In fiscal year 2012-2013, the Florida Department of Health received 661 unlicensed medical activity complaints, the state’s Board of Medicine reported earlier this week. Of those complaints, 596 were referred for investigation, 183 resulted in cease-and-desist notices, 79 individuals were...
One quarter of the hospitals around the country have been left out of some of the biggest shifts in U.S. healthcare initiated by the Affordable Care Act. The Department of Health and Human Services has not yet incorporated the 1,256 primarily rural, “critical access” hospitals into Medicare’...
Physician assistants (PA) make up 10% of the primary care workforce and 9% of clinicians in community health centers, and the number of PAs continues to grow, according to a report from the National Governors Association (NGA), a bipartisan organization that aims to provide a collective...
If you’re attending the NAMSS 38th Educational Conference and Exhibition next week in New Orleans, what are you looking forward to the most? Is it the keynotes? The sessions and panel discussions? Maybe the networking opportunities? The camaraderie of hundreds of people who know what you do...
An effort to provide physicians a streamlined path to obtaining medical licensure in multiple states appears to be gaining traction, HealthLeaders Media reported earlier this week. The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) finalized the draft version of its proposed Interstate Medical...
