It is important that medical staff leaders, MSPs, and all other hospital staff that carry out credentialing, peer review, and medical staff leadership functions have a clear understanding of the basics of civil litigation that affect such important processes. Unless you're a Law...
The medical staff model change initiative at Better Times Hospital has hit the wall. The medical staff is in an uproar over the administration's assault on their cherished structures and processes. Department chairs grouse that the rug is being pulled out from under them. The...
One year ago, CMS handed down a ruling that allowed hospitals utilizing telemedicine providers to credential physicians through a proxy, using information about the physician from the distant-site facility rather than collecting and verifying information on their own.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio granted a protective order requested by Cleveland Clinic Health Systems (Cleveland Clinic) to prevent the disclosure of certain documents in an indemnity lawsuit it filed against a nurse and staffing company. The...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 26
