Millions of Americans visited new online health insurance exchanges as enrollment opened on Tuesday, suggesting a broad national appetite for the affordable coverage touted under the Affordable Care Act of 2010. But many people quickly encountered technological problems that prevented them from...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 39
Sixty wrong-patient/wrong-site/wrong-procedure sentinel events were reported during the first half of 2013, according to the October edition of The Joint Commission’s Perspectives newsletter. Other sentinel events near the top of the list were unintended retention of a foreign object and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 39
Canada had a record 75,142 physicians last year and they earned $328,000 gross (CDN) on average, according to two new reports. The annual reports on physician supply and payments for both general practitioners and specialists were released last week by the Canadian Institute for Health...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 1, Issue 39
New York State’s new laws requiring healthcare facilities to report the number of personnel who have been vaccinated and to supervise unvaccinated staff to ensure the appropriate use of masks is “absolutely consistent with sound and ethical public policy,” according to a Viewpoint posted Monday...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 39
OPPE/FPPE presentations drew some of the larger crowds at last week’s NAMSS conference, and practitioner evaluation in general was a hot topic. Balancing an organization’s needs against accreditation requirements is no easy task. It’s vital to understand what regulators and accreditors are...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 39
Primary care physicians and mid-level staff continue to be in high demand as healthcare organizations prepare for coordinated care and the Affordable Care Act. The Association for Staff Physician Recruiters’ 2013 In-House Physician Recruitment Benchmarking Report finds that nearly 70% of...
The National Practitioner Data Bank is conducting a satisfaction survey of eligible users to gauge the Data Bank’s usability, including its querying and reporting functions. The survey also seeks information on how Data Bank information is being used regarding healthcare practitioners. The...
The number of accountable care organizations (ACOs) now stands at 488, more than double the total in June 2012. With more providers looking to implement the ACO model, the Alliance for Health Reform earlier this week gathered a panel of experts to share lessons learned. During the discussion,...
Several hospital systems in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are forming what will possibly be the largest healthcare alliance in the country. The alliance, called AllSpire Health Partners, will enable member institutions to save costs and share medical expertise, the hospital systems said last...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) continue to move forward, despite the political and regulatory headwinds they face. What does this mean for the medical staff services department? In all likelihood, more of what credentialers do now, under more scrutiny, said Michael Callahan, JD, during a...
