Like many facilities, the MedOptions, Inc. team was faced with an acquisition and resulting provider volume increases, which is enough to keep any team busy. This team was further challenged with a charge by administration to also reduce the time it took to onboard new providers....
"Going Paperless: University Hospitals' Case Study on Going to an Electronic-Only Medical Staff Office" is now available to Platinum Plus members of the Credentialing Resource Center....
A Texas Congressman is trying to encourage the growth of physician-owned hospitals. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, recently introduced a bill into the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal portions of the Affordable Care Act and...
A compliance code describes how the hospital intends to comply with laws and regulations by establishing requirements its staff must follow in their course of work. The hospital administrator or a dedicated compliance officer typically oversees the compliance code and relevant program.
Fifty-eight percent of physicians have a strongly negative impression of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), according to a survey conducted by physician search firm Merritt Hawkins.
In addition to employment, many organizations utilize a contract to better align and integrate the parties involved. Such contracts can run the gamut from a relatively simple agreement to interpret EKGs, to an exclusive contract with a cardiology group to provide all cardiac services at the...
Reporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) has nothing to do with a failure to meet some standard in an employment agreement, provided that there has been no similar action...
