For many of us, normalcy has left our professional and personal lives due to COVID-19. During the past two years, hospitals have had to contend with a litany of issues: vaccine mandates, overflows of patients presenting with COVID-19 symptoms, having to shut doors to family members wanting to...
Physicians made more money in 2022 than 2021, according to Medscape’s 2022 Physician Compensation Report. Both primary care and specialty physicians saw an increase in compensation in the past year. Since 2015, physician compensation has increased by 29%.
CMS continues to gradually end some emergency blanket waivers allowed under the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for some providers, but for now the 1135 waivers remain intact for acute care and critical access hospitals. The current 90-day PHE declaration was renewed and posted online...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 35
The medical executive committee (MEC) and governing board must cooperate to help the medical staff and hospital function effectively together. Some hospitals help foster communication and collaboration by having physicians join the board or board subcommittees. Other hospitals organize routine...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 4
The Supreme Court of Arkansas (the "Court") recently affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a discrimination complaint filed against a hospital by a former employee who was terminated for failing to comply with the hospital's influenza vaccination policy. The terminated employee, Ann Jenkins,...
New York is the newest state to grant nurse practitioners (NP) full practice authority, joining 24 other states and Washington, D.C. Governor Kathy Hochul signed the state budget into law on Saturday, that includes legislation that eliminates the requirement for NPs to have a written practice...
