HCPro is researching a book that would include peer review benchmarking data and case studies from organizations who have revamped their peer review programs. The focus will be actual short and long term impacts of implementing practices intended to make peer review less...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 9
A recently released study by Avalere Health finds that many states are facing significant shortages of primary care physicians. About 57 million Americans live in communities that lack a satisfactory number of primary care physicians to meet needs.
In today’s quick tip, Todd Sagin, MD, JD, discusses how MSPs can use their expertise to devise a plan for credentialing ambulatory providers. The increasing roles and responsibilities of MSPs will be discussed at the ...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 9
To resolve allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks, Olympus Corp. has agreed to pay $623.2 million in criminal penalties and civil claims settlements.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 9
The Los Angeles Country Department of Health’s computers were recently the target of a cyberattack, but its operations were not affected. The department found ransomware—malware that locks access to files until a ransom is paid—on five of its computers.
Through the grapevine, the medical staff services department (MSSD) hears that Dr. Young is no longer with the organization. The department has received no official notification of this. There are rumors and innuendos that she had problems, and they know the president of the medical staff gave...
