Too many hospitals and healthcare leaders currently experience serious safety failures as routine and inevitable parts of daily work, according to an article published last week in The Milbank Quarterly. In the article, authors Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH, president and CEO of...
A report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary found that U.S. healthcare spending growth over the next 10 years will be modest in comparison to historical trends. Increased spending will be the result of an improving economy and more accessible and...
During the legislative session that ended last week, California’s Senate and Assembly members introduced a suite of bills that aim to expand access to primary care. Although a bill to expand nurse practitioners’ roles didn’t pass, three other measures survived and have moved to Gov. Jerry...
In an effort to limit the flu in the upcoming season, the New York Health Department is requiring thousands of medical staff and other personnel statewide to get vaccinated or wear masks when in close contact with patients. The rules apply to more than 4,000 healthcare organizations statewide,...
The clock is ticking and September 23 is looming ... are you up to speed? HCPro has been the leader in HIPAA education from the start—training physicians, nurses, medical staff, and other healthcare workers to be HIPAA-compliant. HCPro is ready to tailor a comprehensive solution that...
Although there has been a shift toward hospital employment, 53% of physicians were self-employed and 60% of physicians worked in practices that were wholly owned by physicians, a 2012 survey of physicians by the American Medical Association (AMA) shows. The survey, which is cited in a recent...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 37
In an effort to limit the flu in the upcoming season, the New York Health Department is requiring thousands of medical staff and other personnel statewide to get vaccinated or wear masks when in close contact with patients. The rules, adopted in July, apply to more than 4,000 healthcare...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 37
Although there is little empirical evidence that eliminating the three-day stay rule will improve patient care without increasing Medicare costs, there is also concern that this rule contributes to suboptimal care and increases costs attributable to avoidable hospitalizations. “There is a...
Businesses formed by physicians are covered by a state law that caps the damages in medical malpractice that can be collected from healthcare providers, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled last week. The court affirmed a May 2012 Court of Appeals decision which concluded that the state’s Medical...
In a survey of 1,021 healthcare workers in England, Wales, and Scotland, 27% of physicians and surgeons and 33% of nurses reported they have been put under excessive pressure or bullied to behave in ways that are counter to patient care within the last two years. The Chartered Institute of...
