Interventional cardiologists now have the option of being identified by payers, including Medicare, as interventional cardiologists rather than general cardiologists or internists, the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) stated this week. The society filed for a...
National and international medical congresses encourage attendees to “tweet” about the conferences on Twitter, but physicians are finding it’s not that easy to accurately share news from meetings on social media. Medical conferences often provide hashtags for attendees to use, to indicate their...
Credentials Verification Organizations (CVOs) perform National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) queries as part of the credentialing process. CVOs have special responsibilities to the NPDB, according to the latest Data Bank News release. A CVO may be registered with the Data Bank either...
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A physician’s ability to explain, listen, and empathize has a profound impact on a patient’s care, stated Nirmal Joshi, MD, chief medical officer for Pinnacle Health System, in The New York Times earlier this week. However, one survey found that two out of three patients are...
Primary care physicians (PCP) are more likely to recommend a career as a nurse practitioner (NP) than as a physician to qualified college students. In a sample of 505 PCPs, 66% said they would recommend a career as an NP, compared to just 56% who would recommend their own career, according...
