A veteran nurse present during a botched kidney transplant the University of Toledo Medical Center, in Toledo, Ohio, last summer has sued for wrongful termination. The lawsuit filed last week in Columbus seeks $25,000 for Melanie LeMay, a nurse suspended then fired after a different nurse...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 31
The American Hospital Association’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative has announced a primer for hospitals and healthcare systems as they transition to value-based contracting arrangements. “In the evolving business model, hospitals, healthcare systems, physician groups and other...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 31
The Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule, released late Friday, establishes terms that distinguish an inpatient admission from observation status, for which hospitals receive lower rates of Medicare reimbursement. Hospital groups angrily objected to the final IPPS rule...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 31
Data Commons, LLC has announced it will utilize the Healthcare Professional Profile by MedBiquitous as a core component of its physician information-sharing infrastructure. The MedBiquitous Healthcare Professional Profile provides a unifying language for credentials data, and handles information...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 31
Physician-owned hospitals, which are prohibited from accepting Medicare and Medicaid patients, are nonetheless expanding in North Texas by catering to and cashing in on a narrow patient market. Victory Healthcare and Forest Park Medical Center are two examples of physician-owned hospitals which...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 31
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) 2012 Annual Report shows an overall increase in the number of physicians and nonphysicians who participate in continuing medical education (CME). More than 24 million physicians and other healthcare professionals were educated...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week announced its initial approval of the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) as a national accrediting organization for acute care hospitals that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. CIHQ focuses...
Preliminary investigations carried out by Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) police have revealed that a citizen from Yemen, who was arrested in Jeddah last week, had forged a medical diploma and practiced at a well-known private hospital in the city, where he made several medical errors that resulted in...
There’s a new accreditation option on the block. Late last week, CMS approved the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) as an accreditation organization for acute care hospitals. CIHQ accreditation will closely follow CMS’ Conditions of Participation, with additional quality...
A key House panel unanimously approved a bill on Wednesday that would replace the formula that pays physicians for each service provided under Medicare with one that rewards providers for high-quality care. The 51-0 vote by the Committee on Energy and Commerce sends the Medicare Patient Access...
