Listen to health officials and you'll believe that tort reform—essentially, limits on individuals’ right to sue when they’re allegedly harmed receiving care—is necessary to stem the rising cost of healthcare. While it is true that healthcare costs continue to rise (but not as much as in the...
Medical inflation is expected to rise to 6.8% in 2015, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Hospitals paying more to acquire physician practices, and health IT integration investments for large-scale hospital integration and mergers, will play a major role in the increase...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 26
With the changing demographics of the hospital medical staff comes growing challenges to collecting and assessing information on physician competence. Physician reentry, new procedures and technologies, low- and no-volume physicians, are just some of the issues medical staffs have to work...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 26
The number of medical malpractice lawsuits has dropped significantly in Pennsylvania over the past decade, according to statistics released by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC).
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 26
Legislation awaiting action by the Michigan House of Representatives could expand the scope of practice for postgraduate-educated nurses to help ease the workloads of physicians.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 26
