Ensuring that patients receive quality care is the utmost priority for both physicians and MSPs. The federal government seeks to maintain this priority through the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute, both of which prohibit physicians from referring patients to entities where...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 1
If your organization has merged or has been acquired, include crossing all the T’s and dotting all the I’s in the credentialing process. Even though you have a new sister hospital, your hospital’s credentialing process must still be followed until certain structural changes take effect. This...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 1
A New Jersey Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a trial court’s decision, finding that unnecessary patient transfers may constitute an “imminent risk,” which can serve as grounds for the suspension and/or revocation of a physician’s privileges.
A physician accused of killing patients by overprescribing opioids is now suing Mount Carmel Health System for defamation. William Husel, DO, claims that patients died from their illnesses, not the medication, and that he did not deviate from the hospital’s end-of-life care policy. Husel has...
The degree to which credentials files can be protected from discovery in legal proceedings is generally a matter of state law. Most credentialing work is considered a peer review activity performed by the medical staff and governing board. As a result, state laws generally grant some amount of...
