Healthcare facility operator AmSurg Corp. recently announced plans to purchase physician outsourcer Sheridan Healthcare Inc. for $2.35 billion in cash and stock.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 23
The top story this week is the recent announcement that AmSurg Corp. is purchasing Sheridan Healthcare in order to diversify its service offerings. In recent years, ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) like the ones run by AmSurg have become more popular among patients due to their price and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 6
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's glossary, a Just Culture is defined as "a culture that recognizes that competent professionals make mistakes and acknowledges that even competent professionals will develop unhealthy norms (shortcuts or 'routine rule...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 6
Are you ever tempted to work on a Saturday simply because you know you would be able to accomplish a week's worth of work in that one day since you wouldn't be bombarded with distractions?
This month we continue with a series on practical tips to help medical staff leaders deal with a host of challenges that they may encounter in their roles.
H.R. 3402, the "doc fix" legislation that President Barack Obama signed on April 1 to provide additional temporary Medicare Sustained Growth Rate funding--and avert a 24% pay cut for physicians--included a provision to postpone the deadline for ICD-10 implementation to at least...
