At the beginning of 2012, New Mexico expanded its state laws regarding reporting settlements, judgments, adverse actions, and credentialing actions to the state medical board to include employed physicians.
Peer review is intended to promote open and honest conversations about the performance of physician peers, with the ultimate goal of promoting patient safety and improving care. The protections offered under the Health care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) allow these reviews to...
Travel back 100 years, and you will find William Osler, the "father of modern medicine," writing about the physician-patient relationship. The topic isn't new, but it has come into the spotlight in recent years thanks to patients' demands for a more personalized approach to...
Caps on medical liability damages can be a divisive topic. Inevitably, the question is raised regarding whether these caps violate constitutional rights.
Reporting a physician to the NPDB is not to be taken lightly, and hospitals must understand when it is appropriate to do so. In some cases, a hospital can mar a physician's career by reporting him or her for a non-reportable event, such as failing to meet the requirements for ...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 22
