Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts last week signed LB 107, giving nurse practitioners (NP) the ability to practice without a physician present. The bill was first introduced last year and the state legislature passed it. However former Governor Dave Heineman vetoed it.
Credentialing is not a static process and will constantly evolve into a more efficient and supportive process, says Hugh Greeley, one of the featured speakers at the 2015 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium. Below, Greeley explains how studying the history of credentialing can...
For MSPs, understanding the regulatory road map is essential to ensure credentialing and privileging practices are compliant with applicable state law and other regulatory standards. In this article, we point out some of the major ideas that should be understood when credentialing and...
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...
Telemedicine uses technology to connect prisoners, who are often housed in remote areas, with medical experts throughout the state. It’s one way that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is trying to control spending on prison healthcare. But while telemedicine has shown some success in...