At the beginning of 2012, New Mexico expanded its state laws regarding reporting settlements, judgments, adverse actions, and...Read More »
Every healthcare provider will tell you that patients are customers, and customers can take their business elsewhere if they are unhappy about any...Read More »
According to a recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, Hospital Incident Reporting Systems Do Not Capture Most Patient Harm (...Read More »
Starting with the next edition of The Joint Commission's Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals to be published...Read More »
It makes perfect sense-if hospitals standardize their clinical operations through accreditation standards, they will...Read More »
In an effort to improve the accuracy of the data contained within the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) and the Healthcare...Read More »
Many states protect medical staff peer review information from discovery, meaning that a plaintiff's attorney cannot use it...Read More »
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) is taking a stand to protect the identities of healthcare organizations, physicians,...Read More »
Physicians and healthcare organizations that were on the fence about participating in an accountable care organization (ACO) may...Read More »
In an effort to cut $33 million from its budget, Washington state has recently passed a law that limits Medicaid patients to...Read More »
