Tip of the week: Evaluate the proctor's case log

If a proctor is not a member of your medical staff, he or she must be granted temporary privileges to perform the proctoring role. During the credentialing process, MSPs should review the proctor’s case log as well as the information the physician provides on his or her application, says Richard Baker, CPMSM, CPCS, director of medical staff services at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Panama City, FL.

When proctors come from large academic medical centers or firms specializing in providing proctoring services, MSPs may assume that the proctor’s case log is adequate and green light it. “But you should know how many cases they have done on their own in case they have to step in during a procedure.”

This week’s tip is from “Probing into concurrent proctoring problems: Solutions to four common mistakes” in the November issue of Credentialing & Peer Review Legal Insider.