Kadlec Reversed

WEBCAST ON CD

Sponsored by The Greeley Guide to New Medical Staff Models

presented on September 24, 2008

Medical staff and legal experts join forces to help you create the most effective exclusive contracts.

The Kadlec case revealed a prevalent hospital practice whereby physicians who are terminated from an exclusive group as a result of quality of care concerns are frequently allowed to walk away without an investigation. In the well-publicized Kadlec case, the decision not to further investigate or report a physician led to the permanent injury of a patient and a landmark court decision.

When a problem arises with a physician under contract, how do you resolve the issue and ensure patient safety? How do you prevent problems from arising in the first place?

Listen to HCPro's Webcast Kadlec Reversed: Navigating Exclusive Contracts and Employment Agreements to Ensure Physician Competency, and learn how to design exclusive contracts that safeguard your facility from lawsuits and ensure patient safety. You will also receive practical solutions to help link your hospital's quality initiatives with a physicians group’s competency data and get the performance data you need.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA

1. Exclusive Contracts
   1. Why are exclusive arrangements becoming popular?
   2. Beware the pitfalls of "clean-sweep" clauses
      1. Lack of hearings upon termination of physician or group
   3. Possible disconnect between groups' internal peer review, quality procedures, and disclosure to the hospital
   4. Alternative contractual procedures and clauses to protect your patients and your facility
2. Employment Agreements
   1. Exploration of exclusive contracts, physician employment, and other similar agreements
   2. Learn how your hospital can obtain all relevant information to make a fully informed employment decision
   3. Determine how to address physicians in an employment relationship who have impairment/quality of care issues
3. 10 Best Practices to Help You Get the Performance Data You Need
4. Q&A

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. Understand how existing hospital/physician contractual arrangements allow impaired or unqualified physicians to continue practicing without fear of being reported to the state medical board or the National Practitioner Data Bank
2. Identify contractual alternatives to "clean-sweep" clauses that would require modified investigations and hearings in lieu of allowing the physician walk away without a report
3. Learn ways for the hospital to better protect itself in the event of retaliation or challenge by the terminated physician
4. Recognize best practices when looking for information and asking questions about physicians.

Please note: Purchasers should already have introductory knowledge of basic credentialing and privileging and basic health law concerning credentialing and privileging issues.

Bonus tools

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this Webcast, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and a tools packet that will include the following bonus materials:

• Sample absolute waiver release
• The Greeley Company's 12 credentialing principles
• The Greeley's Company's guide to employment agreements and exclusive contracts
• An educational packet summarizing the lessons learned post-Kadlec including:
  • "Kadlec Reversed: The effect on exclusive contracts"
  • "The Dos and Don'ts of conducting fair hearings"
  • "Post-Kadlec Best Practices: Preventing impaired and disruptive physicians from falling through the cracks"
  • "Learning from the Appealed Kadlec Court Ruling: Ten tips for credentialing in today's legal and healthcare environment"

These materials are provided with PDF links.

FACULTY

Michael R. Callahan, JD, is a senior partner in the healthcare practice group in the Chicago office of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. His national practice concentration includes the areas of hospital/physician relations, medical staff bylaws, credentialing, peer review, and regulatory compliance. He has successfully represented hospital and medical staff clients in more than 100 state and federal lawsuits involving peer review disputes and heads the firm's HIPAA and compliance practice groups.

William K. Cors, MD, MMM, CMSL, currently serves as the vice president of medical staff services for The Greeley Company. Cors is an experienced physician executive with a background that includes 15 years of clinical practice and more than 12 years of executive hospital/health system management, as well as experience as a healthcare consultant. Cors has worked extensively in all facets of medical staff affairs, operations, and development.

Who will benefit?

Medical staff leaders, department chairs, clinical service chiefs, medical executive committee members, medical staff services professionals, vice president of medical affairs, risk managers, quality managers, credentialing coordinators, CEOs, board members, quality members, vice president of quality, hospital counsel, CMOs, human resources, physician recruiters, physician relations committee members

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

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