A bill that would have allowed outpatient joint replacement surgery in the state of Wyoming didn’t make it out of the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee. HB0034 would have expanded the Wyoming Department of Health’s licensing definition of “healthcare facility” to...
Nine states have introduced legislation that would speed the process for practitioners seeking multi-state licensure, according to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB). Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming have formally introduced the...
The Maintenance of Certification (MOC) debate continues. Earlier this month, the New England Journal of Medicine ran pro and con online Viewpoints regarding MOC...
Joan Rivers’ daughter has filed a malpractice lawsuit against the Manhattan outpatient clinic that treated her mother days before her death. Rivers, 81, suffered a loss of oxygen to her brain on August 28, 2014, while physicians at the Yorkville Endoscopy center in Manhattan were performing...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 4
Mark your calendars for March 12-13, 2015 for the return of the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Register by January 30 to receive a $100 discount.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 4
Hospital admissions declined 2% in 2013 to 35.4 million, according to the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) latest statistics. In 2012, 36.2 million admissions were reported.
