The intent of this series was to demystify the OPPE process and offer best practices that could be implemented in your organization. The fundamental underlying principle of OPPE is the ongoing determination of physician competency, a requirement by CMS in the Conditions of Participation...
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (the Court) held that the Louisiana peer review privilege protected a non-party hospital from a subpoena served on it by an insurance company seeking peer review information about one of its physicians.
The city of Manteca, California (population 71,900), some 70 miles east of San Francisco, has seen its share of economic shifts. Doctors Hospital of Manteca has seen some changes over the years as well. Marla Terrell, CPMSM, director
Q: Do the six general competencies need to be included on the OPPE profile?
A: A lot of people use that as a route for [selecting quality measures]. They pick measurements that reflect one or more of the competencies. You don’t need to have even six...
Today's free resource is an OPPE form for surgical physician assistants used at Methodist Medical Center, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This customizable form and many more are available in ...
A recent Joint Commission survey at my organization brought another topic to light that we need to address in this series: inclusion of practitioner performance metrics that are specific more to a particular specialty, department, service line, or privilege(s) that cross specialty lines.
