Was this physician denied due process?

February 27, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27 Issue 2
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Legal Considerations, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Peer Review, OPPE, and FPPE

This case highlights how an entire organization (i.e., board, medical staff leadership, CEO, attorney) was unclear about the employment/contract...Read More »

New Jersey superior court upholds hospital’s duty to report resignation of physician under investigation

February 20, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27 Issue 2
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Legal Considerations

The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (the “Court”) recently affirmed a trial court’s finding that a hospital was not...Read More »

Family medicine and the role of obstetrics: Is it obsolete?

February 19, 2018
Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 28 Issue 2
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Credentialing, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Privileging, Quality

There is a declining trend in the number of family medicine (FM) physicians receiving obstetrics privileges nowadays. These providers were once...Read More »

Incidents of questionable patient discharges draw attention to the issue of ‘patient dumping’

February 13, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27 Issue 2
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Legal Considerations, Quality

Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare regulations by reviewing some recent headlines from across the country.Read More »

Heard and seen in Las Vegas

February 5, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Credentialing, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Quality

Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS: Have you seen the employment contract?

Todd Sagin, MD, JD: Yeah, it’s like 80 pages.Read More »

New survey guidance could affect microhospitals

February 5, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Quality

Recent CMS revisions to the State Operations Manual for Hospitals are zeroing in on the agency’s definition of a “hospital.” According to...Read More »

​Cancer center operator agrees to $26 million settlement for falsifying EHR use data

January 29, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27 Issue 1
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Legal Considerations

21st Century Oncology Inc. of Fort Myers, Florida, which operates 179 cancer centers, has agreed to pay $26 million after admitting it knowingly...Read More »

Two sides to the quality care issue

January 28, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Allied Health Professionals, Legal Considerations, Quality

Two groups, one on each side of the CRNA...Read More »

Query insurance carriers for an applicant’s malpractice suit history

January 25, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Credentialing, Privileging

Do most hospitals query insurance carriers to obtain an applicant’s malpractice suit history even though this step is not required by The Joint...Read More »

​Kentucky Supreme Court doesn’t recognize negligent credentialing as a cause of action

January 24, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27 Issue 1
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Legal Considerations, Peer Review, OPPE, and FPPE

The Kentucky Supreme Court (the “Court”) recently reversed a Court of Appeals ruling that would have allowed patients to sue hospitals for...Read More »

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