Primary care is facing "a confluence of factors that could spell disaster," including inadequate reimbursement, uneven quality of care, and a drop-off in the number of generalists graduating from U.S. medical schools, according to an editorial published in the August 31 issue of the New England...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 35
There are large differences in the number and distribution of physicians identified as pediatric cardiologists in the datasets of the AMA Masterfile and the roster of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), according to a study published in the September issue of Academic Medicine. Use of such...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 35
Arguably, culture drives behavior and behavior drives results. Therefore, to achieve a truly effective medical staff, physician leaders must proactively mold and lead the medical staff culture so that it simultaneously drives the desired results of physician success and hospital success.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 34
Assuming a leadership position has its burdens, as anyone involved heavily in medical staff affairs will readily attest. It is important to be frank and open with physician recruits about the challenges and risks inherent in leadership roles. Clearly articulating these concerns helps new and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 34
Pediatric physicians at a children's hospital in Denver lack knowledge of basic requirements of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires hospitals participating in Medicare to treat emergency department patients regardless of their ability to pay, according...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 33
What is important to understand about Stark is that it does not eliminate opportunities for appropriate physician-hospital collaboration, it simply requires that such collaboration be accomplished through carefully structured and documented arrangements that are "arms length," transparent, and...
