The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) will accept input on its proposed standards for a new program to evaluate ambulatory care clinics that provide patient-centered care and work to reduce fragmentation by forming virtual neighborhoods with medical homes. The comment period...
As a physician leader, when you think about publicly reported quality data, do you wince at potentially bad news, or do you welcome that data as another tool for improving patient care? Here is some information you should know about CMS' Physician Compare website and Hospital Consumer Assessment...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 8
During a brainstorming session at the Massachusetts Association of Medical Staff Service's Annual Education Conference in May, participants were asked how they dealt with the problem of physicians not providing documentation in a timely manner. The following solutions were offered...
Since the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid programs in 1965, the public has provided tens of billions of dollars to fund graduate medical education (GME), the period of residency and fellowship provided to physicians after they receive a medical degree. Although the scale of government...
Match data for 2014 show a modest increase in the primary care physician workforce, but the increase offers little redress to the primary care provider shortage, wrote Joanne Pohl, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP; Debra Barksdale, PhD, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN; and Kitty Werner, MPA, in a...
