U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Upper St. Clair, Pa., and others recently introduced legislation to extend the malpractice protections currently provided to paid community health center employees to volunteer medical professionals. House Resolution (HR) 2703 would make health practitioner volunteers...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 50
This is the last edition of Medical Staff Leader Insider for the year. A big thank you for reading and contributing to this electronic resource! The coming year will have its share of anticipated regulatory changes, and no doubt there will be plenty of “unexpected news” in the medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 50
Premier's Accountable Care Organization and Population Health Management Trends survey, released last week, points to steady growth of ACOs, although the pace of growth is slower than anticipated. More than 18% of respondents say their hospitals currently participate in an ACO, up from 4....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 50
In a recent blog posted on The New York Times’ Well site, Pauline Chen, MD, writes that surgical residency used to be a period of both intensive experience and increasing responsibility under the guidance of more experienced surgeons; and recent research has demonstrated a strong link...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 50
Almost a third of surveyed physicians reported taking on extra medical work outside their practices to help maintain their incomes, a 2012 Physicians Practice survey found. The trend has continued, according to a Medscape report released last week. Additional work doesn't necessarily...
Many observers point to nurse practitioners (NPs) and other advanced practice professionals as a cornerstone of care delivery under healthcare reform efforts. However, a new poll from Ipsos found that 72% of respondents who were asked to choose who they prefer to see for their medical care...
