Are two peer references adequate for low- or no-volume practitioners at reappointment? What constitutes "current" competence? These are some of the many audience questions that Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, answered during the recent webcast "Verify and Comply: Meet Your Top...
As MaineHealth and credentialing partner Synernet get standardized privilege sets ready to go, MSB spoke to Robert E. McArtor, MD, CMO of the eight-hospital system, about some of the keys to the success of this initiative. Among them are consensus, collaboration, and listening...
In an effort to streamline the process for physicians to obtain medical licenses in multiple states, the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) recently released the final draft of its Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.
The Nevada Supreme Court (the "Court") upheld, in an unpublished opinion, a lower court's dismissal of an anesthesiologist's lawsuit against MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, because the Hospital has immunity under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA)....
Fall 2014 osteopathic medical college enrollment increased by 5.2% over 2013, according to data released today by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM). The rise in first-year student matriculation brings the total enrollment at osteopathic medical colleges to...
The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) issued a warning this week to all individuals seeking less expensive cosmetic surgical procedures, particularly outside their home country, and especially in the hands of unlicensed practitioners operating without board...
