Overall hospital prices declined 0.5% in January, and were 0.1% less than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported this week. Prices for the subgroup of general medical and surgical hospitals declined 0.6%, and were 0.1% less than in January 2014, according to the BLS'...
Patients often go online to find diagnoses, drug information, and details about their physicians. But do professional standards prevent physicians from doing the same to patients? Sometimes, the practice is acceptable—most other times, it isn’t, according to the authors of a paper in the...
Last week, graduating osteopathic medical students learned where they will be doing their osteopathic medical residencies when the American Osteopathic Assocation (AOA) released the DO Match results. More than 2,900 individuals participated in the AOA Intern/Resident Registration Program,...
State healthcare profession regulatory boards and agencies are now required to submit an attestation for all of the health professions they regulate, the Health Resouces and Services Administration (HRSA) reported earlier this month. Prior to January 26, only professions that were not part...
The new and very much improved Credentialing Resource Center website is on the launchpad, and following field tests, you’ll be able to see what we’ve done.
Which brings me to this electronic weekly. Your Credentialing Resource Center Insider is not only getting a new look...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 8
Time is running out to register for the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Join us, March 12-13 as we bring MSPs and medical staff leaders to learn how to:
