Physician alignment and incentive challenges could prove to be a major hurdle for healthcare providers who want to take part in accountable care organizations.
Richard C. Johnston, MD, an internist with Dallas-based Medical Clinic of North Texas, says hospitals will find ACOs to be a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 27
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and credentialing...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 27
Prescribing mistakes are still as prevalent in some outpatient electronic prescribing systems as manual systems, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).
At the 14th annual Credentialing Resource Center Symposium May 12-13 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, I polled the audience to learn how many send out letters to physicians to acknowledge excellent care identified from case reviews. Although The Greeley Company has been...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a proposed rule that would exempt law enforcement data pertaining to ongoing investigations in the NPDB. Barring investigative information from disclosure means that hospitals and medical staffs would not be...
The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a circuit court's decision to grant partial summary judgment to Ajdahan Bicak, MD, who was sued by Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas. When Bicak notified Mercy that he intended to open his own practice in early 2008, Mercy sued him...
