When he releases his budget next week, President Obama will propose boosting the National Health Services Corps from 8,900 a year to 15,000 a year over the next five years, as well as spending $5.23 billion to train 13,000 primary care residents over the next 10 years, administration officials...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 10
United Healthcare Workers West, a California healthcare workers’ union, is collecting signatures to get two measures onto the ballot that it says would lower healthcare costs. One initiative would cap what hospitals can charge to 25% above the actual cost of services. On average, hospitals...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 3
Editor’s note: HCPro’s Credentialing Resource Center is constantly adding to and updating its library of Clinical Privilege White Papers, which outline sample privileging criteria and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 3
There is a saying, “Once is a coincidence, but twice is a trend.” State medical boards are finding themselves in the latter category when it comes to a perceived inefficiency in disciplining harmful physicians.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 3
According to figures from the AMA, the percentage of physicians in the United States age 65 or over was 20% as of 2008, and that percentage is expected to rise. With physicians working longer and delaying retirement, medical staff services departments (MSSD)...
Although many hospitals are signing on with Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), a number are still on the sidelines for various reasons. There is the fear that reported data will be discoverable; uncertainty about...
