COVID-19 public health emergency ending

As promised, the White House is giving ample notice—the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will end on May 11. In a statement January 30, the White House said it would end the PHE, which has allowed hospitals and other providers a number of compliance and other waivers to help ease the burden on healthcare.

A federal grand jury has indicted 25 people in connection with a wire fraud scheme that sold more than 7,600 fraudulent nursing degree diplomas at three now closed nursing school. They each face up to 20 years in prison.

The Credentialing Resource Center team is seeking experts to review the official report for the 2022 MSP Salary Survey. We’re looking for MSPs, physician leaders, practitioners, quality professionals, and others with relevant experience who are willing to comment on the findings of the report and how the data reflects what they’re seeing in the field. The CRC team will credit all quotes published in the report and feature you in the report’s expert contributors section. Don’t miss this chance to get involved and give back to your peers in the profession! Email editor Son Hoang at [email protected] if you’re interested or to learn more!

Platinum plus members can access the newest webinar in the Credentialing Resource Center library. Join HCPro Regulatory Specialist Teri Rice as she reviews Rural Emergency Hospitals (REH) criteria, a new provider type that is a part of CMS' 2022 OPPS Final Rule to address the growing concern over closures of rural hospitals. The REH designation provides an opportunity for Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and certain rural hospitals to avert potential closure and continue to provide essential services for the communities they serve. Learn more about this ruling in this webinar. To listen to the webinar, click here.

MSPs can add value to their organizations by streamlining and unifying the credentialing and provider enrollment processes, leading to greater efficiencies and increased revenue, according to Lisa Velasco, MSM, LPTA, CPMSM, CPCS, director of professional services at The Hardenbergh Group in Livonia, Michigan.

In a bit of positive news, it appears that MSP compensation is on an upward swing. The number of MSPs making more than $100,000 has increased over the past year, according to the 2022 MSP Salary Survey. In the tail end of 2022, 25.8% of respondents reported earning more than $100,000, compared to 22.3% in 2021.