Seminars

SESSIONS WILL HELP ATTENDEES:

• Define credentialing, privileging, and competency assessment
• Explain why healthcare organizations credential and privilege practitioners
• Discuss the regulatory and legal history of credentialing and privileging
• Outline strategies for designing a competency assessment process
• Understand roles and responsibilities of key players (medical staff professionals, management and administration, medical staff leadership, department chairs, credentials committee, MEC, and the board) in the credentialing and privileging process
• Define the 12 principles for best practices in credentialing and privileging
• Create processes for granting privileges with professional practice monitoring through the medical staff
• Understand when to use scope-of-work agreements instead of privileges
• Explain special credentialing considerations for APRNs and PAs
• Identify the differences between an information error and a decision error
• Understand the four essential steps to effective credentialing
• Define The Joint Commission’s six general competencies
• Explain how the competency equation fits into the credentialing process
• Avoid unnecessary denial of privileges
• Develop a criteria-based privileging system
• Understand how to prevent costly fair hearings

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

• Medical staff services professionals
• Credentialing professionals
• Credentials committee chairs and members

Carol S Cairns CPMSM, CPCS
Senior Consultant

Ms. Cairns is a senior consultant and frequent presenter with The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc. in Marblehead, MA. She also serves as an information resource for HCPro, and has participated in the development of the medical staff services profession for more than 35 years. Cairns is the president of PRO-CON, an Illinois consulting firm specializing in credentialing, privileging, medical staff organization operations, and survey preparation. A recognized expert in the field, she is a frequent presenter at healthcare entities as well as state and national seminars. Cairns has been a faculty member with the National Association Medical Services (NAMSS) since 1990. She has presented at numerous state and national seminars on subjects such as basic and advanced credentialing and privileging, CMS Conditions of Participation, The Joint Commission standards and survey preparation, National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) standards, American Osteopathic Association Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program Standards, AHP credentialing, core privileging, and meeting management and documentation.

Richard A Sheff, MD, CMSL
Vice President of Consulting and Education

Dr. Sheff is chair and executive director at The Greeley Company with over 25 years of healthcare management and leadership experience. With a distinctive combination of medical, healthcare and management acumen, Sheff develops tailored and valued solutions to the unique needs of physicians and hospitals. He has consulted, authored, and lectured on a wide-range of healthcare management and leadership issues and topics including governance, hospital and medical staff performance improvement, managing poor quality and disruptive physicians, patient safety and error reduction, credentialing, medical staff effectiveness and redesign, medical staff leadership development, strategic planning, and regulatory compliance.

Speakers subject to change.

Continuing education credits will be available for this program. Please check back soon for complete information.

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1. Cancellations received by HCPro, Inc. 30 days or more prior to the seminar are eligible for a credit or refund, less a $250 cancellation fee. The credit will be valid for up to 6 months from date of cancellation.
2. Cancellations made 30 to 10 days prior to the seminar date(s) are not eligible for refunds but are eligible for payment transfer (credit) to another HCPro, Inc. seminar, less a $250 cancellation fee. The credit will be valid for up to 6 months from date of cancellation.
3. Participant(s) who cancel less than 10 days prior to the seminar date(s) will be considered as "no shows" and will not be eligible for refunds/credits.

This policy is subject to change.

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