Topic
Credentialing
18 published works
Adams on Contract Drafting
MSCD Still Has Value as a Credential
By Ken Adams
The image below is from my repost of a LinkedIn post by Chris Lemens, who has been reading my stuff for as long as I have written stuff. What prompted…
A Pursuit of Justice
The War Against Certification and Credentialing Organizations
By Steven Platt
The author in this article discusses cases where members of credentialing organizations sue the organization for injunctive relief and monetary damages. He discusses the role of the arbitrator and causes…
Subject to Inquiry
U.S. Attorney’s Office Settles with Urgent Care Providers to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Related to Credentialing Issues
On April 8, 2021, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina announced a $22.5 million settlement with a network of urgent care providers, Doctors Care, P.A. (Doctors…
Med Law Blog
Medical Staff Application Release Bars Physician Credentialing Claim
In Copeland v. MidMichigan Regional Medical Center, a Michigan State Appellate Court affirmed a trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Hospital, based upon both HCQIA immunity…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Publishes Final Hospital Telemedicine Credentialing Standards
On May 5, 2011, CMS published a final rule revising the hospital conditions of participation (COP) related to the credentialing and privileging of physicians who provide telemedicine services. CMS includes…
Health Industry Washington Watch
HHS Program Seeks to Ease Verification of Volunteer Health Professionals’ Credentials
HHS has launched a new national website for the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP), a national network of state-based programs that verifies the identity, licenses,…
Med Law Blog
Joint Commission Approves MS.01.01.01 effective March 31,2011
NAMSS announces the following: TJC Board of Commissioners Approves MS.01.01.01 Posted: 15 Mar 2010 11:40 AM PDT Chuck Mowll, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Government and External Relations,…
Med Law Blog
California Court Rejects Retroactive Credentialing Requirements
In Nasim v. Los Robles Regional Medical Center (2008 Cal. App. LEXIS 1251), a California Appellate State Court held that adoption of credentialing criteria which would retroactively deny a physician…
Cam Law
Testimony on Training, Education, Credentialing of CAM Practice
I just found this testimony on Testimony on Training, Education, Credentialing of CAM Practice given to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. The archive from a…
Med Law Blog
Peer Review Litigation Requires Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES CONFIRMED AGAIN A Colorado Federal District Court has confirmed the applicability of the doctrine of exhaustion administrative remedies regarding credentialing disputes. In Catholic Health Initiatives, Colorado v.…