Overall hospital prices declined 0.5% in January, and were 0.1% less than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported this week. Prices for the subgroup of general medical and surgical hospitals declined 0.6%, and were 0.1% less than in January 2014, according to the BLS'...
The new and very much improved Credentialing Resource Center website is on the launchpad, and following field tests, you’ll be able to see what we’ve done.
Which brings me to this electronic weekly. Your Credentialing Resource Center Insider is not only getting a new look...
Once a physician makes the decision to break the “traditional practice” mold, there is virtually no limit to the ways he or she can customize the ensuing business. And while low morale and burnout seem to be afflicting more and more providers who stick with the status quo, more success...
Karen Kondilis, editor of Medical Staff Briefing, wrote the following blog post. Although “Jane Adele” is fictional, she might sound scarily familiar to you.
If you have been in the medical staff field for some time, you have probably encountered a “Jane Adele.” Jane Adele...
Anesthesiologist opposition to Maintenance of Certification (MOC) has grown at a grassroots level, in sync with opposition by other specialists to their own MOC programs. Many clinicians seem unaware of this pushback, including society leaders, but that is likely to change, wrote Robert E....
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) earlier this week announced changes to its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program and indicated a desire to work more closely with the internal medicine community. In a letter on the board’s website, ABIM President and CEO Richard J. Baron,...
