Physician-owned hospitals, which are prohibited from accepting Medicare and Medicaid patients, are nonetheless expanding in North Texas by catering to and cashing in on a narrow patient market. Victory Healthcare and Forest Park Medical Center are two examples of physician-owned hospitals which...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 31
The Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule, released late Friday, establishes terms that distinguish an inpatient admission from observation status, for which hospitals receive lower rates of Medicare reimbursement. Hospital groups angrily objected to the final IPPS rule...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 31
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) 2012 Annual Report shows an overall increase in the number of physicians and nonphysicians who participate in continuing medical education (CME). More than 24 million physicians and other healthcare professionals were educated...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 31
Data Commons, LLC has announced it will utilize the Healthcare Professional Profile by MedBiquitous as a core component of its physician information-sharing infrastructure. The MedBiquitous Healthcare Professional Profile provides a unifying language for credentials data, and handles information...
There’s a new accreditation option on the block. Late last week, CMS approved the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) as an accreditation organization for acute care hospitals. CIHQ accreditation will closely follow CMS’ Conditions of Participation, with additional quality...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week announced its initial approval of the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) as a national accrediting organization for acute care hospitals that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. CIHQ focuses...
