A conversion to core privileging is underway at MaineHealth, and the effort has spurred a drive to standardize privilege forms among the eight hospitals in the system. Now, a little more than a year into the process, the integrated healthcare delivery network has drafts of forms for three...
The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) issued a warning this week to all individuals seeking less expensive cosmetic surgical procedures, particularly outside their home country, and especially in the hands of unlicensed practitioners operating without board...
Fall 2014 osteopathic medical college enrollment increased by 5.2% over 2013, according to data released today by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM). The rise in first-year student matriculation brings the total enrollment at osteopathic medical colleges to...
National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week starts Sunday. Although I hope you’re not in the office on Sunday, I also hope your medical staff services department gets a week of star treatment from physicians, other departments, and the organizations you deal with every day. To celebrate the...
Federal officials have fined University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Health System $470,000 for allowing an anesthesiologist who was banned from Medicare and other federal programs to treat patients and bill the government for their care. The anesthesiologist at Ronald Reagan UCLA...
