Last week, Medscape released its annual Physician Compensation Report for 2020. The report’s data was collected prior to February 10, 2020 and therefore reflects physician income before the United States’ COVID-19 crisis. However, according to the report, practices have seen, on average, a 55%...
The bedrock of the medical staff due process manual is a federal statute named the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA). As with many laws and statutes, a specific case triggered HCQIA. The story is worth repeating as it highlights what constitutes good-faith and bad-faith peer...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 5
Communication is the establishment of a relationship where one person’s actions, thoughts, feelings, or intentions prompt a response by another person. When we present information to a committee, we are attempting to transmit the information as well as receive a response in return. A lack of...
U.S. lawmakers are hoping to get green cards to physicians and nurses as soon as possible. A bill introduced this week by House Democrats would allow physicians on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic to bypass long wait times for a green card. A similar bill was recently drafted by Republican...
Already an at-risk group, doctors are at increased risk of suicide during the coronavirus pandemic, a physician suicide researcher says. Physicians and other frontline healthcare workers on the frontline of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are under physical and psychological...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a second round of regulatory waivers and rule changes built to add flexibility to the United States’ healthcare system as many parts of America begin to reopen. Through these changes, CMS aims to ensure that states can...
