The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) earlier this month released a position paper in which the agency urges the opening of healthcare markets to a broader range of providers. In the paper, “Policy Perspectives: Competition and the Regulation of Advanced Practice Nurses,” the FTC urges...
Your organization’s medical staff may never be one big happy family, but it doesn’t have to be a dysfunctional family, either. Resolve turf battles with guidance from conflict resolution experts Jack Cox, MD, MMM, Rosemary Dragon, CPMSM, CPCS, and Christine Hearst, CPMSM. Our new guide...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 13
The Connecticut General Assembly’s public health committee heard arguments last week for and against two bills that would put additional requirements on non-profit hospitals that seek to convert to for-profit. This issue has gained attention in recent years, as more hospitals in the state have...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 13
A regulatory loophole in Florida state law allows cash-only medical clinics to skirt the licensing and regulation that apply to most other clinics—a loophole that allegedly allows some of them to dispense drugs illicitly. SB 746, introduced by state Sen. Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood, would require...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 13
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has updated its patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recognition standards. Almost 6,800 sites have achieved NCQA recognition, the organization stated. Many payers across the country plan to pay practices a bonus for meeting NCQA standards. In...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 13
With a week’s worth of survey responses in hand, I thought I’d share some very early results:
41% of respondents say their department reports to the chief medical officer/vice president of medical affairs. Among those who oversee other departments or services, close to 50% oversee...
