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• Change is coming to your inbox

  The new and very much improved Credentialing Resource Center website is on the launchpad, and following field tests, you’ll be able to see what we’ve done. Which brings me to this electronic weekly. Your Credentialing Resource Center Insider is not only getting a new look, it’s getting a new name, too: The Credentialing Resource Center Daily.

• 9 states introduce multi-state medical licensure bills

  Nine states have introduced legislation that would speed the process for practitioners seeking multi-state licensure, according to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB). Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming have formally introduced the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, model legislation that would expedite the issuing of licenses for physicians who wish to practice in multiple states.

   

• HHS: NPDB requirements still apply in states with DA&O laws

  Physicians in states with disclose, apology and offer (DA&O) laws must still have payouts made on their behalf reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the ruling in May, but few knew about it until mid-August when watchdog group Public Citizen followed up on the department's efforts to close alleged loopholes making DA&O-related payments nonreportable.

• AOA votes for single accreditation system

  American Osteopathic Association (AOA) delegates voted last week to support a decision by the AOA Board of Trustees to pursue a new, single accreditation system for graduate medical education. The vote clears the way for medical schools, hospitals, and community health centers to develop a single standard for residency program training. Graduating students from DO or MD schools can now become board-eligible, practicing physicians in the United States through a single accrediting system.

   

• Single accreditation system for GME gets the go-ahead

  The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) have agreed to a single accreditation system for graduate medical education (GME) programs in the U.S. The single accreditation system will allow graduates of allopathic and osteopathic medical schools to complete their residency and/or fellowship education in ACGME-accredited programs and demonstrate achievement of common Milestones and competencies. 

• Draft NPDB Guidebook open for public comment

  The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) is revising the NPDB Guidebook to incorporate legislative and regulatory changes adopted since its last edition, including the merger of the NPDB with the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank. The revised Guidebook will offer more and clearer examples of when and how to report and query, more useful tables explaining Data Bank policies, and live links to statutes, regulations, and the NPDB website.

   

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