The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) last week released a joint paper that advocates for physician-led, team-based care, while defining the critical roles physician assistants (PAs) and physicians play in improving access to high-...
A veteran nurse present during a botched kidney transplant the University of Toledo Medical Center, in Toledo, Ohio, last summer has sued for wrongful termination. The lawsuit filed last week in Columbus seeks $25,000 for Melanie LeMay, a nurse suspended then fired after a different nurse...
Medicare will levy $227 million in fines against hospitals nationwide for the second round of the government’s campaign to reduce the number of patients readmitted within a month, according to federal records released last week. Medicare identified 2,225 hospitals that will have payments reduced...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 31
The American Hospital Association’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative has announced a primer for hospitals and healthcare systems as they transition to value-based contracting arrangements. “In the evolving business model, hospitals, healthcare systems, physician groups and other...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 31
The Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule, released late Friday, establishes terms that distinguish an inpatient admission from observation status, for which hospitals receive lower rates of Medicare reimbursement. Hospital groups angrily objected to the final IPPS rule...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 31
Physician-owned hospitals, which are prohibited from accepting Medicare and Medicaid patients, are nonetheless expanding in North Texas by catering to and cashing in on a narrow patient market. Victory Healthcare and Forest Park Medical Center are two examples of physician-owned hospitals which...
