Physicians aren’t the only practitioners ensnared in heated debate over renewal of certification. Two physician assistant (PA) groups have been...Read More »
Six years ago, Pocono Health System created a committee to streamline the process of bringing new technology and devices to the hospital. What has...Read More »
I was sitting in my office one day, thinking about how little of this fine country I've seen and wondering what it would be like to travel the...Read More »
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Act of 1986, which formed the legislative impetus for the NPDB, specifies that organizations must report a...Read More »
One of the most common situations that causes attribution difficulties is when care of a patient is handed off to multiple practitioners. Often,...Read More »
Last April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finalized the first substantive updates to the National Practitioner Data Bank (...Read More »
As fewer physicians take on voluntary duties, such as proctoring, your organization might struggle to find physicians who will serve as proctors....Read More »
The Office of Inspector General maintains a List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) database, which is updated on a monthly basis. Medical...Read More »
