Kansas Medicaid Assistance Program (KMAP) revalidates providers enrolled in Medicare on an average of every three (3) years. During COVID, revalidations ceased. In May 2023, the state of Kansas reinstated the revalidation [...]
Effective January 1, 2025, Healthy Blue has been selected as one of the Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to serve the Kansas Medicaid Program with KanCare. Healthy Blue will replace Aetna Better Health. [...]
On December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 enacted a new one-time, eight (8)-hour training requirement for ALL Drug Enforcement Administration registered practitioners on the treatment and management of patients [...]
Effective May 15th, the Kansas Board of Healing Arts will open its portal to allow Kansas MDs to renew their state licenses. How much and what type of CME is required for [...]
Like other states, physicians providing medical care to patients in the state of Kansas are required to hold an active Kansas license. Since 2017, physicians have had a faster pathway to licensure [...]
Unlicensed Houston Man Arrested for Alleged Illegal Breast Surgeries at Houston Aesthetic Center In a recent undercover operation, a Houston-area man, Alexander Padilla, 53, was arrested at the Houston Aesthetic Center for [...]
Reporting Requirements for Practitioners Taking Leave of Absence from Medical Staff to Enter Rehabilitation Programs: NPDB Obligations According to a recent article written by the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), there is [...]
Medical Credentialing Services Could Have Prevented Michigan Nurse Fraud Case We recently came across a press release article on justice.gov, "Nurse Impostor Pleads Guilty To Identity Theft And Making False Medical Records" [...]
Did You Know That NPDB Works to Prevent Medical Malpractice by Preventing Practitioners From Assuming the Identity of Deceased Practitioners? The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) is a "web-based repository of reports [...]
Did You Know? Hospital Querying Requirement Remains at Two Years According to NPDB Insights, the Hospital Querying Requirement Remains at Two Years. Did you know that despite some hospital accreditation organizations permit [...]
