credentialing – MD Update

Kentucky Declines to Adopt Negligent Credentialing

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LEXINGTON Kentucky’s appellate courts have debated for years on whether Kentucky allows hospitals to be sued for “negligent credentialing.” Generally,

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SB18: Peer Review Privilege & Medical Malpractice Actions

July 1, 2017 Andrew Desimone accepted standard of care, amendment, candid peer review, candor, charity, Charity health system v., credentialing, credentialing process, defend physician 's case, discovery, free expert opinion, future of peer review privilege, future treatment error, general assembly, invaluable source of information, Kentucky, Kentucky general assembly, Kentucky supreme court, Ky., lawsuit, legislative session, malpractice, malpractice action, malpractice lawsuit, malpractice litigation, medical malpractice action, medical malpractice lawsuit, medical malpractice litigation, medical peer review, medical peer reviewer, merit of proposed malpractice suit, passage of SB4, peer, peer review, peer review committee, peer review privilege, peer review product, physician, physician 's case, physician note area, preamble, privilege, proposed malpractice suit, Raikes, recent legislative session, recent legislative session of the Kentucky general assembly, Reg, review physician note area, review physician note area of criticism, S.B. 18, SB 18, SB18, SB4, Sess, session, sister of Charity health system v., statue give vary degree, statue give vary degree of protection, statute, treatment error, v.

Great publicity surrounded the passage of SB4 during the recent legislative session of the Kentucky General Assembly—the bill that established

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Dean Dorton Acquires Metro Medical Solutions, LLC

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LOUISVILLE Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PLLC, has expanded its healthcare services in Kentucky by acquiring Metro Medical Solutions, LLC, a

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The State of Negligent Credentialing in Kentucky

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Recently, Kentucky courts have considered whether to recognize a new cause of action called “negligent credentialing.” Generally, a negligent credentialing

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Top 10 Health Law Issues for Physicians, Health Systems, and Providers in 2014

October 1, 2013 Lisa English Hinkle ACA, ACOs, associate agreement, attestation, attestation report, audit, audit claim, audit letter, audit request letter, auditor, beneficiary, big data, bill practice, bill standard, claim act liability, clinical quality measure, CMS, CMS check, compliance, compliant business, contracted auditor, controlled substance, cost report, credentialing, denominator value, EHR, EHR vendor, EHR vendor agreement, enforcement, enforcement activity, evaluation, evidence of meaningful use of incentive monies, false claim act liability, health care transaction, health system, HIPAA, HITECH, identify business associate, implement security standard, incentive, incentive monies, incentive payment, increase review, increased audit, increased enforcement activity, insurance, insurance plan, Kentucky, Kentucky 's attorney, law application, Law issue, liability, meaningful use, meaningful use attestation, meaningful use audit, measure compliance, Medicaid, Medicaid beneficiary, Medicaid claim, Medicaid integrity contractor audit, Medicaid patient, Medicaid referral, Medicaid review auditor, Medicare, Medicare claim, myriad regulation, overpayment, payment, payor, physician, preventive benefit, private pay, provider, provider audit, provider face, quality measure, repayment, report breach, required evidence, review of the big data, stage 1 compliance, stark law, stark law application, use attestation, use audit, violation, violation of the stark law

Change is the one constant that physicians, health systems, and other providers face in 2014 as the ACA and its

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