Week 4 Discussion: Scope of Practice

Patient-facing health care providers, such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, assistants, and technicians, are all required to be licensed. Healthcare organizations are responsible for credentialing all licensed staff, to ensure public safety.

Provide your own insights into licensure, the scope of practice, and credentialing. From your own research, provide an example of when there was fraud or abuse related to licensure or scope of practice in a healthcare setting. Analyze the situation and propose what the responsibilities of the compliance officer were for this situation.