The provider enrollment process helps ensure that organizations are reimbursed for the care their practitioners provide patients. While it’s easy to focus on the main streams of revenue, provider enrollment professionals must be careful not to overlook the smaller streams that can easily escape their attention.

This week, Hawaii became the 38^th state to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC). Supported by the Federation of State Medical Boards, the IMLC launched in 2017 as a way to make it easier for physicians to practice in multiple states.

If you haven’t registered for the 2023 National Provider Enrollment Forum, now is the time to do so. Starting today you can take advantage of our throwback to our early bird registration price, an instant savings of $100.

Gastroenterology is the subspecialty of internal medicine focused on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, which includes the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon and rectum, pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts, and liver. Gastroenterologists, often referred to as “GI doctors,” treat conditions such as colon polyps and cancer, hepatitis, gastroesophageal reflux, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, gallbladder and biliary tract disease, nutritional problems, irritable bowel syndrome, and pancreatitis. They perform complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures using endoscopes to visualize internal organs.

Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare regulations by reviewing some recent headlines from across the country.

• Former physician assistant sentenced to prison
• Nusring school operators plead guilty to selling fraudulent diplomas
• Woman who practiced unlicensed medicine sentenced to prison
• California man charged with practicing medicine without a license