Physicians in Mesa County, IA may have the healthcare reform solution we’ve all been looking for. In 2006, two hospitals in the area reported some of the lowest Medicare reimbursement rates in the country: $2,664 per year compared to a national average of $3,193, according to a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 23
EMTALA is an unfunded federal mandate that requires hospitals to provide ED on-call services according to their available resources. Unfortunately, only physicians can fulfill this requirement, so hospitals are increasingly being asked to finance the shortfall between the payment physicians are...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 23
With physicians working longer hours and also devoting more time for family, they don’t have a lot of time left over for voluntary medical staff activities. We physicians value our time—we are willing to spend some on organized medical staff activities but it better be put to good use.
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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 22
Hospitals are not reporting practitioners to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) as often as they should, claims a new study by Health Research Group, a branch of the consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 22
Wondering whether your facility should pursue a joint venture with several local physicians? Pondering the benefits of gain sharing? Debating over physician employment? Joint HCPro on June 16 for Physician-Hospital Alignment: Practical Tools...
