Welcome to Friday. Today, CRC Symposium speaker Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, answers a common question among MSPs regarding temporary privileges. Pelletier and Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, will present a session on granting temporary and locum tenens privileges at the...
A Dallas woman pleaded guilty earlier this week to stealing the identity of a registered nurse (RN) and using the information to obtain jobs at eight North Texas hospice companies. Jada Necole Antoine, 33, of Dallas submitted documents to companies indicating that she provided care to...
A radiologist faces three misdemeanor charges for allegedly stealing the protected health information (PHI) of nearly 97,000 current and former patients of NRAD Medical Associates, the Long Island, New York, medical practice where he worked. Richard Kessler, MD, was arrested December 3 and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 49
Why are so many organizations struggling to change the medical staff’s view of peer review from punitive to positive? Nationally renowned medical staff leadership experts Robert Marder, MD, CMSL, and Mark Smith, MD, MBA, CMSL, dissect major issues that plague the peer...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 49
Boston Medical Center and Tufts Medical Center recently confirmed that they are considering a merger. Both hospitals declined to comment on when they might reach an agreement on the merger or how they would implement it.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 49
At the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium in Las Vegas, March 12-13, 2015, speaker Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, will address several hot-button credentialing and privileging issues....
