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Core Privileges for Physicians:
A Practical Approach to Developing and Implementing Criteria-based Privileges, Fourth Edition
(Release date: November 2007)

presented on October 23, 2007


Having trouble implementing core privileges?

Confused about where The Joint Commission and CMS stand on core?

Learn from industry experts how to be Successful to the Core!

Designing and implementing core privileges can be difficult, time consuming, and complex. Many medical staff offices have tried and failed. Listen to HCPro's Successful to the Core: Design, implement, and maintain a criteria-based core privileging system and discover proven solutions that will help you set up and maintain core privileging at your facility.

From resistance among medical staff members and lack of administrative “champions” to time and personnel constraints in the MSO, the challenges to designing and implementing core can seem overwhelming. This 90-minute program will put you on the right path to a workable core privileging system.

Confusion about The Joint Commission’s stance on core privileges as opposed to laundry lists or other methods is common, even among veteran MSPs. Meanwhile, the CMS doesn’t specifically mandate the use of core, but emphasizes the importance of the specialty or subspecialty core being “well defined”—a concept with which many facilities struggle.  This audio will clear the confusion and help you create a system that is not only workable, but compliant as well.

You’ll be able to:

• Cite Joint Commission & CMS requirements regarding criteria-based privileging
• Discuss strategies to address challenging specialties/subspecialties at your organization
• Understand and apply steps to successfully implement core
• Map a process for approval and implementation of new or revised forms at your facility
• Optimize use of existing resources such as technology and personnel to improve your privileging process

CHECK OUT THE AGENDA

1. Define the elements of a successful criteria-based system
2. Why change from the current laundry list to criteria-based core privileges
   1. CMS vs. The Joint commission
3. Understand and apply steps to successfully implement core privileges
4. Strategies to address barriers and challenges to implementing core
   1. Challenging specialties
   2. Crossover privileging
   3. Privileging disputes
   4. Privileging APPs
   5. Playing the numbers game (Is evidence-based criteria available?)
5. Map a process to gain approval for implementing new or revised privileging forms at your facility
   1. Medical staff professionals’ perspective
      1. Get backing and unanimous votes
   2. Physicians’/administrators’ perspective
      1. Lean on MSPs and tap into their expertise
      2. Use specialty representatives carefully
6. Strategies for best using existing resources in the transition to core
7. Q&A

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the program, participants will be able to:

1. Define The Joint Commission’s stance on core privileging
2. Recognize the elements of criteria-based core privileging
3. List strategies for overcoming barriers and challenges
4. Describe key steps to core privileging.

BONUS TOOLS: CORE PRIVILEGING FORMS

As part of your materials packet, you will receive 7 core privileging forms, five relating to physician privileging, and two covering AHPs.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Vicki L. Searcy, CPMSM, serves as the practice director for Credentialing and Privileging at The Greeley Company. She brings over 25 years of experience to her work with hospitals, healthcare systems, health plans, medical groups, and credentialing verification organizations across the country.

Mark A. Smith, MD, MBA, is a senior consultant for The Greeley Company. Dr. Smith brings 25 years of clinical practice and hospital management experiences to his work with physicians and hospitals across the United States.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

Medical staff professionals, medical staff directors/coordinators, credentialing specialists, credentialing committee members, medical executive committee members, corporate compliance, department chairs, physicians, medical staff leaders, VPMAs, administrators

NEW PURCHASE OPTION

In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audioconferences, audio CD, we are pleased to offer a new option, an audio archive. Audio archive allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player.

Purchase a CD or audio archive of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.

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