The Texas Medical Board (TMB) disciplined 26 doctors last month. These disciplinary efforts included quality of care concerns, allegations of unprofessional conduct, and violation of previous orders. The quality of care concerns included a physician who completed a...
An allegation of misconduct can come from almost anyone including a patient, co-worker, administrator, or co-worker. If the individual reaches out to the state board of nursing, the nurse who is facing the allegations could find themselves at the center of an...
Texas has a shortage of facilities needed to meet residents’ psychiatric needs. The state has suffered from years of underfunding in this critical area of healthcare. As of March 2021, the state’s 10 public psychiatric hospitals reported a waitlist of almost 1,500...
State licensing boards require physicians and physician assistants to continue life-long learning within their field. This helps to better ensure that medical professionals provide the best medical care to their patients and better serve their communities. Although a...
Hospital administrators are not alone when thinking about using a policy that would require workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. This is especially true at a time when the virus is evolving and appears to be more contagious than before. But such policies can come with...
Hospital merger and acquisition (M&A) deals continue to thrive through 2021. Just this month, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare announced the sale of five hospitals to Steward Health Care. Those with information on the deal expect the billion-dollar deal to close in...
A conviction for driving under the influence (DUI) can lead to serious consequences. In addition to fines, those who have a nursing license will likely find themselves the subject of an official investigation by the Texas Board of Nursing (BON). Why would the Texas...
The home health industry survived the pandemic and is poised for growth through 2021. Healthcare businesses who struggled to defend their worth to Medicare, Medicaid and other providers in the past found extension of coverage to include their services during the...
Various laws and regulations impact healthcare and, like all things in the legal world, these laws are often evolving. Nursing organizations like the American Nurses Association (ANA) have highlighted a handful of proposals that could impact their profession in coming...
Our country is one with a long-standing tradition of professional self-regulations. State medical boards regulate physicians, state nursing boards regulate nurses, etc. But what happens if the public feels this type of self-regulation weighs too heavily in favor of...
