The MSP Salary Survey is still open, so these results may shift somewhat, but a clearer salary picture is emerging as MSPs weigh in. Early unofficial tabulation shows California has the most MSPs making more than $100,000, by a margin of more than 2 to 1 compared to other states. So far, 29% of...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 15
Healthcare facilities in Western and upstate New York are facing a shortage of physicians, and it’s particularly challenging to recruit primary care physicians (PCP), according to a survey by the Hospital Association of New York State (HANYS). The survey reports that 123 more physicians in the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 15
The AMA announced earlier this week it won’t try to block Medicare’s release of billing records for 880,000 physicians, although it continues to oppose the government’s decision to open up the massive data trove. An AMA official, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Associated Press that the...
The biggest challenges to widespread mobile health adoption in the United States are reimbursement and lack of regulatory clarification. However, despite these challenges, the mobile health industry is expected to experience tremendous growth over the next few years and address many of the...
Give your medical staff leaders the training and confidence to succeed. Medical Staff Leadership Essentials: A Guide to Developing Leadership Skills and Recruiting the Next Generation delivers a step-by-step process for becoming an effective physician leader and training future leaders....
The latest Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Experience Report shows significant increases in participation in two voluntary programs. More than 430,000 professionals participated in the PQRS and more than 340,000 in the eRx programs, according to...
This Editor’s Note is from a blog by William F. Mills, MD, MMM, CPE, FACPE, FAAFP, senior vice president of quality and professional affairs for Upper Allegheny Health System and co-author of The Medical...
Nurse practitioners (NP) in New York will be able to operate more independently of physicians under a bill slated to become law as part of the state budget enacted earlier this week. The Nurse Practitioners Modernization Act will remove the requirement of a written practice agreement between an...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 14
Among ambulatory care facilities, The Joint Commission standard that states an organization grants initial, renewed, or revised clinical privileges to those who are permitted to practice independently topped the list of five requirements that were most frequently identified as “not compliant” in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 14
“While computers are great at sorting through data quickly and efficiently, humans aren't. In fact, ‘more’ often clogs our ability to discern and decide,” wrote David M. Denton, MD, a board-certified pediatrician, in InformationWeek. “At present, humans are still required to use the data...
