As reported last month in MSB, NCQA launched its Health Equity Accreditation programs to provide organizations with frameworks of actionable steps...Read More »
Join HCPro Regulatory Specialist Teri Rice as she reviews Rural Emergency Hospitals (REH) criteria, a new provider type that is a part of CMS' 2022 OPPS Final Rule to address the growing concern over closures of rural hospitals. The REH designation provides an opportunity for Critical Access...
This is the second in a continuing series of articles designed for medical staff leaders and their associates. This month, we join Hugh Greeley...Read More »
January 2023 is turning out to be a big month in the world of medical staff services, and it’s going to kick off a whole year of interesting...Read More »
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded the first 200 of 1,000 Medicare-funded physician residencies to bolster...Read More »
To maintain Medicare billing privileges, a provider or supplier (other than a durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies [...Read More »
The Joint Commission’s time frame for evaluating licensed practitioners’ ability to provide care, treatment, and services has been updated from...Read More »
Healthcare inequities have plagued certain populations based on many factors, including race, religion, class, sexual orientation, and language....Read More »
The Joint Commission will no longer use the term “licensed independent practitioner” in its hospital and critical access hospital standards....Read More »
