March contest winner: OPPE for low-volume providers

Congratulations to this month’s contest winner, Mindy Hays, CPMSM, medical staff coordinator at Lindner Center of Hope, Mason, OH, for her entry on ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) for low-volume providers!

Here’s what Mindy has to say about OPPE at her institution:

“This standard has been challenging for everyone to meet. It can be especially challenging trying to meet the standard for low/no volume practitioners. As such, we have added the following language in our Professional Practice Evaluation policy to address the low/no volume practitioners:

For low/no volume practitioners who do not utilize the hospital with sufficient frequency to allow for an adequate evaluation of current clinical competence, the practitioner will be responsible for providing alternative information for review that will allow an informed decision regarding the ongoing professional practice evaluation. This may include OPPE data from their primary hospital where they have significant volume relating to the privileges being exercised at X Hospital, similar data from a managed care plan, and/or an evaluation from a chief of service and/or peer references specific to the privileges being exercised at X Hospital. For office-based practitioners without other hospital privileges, a billing report from their office practice of the types (diagnosis) and numbers of patients seen may also be requested. The peer review committee will make a recommendation to the medical executive committee (MEC) regarding whether the information provided is adequate to establish current competence and for the continuation of privileges.

Mindy developed the peer reference evaluation and hospital assessment forms to be used with OPPE review every six months. The OPPE assessment recommendation form is signed by the peer review committee chair and the MEC chair, then placed in the practitioner’s credentials file as evidence of this review. 

Download the following forms by clicking here:

• Low/No-Volume Practitioner Current Competency Attestation  - FPPE/OPPE Peer Evaluation (Peer Reference)
• Low/No-Volume Practitioner Current Competency Attestation – FPPE/OPPE (Facility Letter)
• Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation Assessment and Recommendation Form

Thanks for sharing, Mindy! Mindy and a colleague win free seats to the upcoming Greeley Medical Staff Institute (GMSI) Symposium on June 8–9, 2010 in Chicago.

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