The California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District (the "Court"), in an unpublished opinion, affirmed a lower court's decision that a neurosurgeon did not satisfy the burden to show that a hospital's failure to place another neurosurgeon on his peer review panel was...
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.
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.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) earlier this month released a position paper in which the agency urges the opening of healthcare markets to a broader range of providers. In the paper, “Policy Perspectives: Competition and the Regulation of Advanced Practice Nurses,” the FTC urges...
With a week of MSP Salary Survey data now in hand, here are a couple of early results that may speak to the stability of the field as a career choice, or the changes it’s undergone in the past two decades. Or possibly both …
Physician Assistants (PA) were among the most-placed healthcare providers last year, based on hiring activity from over 200 hospitals and healthcare systems nationwide, according to an annual report from the Medicus Firm. The percentage of rural placements, female physicians, and DOs also...
