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...
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...
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...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 30
Big health spending variations nationwide are largely driven by differences in the use of postacute services such as skilled nursing homes and home health care by Medicare beneficiaries, and by higher prices that some hospitals and physicians charge commercial insurers, according to an Institute...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 30
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week announced its 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 largely...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 30
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) 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,...
