The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently unveiled a new pilot program that will give clinicians direct access to Medicare beneficiaries' claims data. CMS Administrator Seema Verma says the "Data at the Point of Care" pilot is designed to improve care, sharpen diagnoses,...
According to the Merritt Hawkins 2019 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives, primary care physicians are extremely in-demand. However, data gathered by Merritt Hawkins, a national healthcare search and conducting firm specializing in the recruitment of practitioners...
The Mount Carmel Health System fired 23 employees, and its CEO will resign later this month after it was discovered that a physician at the health system killed 25 patients by overprescribing opioids.
The terminated employees include five managers of physician, nursing, and/or pharmacy...
The hospital governing board’s oversight responsibilities are critical to the success of the organization. Governing boards need information that can enable them to optimally perform their duties. The roles and responsibilities of the governing board include everything from ensuring cost-...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 7
Some states, such as Maryland, have implemented mandatory prescription drug monitoring programs to help address the opioid crisis. Such programs require both prescribers and pharmacists to not only report when controlled substances are prescribed/dispensed, but also query the database and...
A recent study published in JAMA Surgery indicates a correlation between collegial reports of unprofessional behavior and a surgeon’s rate of postoperative complications. Researchers collected data on surgeons and patients from two academic medical centers for operations occurring...
