In early August, Leonard Glass, MD, a retired reconstructive and plastic surgeon in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., launched Physician Retraining & Reentry, a $7,500 online course designed to help retired specialists make the jump to primary care without requiring a return to medical school. The...
Physician leaders are pressed for time. Give them the knowledge and tools to confidently and effectively carry out their MEC responsibilities and comply with accreditors’ standards.
The Medical Executive Committee Manual, coming soon, will help MEC members understand their role in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 35
Businesses formed by physicians are covered by a state law that caps the damages in medical malpractice that can be collected from healthcare providers, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled last week. The court affirmed a May 2012 Court of Appeals decision which concluded that the state’s Medical...
Although a majority of U.S. physicians remain optimistic about healthcare and their role in keeping patients healthy, a growing number are fed up, according to the 2013 Physicians Practice Great American Physician Survey. The majority of the 1,172 respondents said they're happy with their...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 36
Cozby-Germany Hospital in Grand Saline, Texas, shut down last week, leaving rural Van Zandt County with no hospital as fallout continued from the collapse of Dr. Tariq Mahmood’s healthcare chain. New physician-managers took over after Mahmood’s company was evicted in July, but did not promptly...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 36
For the seventh consecutive year, primary care physicians top the wish list for most hospitals, medical groups and other healthcare organizations, according to a release from healthcare consulting and recruitment firm Merritt Hawkins. Among the findings in the firm’s soon-to-be-released 2013...
Carolyn Clancy, MD, left the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) last month to begin work as Assistant Deputy Undersecretary for Health, Patient Safety, Quality, and Value at the Veterans Administration. Dr. Clancy worked at AHRQ for 23 years, and continued to see patients until...
It’s happening in South Carolina and across the nation—hospitals are acquiring more physician practices as they prepare to move away from a fee-for-service reimbursement system that pays for services and treatments to one that focuses more on quality outcomes and containing costs. South...
In an effort to increase the shelf life of medical guidelines and recommendations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created the CDC Stacks, a free digital library comprised of peer-reviewed articles and other public health documents. More than 16,500 entries can be...
Wahiawa (Hawaii) General Hospital has agreed to pay about $450,000 to settle lawsuits alleging improper billing, the Associated Press (AP) reported last week. An investigation began after a physician alleged the hospital submitted bills for services provided by resident physicians without the...
