Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA), a multistate clinic and provider network specializing in chronic kidney failure treatment, agreed to a $3.5 million Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violation settlement, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced February...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 3
The Supreme Court of Alabama (The “Court”) denied a hospital’s petition to overturn a circuit court’s order compelling the hospital to turn over documents related to a radiological technician accused of sexually assaulting patients. The Court found that the hospital was unable to meet the...
Because peer review is a medical staff–led initiative, the specific process varies between organizations. At our hospital, when a practitioner’s performance in a particular case raises concerns, the peer review coordinator (who has a clinical background) receives an initial request for peer...
The Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) is proud to present our membership community with nine noteworthy tools and forms that have been contributed by your peers in the trenches and evaluated by the accomplished experts on our...
Back in December 2017, CVS Health announced its intentions to buy out Aetna insurance for $69 billion. More recently, according to Forbes, the Department...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 2
This case highlights how an entire organization (i.e., board, medical staff leadership, CEO, attorney) was unclear about the employment/contract route versus the medical staff privileging process. Whether it was lack of knowledge or purposeful, the outcome was not good as evidenced by the jury’s...