Last April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finalized the first substantive updates to the National Practitioner Data Bank (...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 »
About four years ago, we (and when I say "we," I mean "me," as I am a one-woman office) instituted evergreen letters. The evergreen serves as a...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 »
The Office of Inspector General maintains a List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) database, which is updated on a monthly basis. Medical...Read More »
Your organization must decide if it will include co-terminus language in the employment agreement regarding employment and privileges. This means...Read More »
Your clinical privilege forms need to be reviewed on a regular basis to ensure they reflect up-to-date criteria requirements and standards for the...Read More »
