CMS continues to gradually end some emergency blanket waivers allowed under the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for some providers, but for now the 1135 waivers remain intact for acute care and critical access hospitals. The current 90-day PHE declaration was renewed and posted online...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 3
Like many medical staff leaders, Susan Diaz, CPCS, CPMSM, has seen her share of whirlwind changes since early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Diaz, who serves as medical staff director at NewYork Presbyterian (NYP) in New York City, says the move to remote work for her...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 2
The Texas Court of Appeals (the "Court") reversed and vacated a trial court's temporary injunction ordering a hospital to grant temporary hospital privileges to a physician for the sole purpose of administering ivermectin to a patient suffering from the aftereffects of COVID-19.