The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to award more than $700,000 in attorneys' fees to a hospital, following the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a physician arising out of the suspension of his medical...
CMS elected to modify its proposed prohibition on the use of a unified and integrated medical staff for a multihospital system and its member hospitals, allowing each hospital to voluntarily integrate itself into a larger systemwide medical staff. Experts...
Since CMS finalized its 2-midnight rule in August 2013, the agency has seen unrelenting backlash from hospitals that argue the arbitrary rule complicates care for Medicare beneficiaries by establishing a 2-midnight benchmark for inpatient admissions....
Since CMS finalized its 2-midnight rule in August 2013, the agency has seen unrelenting backlash from hospitals that argue the arbitrary rule complicates care for Medicare beneficiaries by establishing a 2-midnight benchmark for inpatient admissions. ...
HCPro's Credentialing Resource Center is constantly adding to and updating its library of Clinical Privilege White Papers, which outline sample privileging criteria and background research for a wide range of medical specialty and subspecialty areas, procedures, and...
