The Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) is pilot testing an international partnership that aims to enhance and simplify the process of medical elective exchanges for medical schools and students worldwide. Using the Global Education in Medicine Exchange (GEMx) system,...
A U.S. District Court judge in Newark, N.J., this week sentenced a former physician to six and a half years in federal prison for fraudulently diagnosing patients with heart ailments and ordering them to undergo unnecessary tests. The physician reportedly defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and private...
During the American Medical Association (AMA) interim meeting this week, members of the AMA House of Delegates adopted two policies to address the changing nature of U.S. medical residencies. One of the new policies asks the AMA to study the effect of ever-increasing Match participants against...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 46
Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last week aims to improve access to telehealth services for active-duty military, retired veterans, and their dependents by expanding reimbursement to providers. HR 3507—which initially was co-sponsored by California Democratic Reps....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 46
The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates this week adopted recommendations for creating payment structures for physician-led team care delivery models with physicians determining who gets paid and how much. However, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) calls...
