A controlled study of 11 nursing homes indicates that switching from on-call to telemedicine physician coverage during off hours could reduce hospitalizations, and generate cost savings to Medicare in excess of the facility’s investment in the service. However, the savings were evident only at...
Most medical societies surveyed by the AMA Advocacy Resource Center (ARC) identified ensuring physician-led, team-based care as a top priority for 2014. The survey identifies trends for the upcoming 2014 state legislative sessions, and the top issues facing organized medicine at the state level...
Baylor Health Care System failed to properly monitor or investigate a Plano (Texas) neurosurgeon–recently barred from practicing in the state–despite repeated warnings about an alleged “drug problem” and “lack of competence,” according to a federal lawsuit. Baylor Regional Medical Center at...
HCPro is working on a new book about OPPE, and we’d like you to be a part of it. Our goal for the book is to feature case studies of organizations that have implemented an effective OPPE program or process and are excited about sharing their experience and forms with their peers.The new book...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 6
CMS has extended a delay in the enforcement of Final Rule 1599-F by prolonging the probe and educate period. This is the third time CMS has delayed enforcement of the policy, which requires a patient to stay in the hospital for more than two midnights before CMS will reimburse a hospital at...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 6
Roughly 61% of healthcare organizations nationwide reported some form of security breach, data loss, or unplanned downtime this past year, Healthcare IT News reported earlier this week. According to a new health IT report by MeriTalk, these security events cost U.S. hospitals an estimated...
