In response to changes to the healthcare industry as a result of the Affordable Care Act and retiring baby boomers, hospitals may have to revamp their executive lineups soon.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 40
CMS launched its Open Payments website this week, aiming to promote transparency within the healthcare industry by disclosing payments to healthcare providers from drug and medical device companies.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 40
"Good luck to the consumers heading to the website to see if their doctors are getting money from drug and device makers. Or the doctors trying to check whether they or their colleagues are in it."
- Charles Ornstein, senior reporter at ProPublica,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 40
CMS rolled out its Open Payments website this week and, as expected, some of the early reviews of it aren’t great. I briefly touch upon ProPublica’s first impression in “Heard this Week” but...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 10
Effective October 1, the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) has lowered the rates it charges for information about practitioners and organizations. The new fee to query the NPDB will be $3.00 for both continuous and one-time queries and $5.00 for self-queries.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (the "Court") granted a hospital's motions to dismiss and strike a cardiologist's lawsuit alleging whistleblower retaliation, interference with economic interests, unfair trade practices, and violations of 42 U.S.C...
