Next week, the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) will deploy enhancements aimed at improving users’ experience with the Data Bank system. They include streamlined filtering and selection processes for Primary Occupation, which previously required users to search a long, complicated list...
The Maryland Board of Physicians plans to propose legislation in 2015 that requires physicians to be fingerprinted and continually monitored for criminal charges. Physicians would be required to apply for a background check when first seeking a medical license, and currently practicing...
The “cold war” between hospital management teams and physician communities may be thawing, writes Jeff Goldsmith, PhD, president of Health Futures Inc., and an associate professor of public health sciences at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. In an entry in Health and Hospital...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 46
Mark your calendars for March 12-13, 2015 for the return of the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Join us as we bring MSPs and medical staff leaders together to discover innovative approaches to top medical staff challenges.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 46
At its interim meeting earlier this week, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a policy supporting the Federation of State Medical Board’s (FSMB) model legislation for an interstate medical licensure compact.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 46
A jury has convicted a physician and his clinic administrator on 19 counts of healthcare fraud and a charge of conspiracy for billing Medicare $2.1 million for tests that were never performed.