Seminars

DAY1

7:00 am–8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am–8:15 am Welcome and introduction

8:15 am–8:50 am Can I Be Sued? Legal protection for medical staff leaders who make the tough calls

8:50 am–9:45 am Focused Professional Practice Evaluation

9:45 am–10:00 am Break

10:00 am–10:40 am Low/No Volume Providers: Solving the competency equation for physicians whose only presence in your hospital is their credentials file

10:40 am–11:15 am Low/No Volume Providers (cont)

11:15 am–11:45 am Physician Re-Entry and Current Competency for Physicians Returning to Practice

11:45 am–12:00 pm Break

12:00 pm–1:00 pm Lessons Learned from Recent Legal Cases

5:00 pm–6:00 pm Networking Reception

DAY 2

7:00 am–8:00 am Continental Breakfast

8:00 am–8:45 am Joint Commission: What's new in 2010 and lessons learned from 2009 surveys

Plus

Telemedicine: Radiology and beyond

8:45 am–9:30 am Not Accredited by The Joint Commission: What's required and what's not? (CMS, HFAP, and DNV)

9:30 am–10:00 am Impaired and Aging Physicians

10:00 am–10:15 am Break

10:15 am–11:00 am Achieving Effective Credentials Committee Meetings

11:00 am–11:45 am Delineation of Privileges for Today: Clearing the confusion regarding laundry lists, core privileges, and competency clusters

11:45 am–12:00 pm Break

12:00 pm–1:00 pm Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE): How to create profiles that provide meaningful data for evaluation and feedback

1:00 pm Adjourn

DAY 3

7:00 am–8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am–8:45 am Privileging Turf Battles

8:45 am–9:15 am New Technology: Get ready…there's more to come. Now what?

9:15 am–9:45 am Pitfalls in References (Giving and Receiving) and How to Avoid Them

9:45 am–10:00 am Break

10:00 am–10:20 am Disruptive Practitioner Behavior: What is the role of the credentials committee?

10:20 am–10:40 am Physician Employment and Exclusive Contracts: How to handle the new credentialing and privileging challenges

10:40 am–11:00 am ED Call and Privileges: What to do with physicians with increasingly narrow practices

11:00 am–11:15 am Break

11:15 am–12:00 pm AHP Conundrum: To privilege or not to privilege

12:00 pm–12:30 pm Conflict of Interest and Conflict Resolution: Doing the right thing when the right thing isn't always clear

12:30 pm–1:00 pm What's your action plan when you get home?

1:00 pm Adjournment

Agenda is subject to change.

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Identify best practices for matching privileges and competency
• Identify options for how to credential and privilege low-volume/no-volume practitioners
• Explain the implications of recent legal cases on credentialing practices today
• Describe an effective approach to physicians who drop privileges in an attempt to get out of ED call responsibilities
• Describe a fair and effective approach to resolving privileging turf battles
• Develop effective strategies for minimizing the risk of negligent credentialing lawsuits
• Describe effective approaches to credentialing advanced practice professionals (e.g., PAs, CRNAs, NPs, and CNMs)
• Identify strategies for making credentials committees more effective
• Evaluate the organization's current privileging and profiling systems
• Develop an approach to safely integrating new technology into the hospital
• Define strategies for addressing current Joint Commission credentialing hot buttons
• Explain best practices for utilizing the credentialing process to address physician health concerns
• Describe best practices for addressing the new credentialing challenges created by physician employment and exclusive contracts

Who Should Attend

• Medical staff leaders
• Department chairs
• Credentials committee members
• CMOs
• VPMAs
• Board members
• medical staff services,
• Credentialing professionals
• Quality professionals

Richard A Sheff, MD, CMSL
Chairman and Executive Director

Richard A. Sheff, MD, CMSL, is chairman and executive director with The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., in Marblehead, MA. He brings more than 25 years of healthcare management and leadership experience to his work with physicians, hospitals, and healthcare systems across the country. With his distinctive combination of medical, healthcare, and management acumen, Dr. Sheff develops tailored solutions to the unique needs of physicians and hospitals. He consults, authors, and presents on a wide range of healthcare management and leadership issues, including governance, physician-hospital alignment, medical staff leadership development, ED call, peer review, hospital performance improvement, disruptive physician management, conflict resolution, physician employment and contracting, health care systems, service line management, hospitalist program optimization, patient safety and error reduction, credentialing, strategic planning, regulatory compliance, and helping physicians rediscover the joy of medicine.

Carol S Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS
Senior Consultant

Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, has participated in the development of the medical staff services profession for more than 35 years. She is a senior consultant and frequent presenter with The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., in Marblehead, MA. A recognized expert in the field, Cairns has been a faculty member with the National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) since 1990. She presents frequently for NAMSS and other healthcare entities at numerous state and national seminars on subjects such as basic and advanced credentialing and privileging, core privileging, AHP credentialing, CMS' Conditions of Participation, and the standards of-and survey preparation for-The Joint Commission, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP).

Michael R Callahan, JD
Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP

Mr. Callahan, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP, in Chicago, has more than 30 years of experience assisting hospital and health system clients on a variety of healthcare legal issues. He is a frequent speaker on topics including hospital/medical staff relations, peer review, medical staff bylaws, Patient Safety Organizations, healthcare antitrust, medical staff credentialing, and mergers and acquisitions. He leads the firm's HIPAA and corporate compliance practice. Mr. Callahan was recognized as an Illinois Leading Lawyer in Antitrust (2010); as an Illinois Super Lawyer for Health Care (2007-2010); in Best Lawyers in America (1991-2010); in Corporate Counsel; in Marquis Who's Who in American Law; and in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005-2010).

Speakers subject to change.

Continuing Medical Education (CME)
HCPro, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

HCPro, Inc., designates this educational activity for a maximum of 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Education (ANCC)
HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation.

This educational activity for 13.5 nursing contact hours is provided by HCPro, Inc. 

Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
HCPro, Inc., is authorized to award 13.5 hours of pre-approved Category II (non-ACHE) continuing education credit for this program toward advancement, or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program wishing to have the continuing education hours applied toward Category II credit should indicate their attendance when submitting application to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification.

National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS)
This program is pending approval by the National Association Medical Staff Services for 16 continuing education units. Accreditation of this educational program in no way implies endorsement or sponsorship by NAMSS.

National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)
This activity will be submitted to the National Association of Healthcare Quality for CPHQ CE credit.

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Discounted Room Rate (deadline: October 3): $235 per night

For the discounted room rate, reservations must be made by October 3, 2010. Be sure to mention Greeley to receive the discounted room rate. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis and often sell out before the cutoff date. Make your hotel reservations immediately to guarantee rate and availability.

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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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