When it comes to disclosing disciplinary actions taken against a physician, no news can be bad news in some circumstances; meaning, if an entity does not respond to requests for verification of the practitioner's status, there may be a reason for the non-response. Appropriate...
Last November, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced plans to revise the NPDB Guidebook, the National Practitioner Data Bank's (NPDB) policy manual. In November 2013, the HRSA provided a draft of the new...
The Court of Appeals for the Second District of Texas Fort Worth (the "Court") affirmed a lower court's decision to deny a hospital's motion to dismiss liability claims brought by a patient following injuries sustained during a surgical procedure.
Clinical staffing along the departmental model emerged with the rise of subspecialties. However, many medical staff leaders are now reevaluating this approach as they seek to streamline their governance processes.
The practitioner reappointment process in hospitals is every bit as important to the credentialing process as initial appointments, even though it is sometimes viewed by practitioners as merely a bureaucratic exercise.
