Do ambulatory setting and hospital privileging requirements need to match? Who can assess the competence of a practitioner when he or she is the only one with knowledge of a given specialty? In the final installment of the three-part webcast series "Overcoming Competency...
Retail clinics are often staffed by nurse practitioners (NPs), whose services are regulated by state scope-of-practice regulations. By limiting NPs’ work scope, restrictive regulations could affect possible cost savings, according to a study in the November issue of Health Affairs....
The Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District, in an unpublished opinion, affirmed a trial court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by an orthopedic surgeon claiming that a private hospital violated its bylaws and that its proceedings were fundamentally unfair in deciding to restrict the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 11
Chances are good that your medical services department has already been given the challenging task of assessing a telemedicine providers’ competency or for a practitioner who is using a new technology or procedure. If not, these tasks are likely on the horizon.
During the legislative session that ended last week, California’s Senate and Assembly members introduced a suite of bills that aim to expand access to primary care. Although a bill to expand nurse practitioners’ roles didn’t pass, three other measures survived and have moved to Gov. Jerry...
