Starting this week, nurse practitioners (NP) in Kentucky who have completed a four-year collaboration with a physician can prescribe routine medications without physician involvement, a major shift that could help improve consumers’ access to care, Kaiser Health News reports. Senate...
Allegations of physician misconduct and negligence. “Assistant physicians” in Missouri. Expanding NP practices in Kentucky. This week’s news roundup showcases several potential credentialing challenges. Learn how to handle some of the toughest issues your department will face by tuning in to...
An appeals court last week upheld a judgment against Ellis Hospital, in Schenectady, New York, over a violent threat allegedly made by a former surgeon to a physician assistant (PA) during an open heart procedure in 2009. The facility must compensate Caterina Lucke, PA, via worker’s...
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office has advised South Jersey prosecutors to review all autopsies conducted by a former state pathologist who had been barred from practicing medicine in several other states. Hisham Hashish, 52, started work as an assistant medical examiner for South...
More than 40 state, specialty, and national associations have endorsed the single GME accreditation system, according to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). “The osteopathic medical profession continues to make significant progress toward building the single system, including...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 29
Some nurse practitioners (NP) in Kentucky have more flexibility to prescribe routine medications without a physician thanks to a new law that went into effect this week.