If you have a medical staff leader orientation session or give them a packet of information, have them sign an attestation form saying they received the information. Here is a sample attestation from St. Jude's Medical Center, which it also uses for credit for one of the leadership standards...
Don’t be surprised if practitioners push back or give defensive responses about potential performance issues identified during professional practice evaluation. This free resource provides a few typical examples of complaints that practitioners may offer during the course of an evaluation, along...
As clinic-based provider and hospitalist models have become more prevalent in healthcare, medical staff organizations have been tasked with developing mechanisms in their bylaws that allow clinic practitioners to have some involvement in the care of their patients who are in the hospital without...
This resource provides a great starting point for developing a policy on monitoring sanctions. Users should tailor the general guidelines throughout to their state and bylaws requirements.
Form users should ensure all policy elements comply with the specific spectrum of requirements to which their organization is bound (e.g., all relevant federal, state, accreditation, and certification requirements).
Although the industry is rightfully moving toward paperless credentialing processes and tools, many small and rural hospitals without the funding for automation could benefit from using this audit template to ensure their credentialing and privileging programs are in a continuous state of...
This tool facilitates a complete application submission. It serves as a quick and complete reference regarding membership and privileging requirements/criteria, saving practitioners and MSPs the headache of resolving incomplete and/or unqualified applications.
This form can be used to document a practitioner’s level of engagement at a facility by assessing not only clinical activity—or lack thereof—but other general competency elements such as patient care (NPDB query) and professionalism (participation in continuing medical education).
Many APPs—especially those who are employed by hospitals—practice across specialty lines. This form spans multiple areas of practice and the potential privileges associated with each. The state-specific information and privileges listed in each category can easily be modified by state/medical...
If a practitioner loses privileges or membership because the hospital offers an exclusive contract to another practitioner or specialty group, most institutions will not offer a fair hearing, and the action is not reported to the NPDB. Most hospitals have one or more exclusive contracts with ...
