Starting this week, nurse practitioners (NP) in Kentucky who have completed a four-year collaboration with a physician can prescribe routine medications without physician involvement, a major shift that could help improve consumers’ access to care, Kaiser Health News reports. Senate...
An appeals court last week upheld a judgment against Ellis Hospital, in Schenectady, New York, over a violent threat allegedly made by a former surgeon to a physician assistant (PA) during an open heart procedure in 2009. The facility must compensate Caterina Lucke, PA, via worker’s...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 29
Some nurse practitioners (NP) in Kentucky have more flexibility to prescribe routine medications without a physician thanks to a new law that went into effect this week.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 29
A growing number of medical smartphone apps aimed at reducing the number of patient readmissions have hit the market to help hospitals avoid financial penalties.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 29
“The basic survival instinct will cause some organizations to seek affiliation opportunities. The oversupply of healthcare resources in some areas, coupled with changing delivery models, may necessitate affiliation exploration. Still others may focus on affiliations as a means of quality...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 29
I recently heard about a study in the United Kingdom in which residents reported feeling uncomfortable using a medical mobile app in front of senior physicians and patients. Despite finding the app helpful, residents were...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 29
A lawsuit filed in Sacramento. California, alleges physicians used bogus hardware in spinal surgeries and took kickbacks from a Corona del Mar, California, hospital executive, while middlemen and hospitals profited by inflating the cost of the devices.
Among the proposed changes included in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for calendar year 2015, CMS has included provisions that would eliminate an exemption for reporting certain continuing medical education (CME) payments; and would expand the services Medicare beneficiaries can...
When it comes to the reapplication for privileges, how do you deal with MDs who procrastinate on everything? How do you establish accountability? The current issue of Credentialing Resource Center Journal...
