Florida physician Michael J. Hall, MD, was fined $10,000 as part of his settlement with the Florida Board of Medicine after he posted a former patient’s health information on the website Yelp. According to the complaint, in 2015 Hall posted that the patient, identified in documents as C.B., was...
The Credentialing Reosurce Center Symposium is coming to New Orleans on April 20-21, 2020! We’re introducing exciting new features to this year’s CRC Symposium. We just released the 2020 agenda, which features an expansive array of sessions, including some focused on provider...
Once an application is complete and verified, the medical staff has opportunities to speed up the credentialing and privileging process. A hospital can opt to use expedited credentialing for applications that do not raise concern. The medical staff should proactively identify the issues that...
Patients who underwent surgery at Goshen (Indiana) Hospital between April 1 and September 30 may have been exposed to dangerous diseases after a breakdown in the facility’s surgical instrument sterilization process.
As the number of advanced practice professionals (APP) continues to explode, MSPs see more variation in how supervising physicians utilize APPs. One physician assistant (PA) may hold privileges to perform certain procedures while another PA may not. It is difficult to create metrics when there...