Tag Archives: Physician
A potential weak link in patient safety: ER to inpatient handoffs
Physicians call for better communication when patients admitted from ED to hospital unit
Payments to NPs, PAs outpace physicians
Hospital hiring of physicians drops off for first time in years
Why the Surgeon Scorecard is a journalistic low point for ProPublica
With much hype and fanfare, the independent investigative journalism outfit, ProPublica recently released their Surgeon Scorecard, assessing individual specialist surgeons who perform elective knee and hip replacements, spinal surgery, prostate surgery, and gallbladder removal surgery.
Surgeon Scorecard
https://projects.propublica.org/surgeons/
Guided by experts, ProPublica calculated death and complication rates for surgeons performing one of eight elective procedures in Medicare, carefully adjusting for differences in patient health, age and hospital quality. Use this database to know more about a surgeon before your operation.
https://projects.propublica.org/surgeons/state/CA/procedure/8154/
Court reverses Sutter decision to terminate whistleblower doctor
A Modesto doctor has won another legal victory against Sutter Health in a fight to get hospital privileges back after he complained about nursing practices at Memorial Medical Center.
CMS proposes paying for end-of-life planning in new draft rule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday released a draft of Medicare’s first physician payment rule that would reimburse physicians for providing end-of-life counseling.
Behind Higher Physician Fees, a Big Problem Lurks
Lawyer: Fraud crackdown on physicians ramping up, so be prepared
HENRY KOTULA 