Joan Rivers’ daughter has filed a malpractice lawsuit against the Manhattan outpatient clinic that treated her mother days before her death. Rivers, 81, suffered a loss of oxygen to her brain on August 28, 2014, while physicians at the Yorkville Endoscopy center in Manhattan were performing...
A bill that would have allowed outpatient joint replacement surgery in the state of Wyoming didn’t make it out of the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee. HB0034 would have expanded the Wyoming Department of Health’s licensing definition of “healthcare facility” to...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 4
Mark your calendars for March 12-13, 2015 for the return of the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Register by January 30 to receive a $100 discount.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 4
Hospital admissions declined 2% in 2013 to 35.4 million, according to the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) latest statistics. In 2012, 36.2 million admissions were reported.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 4
Physicians in rural areas earn an average of $1,500 more in salary a year compared to their colleagues in more urban areas, according to data compiled by physician social network Doximity.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 4
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) recently announced that legislators in nine states have formally introduced the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which would provide physicians with a streamlined process for applying for licenses in multiple states.
