The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has announced that the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) are now ACGME member organizations. The measure took effect January 1.
If there are members of your medical staff who think so, there’s probably no way to change their minds. Nevertheless, peer review is a requirement because it can stop or pre-empt bad care and save patient lives—and it’s not going away. If your organization is struggling with it, tune in ...
Only a handful of several community groups that received federal reimbursements for curbing preventable readmissions have delivered better results than programs that were not part of the initiative, according to partial results revealed in a CMS report. The results, released this month, analyzed...
Licensed providers in New York State can now be reimbursed for telemedicine services from private insurers. New York joined 21 other states that have made the move thus far. And many states that have yet to adopt telemedicine reimbursement bills are following suit, according to the American...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 2
Mark your calendars for March 12-13, 2015 for the return of the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Join us as we bring MSPs and medical staff leaders together to discover innovative approaches to top medical staff challenges.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 2
In response to the growing threat of violence, the Indiana University Health La Porte Hospital formed its own police department and swore in its first five officers this week.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 2
Final-year medical residents reported being heavily recruited by hospitals, medical groups, and other organizations in response to the continuing physician shortage, according to the results of survey conducted by Merritt Hawkins.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 2
At the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium in Las Vegas, March 12-13, 2015, speaker Todd Sagin, MD, JD, will address several hot-button medical staff issues. Below, he answers a question...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 2
“Rather than viewing a ‘still image’ of the care experience, organizations need to capture ‘moving video’ feedback that more accurately reflects the post-discharge clinical situation for as many individual patients as possible.”
- Tom Scaletta, MD,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 2
This week’s edition of Medical Staff Leader Insider features a brief about a hospital forming its own police department. I feel like every few weeks I hear about another violent incident at a hospital. With this in mind, is forming a police...
