Access to care could be considered the theme of this week’s edition. One report shows that the United States received a D- on the American College of Emergency Physicians report card when it comes to access to emergency care. Another survey, based on data from the 2013 Commonwealth Fund...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 4
A bitter professional dispute has impaired The University of Arizona Medical Center’s world-famous transplant services. The hospital’s heart transplant program is on hiatus, as is its lung transplant program. Two other programs recently closed after the doctor who created them—department of...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 4
Quality emergency care availability is threatened by a wide range of factors, including shrinking capacity and an ever-increasing demand for services, according to “America’s Emergency Care Environment, A State-by-State Report Card,” released by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP...
Many medical staffs are not prepared for an aging physician population, but help is on the way! Join us for Practicing Medicine Longer: Legal and Clinical Considerations for an Aging Physician Population, a webcast to be held Tuesday, March 11, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m....
More than two dozen orthopedic practices have formed a joint corporation, hoping to avoid the financial and regulatory pressures that have driven many physicians to hospital employment. The consortium, called the Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, includes 25 practices and 130 physicians in...
