A Valley Center, Calif., man pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges including practicing medicine without a license, the Los Angeles Times reported. At an arraignment at the San Diego Superior Court, state prosecutors charged that Robert O. Young, 61, profited financially and caused...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 5
As chilling as our top story is this week, it might lead to a discussion about the widening variety of care sought by patients. “Alternative therapies” are part of the lexicon for many people, and physicians shouldn’t dismiss them completely if there is replicable, clinical study evidence that...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 5
The public now has until tomorrow to submit suggestions for revisions to the NPDB Guidebook. The updated National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) guide will incorporate legislative and regulatory changes adopted since its last edition (2001), including the merger of the NPDB with the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 5
Adverse events for patients being treated for heart attack and heart failure have declined, states a new study published in the January 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. However, there has not been a significant decrease in adverse events for patients being treated for...
The public now has until January 31 to submit suggestions for revisions to the NPDB Guidebook. The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) guidebook will incorporate legislative and regulatory changes adopted since its last edition (2001), including the merger of the NPDB with the...
As an MSP, your daily practice no doubt involves a mix of sophisticated electronic systems and low-tech methods for gathering and reporting information. How are your physicians doing with that? An...
