Plus, anesthesiologist billed $7 million for fraudulent telemedicine services, nurses in Tennessee fight for less physician oversight, and District Court in Oregon approves $74 million settlement after Premera Blue Cross breach. Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare...
This past July, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine unanimously passed two new rules aimed at further regulating overlapping surgeries to optimize patient safety in the operating room. As defined by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, overlapping surgery, sometimes...
When a concern with a pracititoner surfaces, always think, "What if this goes to a fair hearing?" Keep the following tips in mind throughout all professional review activities, even if a concern is not currently present. Issues sometimes surface much later, so you want to be confident that...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 9
I had just completed my case presentation on provider master data management (MDM) at a conference for medical professionals. A well-suited executive came up to me and asked me, “Our mergers and acquisitions are moving at a rapid pace; the other teams can’t keep up. Can master data help?”
Hospital visits spike before and after first-time shelter use, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. The research, which looked at adult first-time shelter users in New York City, found that 39%...
Hospital mergers and acquisitions continue in response to the evolving regulatory environment in the healthcare industry. National healthcare policy is driving the urge to merge across the healthcare sector. While decreasing reimbursements for traditional fee-for-service care from...
