A bill that would have allowed outpatient joint replacement surgery in the state of Wyoming didn’t make it out of the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee. HB0034 would have expanded the Wyoming Department of Health’s licensing definition of “healthcare facility” to...
Nurse practitioners (NP) seeking to practice with no restrictions should look for work in the Pacific Northwest, upper New England, or the Rocky Mountain states, but not the South, according to an issue brief by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The brief, titled “Tapping the Potential of Nurse...
Licensed providers in New York State can now be reimbursed for telemedicine services from private insurers. New York joined 21 other states that have made the move thus far. And many states that have yet to adopt telemedicine reimbursement bills are following suit, according to the American...
Interventional cardiologists now have the option of being identified by payers, including Medicare, as interventional cardiologists rather than general cardiologists or internists, the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) stated this week. The society filed for a...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 1
Dermatologists are physicians who specialize in evaluating and managing adults and children with benign and malignant conditions and disorders of the skin, hair, nails, and adjacent mucous membranes, according to the American Board of Dermatology (ABD).
Preliminary results of the Specialties Matching Service Match for Appointment Year 2015 are ominous for kidney specialists, according to the American Society of Nephrologists (ASN). “At first glance the results continue the recent trend for declining interest in nephrology careers, with 51%...
