When a concern with a pracititoner surfaces, always think, "What if this goes to a fair hearing?" Keep the following tips in mind throughout all professional review activities, even if a concern is not currently present. Issues sometimes surface much later, so you want to be confident that looking back, everything was compliant with the bylaws.

Hospital visits spike before and after first-time shelter use, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. The research, which looked at adult first-time shelter users in New York City, found that 39% had a hospital visit in the year before shelter entry while 43% had a hospital visit in the year after shelter exit.

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I had just completed my case presentation on provider master data management (MDM) at a conference for medical professionals. A well-suited executive came up to me and asked me, “Our mergers and acquisitions are moving at a rapid pace; the other teams can’t keep up. Can master data help?”