An effort to provide physicians a streamlined path to obtaining medical licensure in multiple states appears to be gaining traction, HealthLeaders Media reported earlier this week. The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) finalized the draft version of its proposed Interstate Medical...
Physician assistants (PA) make up 10% of the primary care workforce and 9% of clinicians in community health centers, and the number of PAs continues to grow, according to a report from the National Governors Association (NGA), a bipartisan organization that aims to provide a collective...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 40
The Physician Retraining & Reentry program, developed by professors at the University of California San Diego, is looking to mitigate the physician shortage nationwide by placing experienced physicians in vacant primary care positions.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 40
In response to changes to the healthcare industry as a result of the Affordable Care Act and retiring baby boomers, hospitals may have to revamp their executive lineups soon.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 40
CMS launched its Open Payments website this week, aiming to promote transparency within the healthcare industry by disclosing payments to healthcare providers from drug and medical device companies.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 40
"Good luck to the consumers heading to the website to see if their doctors are getting money from drug and device makers. Or the doctors trying to check whether they or their colleagues are in it."
- Charles Ornstein, senior reporter at ProPublica,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 40
CMS rolled out its Open Payments website this week and, as expected, some of the early reviews of it aren’t great. I briefly touch upon ProPublica’s first impression in “Heard this Week” but...
Employed physicians—now comprising 59% of all U.S. physicians—have their own set of personal financial challenges, in part due to their employment status. In a report released earlier this week, AMA Insurance, a subsidiary of the AMA, offered the findings of a survey conducted in May to...
More than 90% of nurses and physicians got their shots last season, according to the U.S. Centers for Diesease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a report in last week’s issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC stated that more than 75% of all healthcare workers reported...
California Governor Jerry Brown last week signed a bill to make it easier for rural patients to utilize telehealth technology. Assembly Bill 809 changes the consent rules around use of telehealth, allowing providers to secure consent the first time patients use the technology, and removes the...
