 2015 for the return of the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Join us as we bring MSPs and medical staff leaders together to discover innovative approaches to top medical staff challenges.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 43
HCPro is constantly striving to deliver the tools you need to make your job easier and more efficient. We cannot do this without hearing from you on a regular basis about how we are doing with the products we provide in the credentialing/medical staff market. Please take a few minutes...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 43
Authorities have arrested a man, Wellington Liranzo, on charges of Medicaid provider fraud and practicing medicine without a license at the Prime Care Family Health Center in Orlando.
