Built on the theory that some things just don’t fit, the square-peg-in-a-round-hole analogy can easily be used to describe the process in which insurance payers manage provider credentialing. Most ...

Many hospitals and health care systems are turning to out-of-state practitioners to quickly ramp up staffing to the levels necessary to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilization of health care ...

Credentialing is an essential process for hospitals employing physicians. While tedious, hospitals that prioritize credentialing achieve greater return on investment than their counterparts that do ...

Although rare, issues of malpractice, substandard care, and even the extreme case of “Dr. Death” are very real events that can happen in the medical community. Since the launch of the National ...

As more hospitals employ and contract with physicians, lawsuits holding hospitals liable for medical negligence have become more prevalent. While each hospital has its own credentialing process, ...

In an effort to continually improve provider competency and patient care, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital welcomes military medical care providers from non-clinical assignments to practice in the ...

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that the records of any hospital committee which performs a peer-review function are entirely exempt from discovery in Leadbitter v. Keystone Anesthesia ...

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Failure to enforce a robust physician credentialing program could have significant financial consequences for one Georgia hospital. The federal government has joined a False Claims Act lawsuit ...