An appeals court last week upheld a judgment against Ellis Hospital, in Schenectady, New York, over a violent threat allegedly made by a former surgeon to a physician assistant (PA) during an open heart procedure in 2009. The facility must compensate Caterina Lucke, PA, via worker’s...
Propublica, dissecting data released by Medicare on payments made to health professionals in 2012, has uncovered some patterns in the data, the news outlet reported this week. Among its findings: Physicians with unusual billing patterns often have been disciplined by their state medical...
After physician leaders have collected and assessed physician competence information, what should their next steps be? Tune in Wednesday, July 9 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern, for Assessing and Managing Clinically Suspect Practitioners: From Collegial Intervention to...
Updates to the NPDB Guidebook are being met with some resistance from legal and regulatory organizations, particularly concerning the way in which the NPDB defines an investigation.
If you’re looking for a better way to track peer review cases, mark Tuesday, June 10 on your calendar. That’s the day of a free presentation of HCPro’s Peer Review Case Tracking Database, which will run from noon to 1:00 p.m. Eastern. The Peer Review Case Tracking Database enables MSPs to...