Access to the Internet has made it easier to track down credentialing information, but it has also opened the door to potential legal risks. The job for credentialing specialists has become verifying the validity of credentialing information found on the Internet. Training MSPs...
In an effort to improve the accuracy of the data contained within the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) and the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has...
It makes perfect sense-if hospitals standardize their clinical operations through accreditation standards, they will automatically improve their bottom line by eliminating waste and unnecessary costs. The right hand works with the left. It sounds easy in theory, but it is often...
A Thurston County (WA) Superior Court judge blocked a law that aimed to limit Medicaid patients to three non-emergent ED visits per year. The court ruled the state failed to follow proper procedures. Washington state's Health Care Agency (HCA) must now hold hearings and collect...
A U.S. District Court in Florida granted a motion to dismiss a five-count complaint filed by Mina Zoher, MD, against Naples Community Hospital (NCH) Healthcare Systems, Inc. Zoher applied for a staff position at two hospitals operated by NCH.
