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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Physician Executive & Practice Management > A Practical Guide to Assessing the Competency of Low-Volume Providers

A Practical Guide to Assessing the Competency of Low-Volume Providers
Hugh Greeley

Softcover + bonus CD-ROM
ISBN 1578394694
HCPro Inc
November 2004
(click button below for the very best currently available price for this resource)

In hospitals across the country, medical service professionals, department chairs, credentials committee members, and medical executive committee members are increasingly faced with requests for medical staff membership, reappointment, and clinical privileges submitted by physicians with little or no clinical volume.

Hospitals and credentialing professionals are understandably concerned about this trend and its effect on the credentialing process. 

These concerns are elevated by fear that the hospital will not meet accreditation standards, and fear that a physician may lack the skills and knowledge to appropriately care for patients. In addition, many worry that a low-or no-volume physician may admit and treat a patient who subsequently files a corporate negligence suit against the hospital that accuses the hospital of negligent retention.

In this hands-on guide with companion CD-ROM, medical staffs are provided with options - beyond outright denial of membership or clinical privileges - when faced with an application submitted by a low- or no-volume provider. 

You and your staff will learn, step-by-step, how to confidently react when next faced with such requests and save money, time, resources and liability risks. This package provides:

  • Useful forms and tools on CD-ROM for easy customization to help you implement our recommendations. You receive reference questionnaires, sample policies and letters, and an intended practice plan (see below for a listing).

  • Detailed instructions on developing a comprehensive flowchart that provides you with options for processing applications submitted by low- and no-volume providers

  • 8 case studies of low-volume providers to help readers find solutions to organization-specific problems

  • Step-by-step instructions on how to apply "competency equation" to this growing challenge

Take a look at a sampling of the tools, forms, and advice you receive on CD-ROM:

  • Reappointment Flow Chart

  • Application for Medical Staff Appointment and Clinical Privileges

  • The New Credentialing Standard: Ten Steps to Credentialing Excellence

  • Instructions for Completing an Application for Medical Staff Appointment

  • Application Completion Checklist

  • Notification of Failure to Submit Application

  • Policy on Clinical References

  • Reappointment Activity Summary

  • Fast-Track Credentialing Policy

  • Sample Policy and Procedure: Placing the Burden on the Applicant

  • Instructions for Requesting Additional Information/Clarification

  • Notification of Incomplete Application

  • Notification of Unsatisfactory Response

  • Notification of Failure to Respond

  • Appointment and Clinical Privileges Myths and Truths

  • Options for Processing Low- and No-Volume Providers' Applications

  • Letter Accompanying Professional Reference Questionnaire

  • Professional Reference Questionnaire

  • Sample Guidelines for Proctoring

  • Sample Proctor Assignment Procedure

  • Intended Practice Plan

  • Sample Bylaws Language: Categories of the Medical Staff

Softcover + bonus CD-ROM
ISBN 1578394694
HCPro Inc
November 2004
Price: $99.00

 

In this hands-on guide with companion CD-ROM, medical staffs are provided with options - beyond outright denial of membership or clinical privileges - when faced with an application submitted by a low- or no-volume provider. 

With more than 17 years of experience, HCPro, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated information, education, training, and consulting products and services in the vital areas of healthcare regulation and compliance. The company's mission is to meet the specialized informational, advisory, and educational needs of the healthcare industry. As an acknowledged industry authority in healthcare regulation and compliance, HCPro focuses on providing expertise in the areas of accreditation, medical staff affairs, credentialing, privileging, medical record management, nursing management, finance, quality/patient safety, infection control, workplace safety and regulatory compliance.

(information from the publisher)

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