In 2014, The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicted that in the next 10 years, one-third of all doctors currently practicing will retire, and there will be 90,000 fewer doctors than needed to serve the nation's aging population. The expanding role of midlevel extenders is an...
This week, CRC Daily covers advanced practice providers (APP). Today, we explore how APPs’ growing presence on the medical staff is helping reshape traditional compliance approaches in a fundamental practice: the medical history and physical examination (H&P).
The Illinois Supreme Court (the "Court") recently upheld an appellate court's decision that two hospitals had to turn over a physician's staff privilege applications to the plaintiffs suing for negligent credentialing because the documents are not privileged under the Health Care Professional...