Like many facilities, the MedOptions, Inc. team was faced with an acquisition and resulting provider volume increases, which is enough to keep any team busy. This team was further challenged with a charge by administration to also reduce the time it took to onboard new providers....
"Going Paperless: University Hospitals' Case Study on Going to an Electronic-Only Medical Staff Office" is now available to Platinum Plus members of the Credentialing Resource Center....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 5
It’s a mild April morning. Dr. Smith, an accomplished surgeon, and Bill Loney, an affable—if absent-minded—general surgery practice manager, walk briskly down the halls of St. Elsewhere Medical Center, a far-off, yet somehow familiar, facility where Dr. Smith was recently hired. They pause...
"This policy threatens the citizens of Missouri. If this practice of denying emergency care can happen in our state, it can happen in any state and we must work both locally and nationally to fight for our patients' rights to have access to emergency care as protected by the 'prudent layperson'...
Reporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) has nothing to do with a failure to meet some standard in an employment agreement, provided that there has been no similar action...
A final rule issued by CMS last month could put physicians in jeopardy of not getting paid for services provided to patients covered under the Affordable Care Act.
