National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week starts Sunday. Although I hope you’re not in the office on Sunday, I also hope your medical staff services department gets a week of star treatment from physicians, other departments, and the organizations you deal with every day. To celebrate the...
Federal officials have fined University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Health System $470,000 for allowing an anesthesiologist who was banned from Medicare and other federal programs to treat patients and bill the government for their care. The anesthesiologist at Ronald Reagan UCLA...
After a year of emailing photos of their skin and communicating with their dermatologists online, telemedicine eczema patients showed as much improvement as patients who saw dermatologists in person, according to a recent study in JAMADermatology. The researchers recruited 156...
The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) issued a warning this week to all individuals seeking less expensive cosmetic surgical procedures, particularly outside their home country, and especially in the hands of unlicensed practitioners operating without board...
An Annapolis, Maryland woman pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after she used forged documents to pose as a physician assistant for a pediatrician.
Shawna Michelle Gunter faces up to 22 years in prison for forging a physician assistant certificate and a diploma...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 44
