Lessons learned from the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing are changing how six Boston trauma centers manage mass-casualty emergencies, the Boston Globe reported recently.
In the first year of an experimental program to refashion Medicare, four of five Massachusetts networks of hospitals and physicians were able to slow spending by better coordinating medical care for patients, the Boston Globe reported. The accountable care organization (ACO) program, a...
The vast majority of U.S. hospitals are led by non-physicians. Now, however, there is a movement afoot to put physicians into leadership positions because delivery reform law is changing the healthcare landscape. Patients and policymakers are demanding greater transparency, patient safety, cost...
The Essential Hospitals Engagement Network, a network created under the public-private Partnership for Patients established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has saved nearly $12 million over the past 18 months from the prevention of more than 1,100 patient harm events....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 29
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week announced the allocation of $12 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support primary care residency programs in 32 health centers across the nation.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 29
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights director Leon Rodriguez announced the termination of Medicaid funding to a California surgeon who intentionally discriminated against an HIV-positive patient by refusing to perform much needed back surgery. An order,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 29
In a recent survey assessing U.S. physicians’ attitudes toward and perceived role in addressing healthcare costs, physicians reported having some responsibility to address healthcare costs in their practice and expressed general agreement about several quality initiatives to reduce cost....
Within minutes of the crash landing of an Asiana Airlines flight carrying 307 passengers at San Francisco International Airport, employees at Stanford University Hospital and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., prepared to execute their long-rehearsed “mass casualty plan,”...
Many physicians are accustomed to the licensure process being somewhat of a headache—particularly when a provider is seeking a license to practice medicine in more than one state. But that might change soon. Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) members approved a resolution in support of...
A Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) team is studying the details and implications of interstate compacts for physician licensure. These compacts could streamline licensing procedures for physicians who seek to practice in more than one state—possibly simplifying license verification in...
