The Arizona Court of Appeals (the "Court") affirmed a superior court's ruling for summary judgment in favor of a hospital's chief of cardiology and health system's general counsel against a physician's claims of defamation.
The plaintiff, cardiologist Seyed Mohsen Sharifi Takieh, MD (“...
As many hospitals across the nation continue to face COVID-19 patient surges that overwhelm emergency rooms and ICUs, CMS also issued a reminder to hospitals to remember their obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA).
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 9
A family medicine physician has lost his license for spreading misinformation related to COVID-19. Arthur LaTulippe, MD, who practiced in Dallas, Oregon, refused to wear a mask when seeing patients and also told his patients that wearing a mask was dangerous to their health.
DNV is cutting back on the number of onsite hospital surveys in response to a dramatic, continuing rise in COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed hospitals in several states. The second-largest accreditation organization (AO) in the country will continue to do triennial hospital surveys as required...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 8