The practitioner reappointment process in hospitals is every bit as important to the credentialing process as initial appointments, even though it is sometimes viewed by practitioners as merely a bureaucratic exercise.
Requirements for licenses to practice medicine differ from state to state, and even when information is available across state lines, license portability can be administratively burdensome. The Federation of State Medical Boards' (FSMB) Interstate Medical Licensure Compact...
Requirements for licenses to practice medicine differ from state to state, and even when information is available across state lines, license portability can be administratively burdensome. The Federation of State Medical Boards' (FSMB) Interstate Medical Licensure Compact...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 4
When it comes to disclosing disciplinary actions taken against a physician, no news can be bad news in some circumstances; meaning, if an entity does not respond to requests for verification of the practitioner's status, there may be a reason for the non-response. Appropriate...
The California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District (the "Court"), in an unpublished opinion, affirmed a lower court's decision that a neurosurgeon did not satisfy the burden to show that a hospital's failure to place another neurosurgeon on his peer review panel was...
A recent Pennsylvania court decision has shed new light on how the court system looks at employee contracts between a physician and a hospital, with additional intriguing considerations regarding the role an NPDB report plays in a physician's termination.
