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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Medical Staff Management > The Credentialing Coordinators Handbook The Credentialing Coordinators Handbook Anne Roberts, CPCS, CPSM Softbound Book, 240 pages + bonus CD-ROM Size: 8.5" x 11" + CD-ROM ISBN 1601460554 978-1601460554 HCPro / Opus August 2007 Price: $149.00     Credentialing and privileging responsibilities seem to grow and change constantly. Are you keeping up? In today’s safety- and quality-minded healthcare environment, credentialing and privileging processes continue to expand in complexity and importance. If sound credentialing and privileging practices are lacking, your entire organization is at risk for compromised patient care, negligent credentialing lawsuits, and regulatory violations. As a credentialing professional, your charge is to stay on top of regulatory changes and emerging best practices through training and education. This ensures quality patient care and compliance with rules, regulations, and other standards. The Credentialing Coordinator’s Handbook is an everyday credentialing resource for both veteran MSPs and newcomers. This easy-to-reference guide provides: Strategies to meet Joint Commission standards Fundamental concepts for those new to the field Credentialing self-assessment tools to gauge your own effectiveness Tools and tips for day-to-day credentialing tasks Solutions to unique challenges, such as fast-track credentialing and disaster privileging Ideas on how to avoid the legal pitfalls of negligent credentialing Specifically created for ease of use, unlike other resource materials for credentialing and privileging, this book and CD-ROM set won’t overwhelm you with unnecessary information. Instead, it provides a comprehensive yet quick reference for MSPs tasked with credentialing and privileging.   Designed to address your daily challenges - addressing the challenges and responsibilities you encounter daily, The Credentialing Coordinator’s Handbook offers tools designed to immediately and positively affect your medical staff office operations.   Useful both to veterans and newcomers. This approachable, easy-to-reference guide book is an invaluable resource for those new to credentialing and privileging. However, its convenient design will also appeal to veteran credentialers, who can use it as a quick reference for long-term compliance and training.   Covers the latest topics, as well as evergreen issues. The Credentialing Coordinator’s Handbook addresses the latest requirements, as well as enduring issues that professionals must know about and adhere to daily in order to apply safe and effective credentialing and privileging processes. Take a look at the table of contents: Credentialing and privileging fundamentals The origin of credentialing: Roles, responsibilities, and regulatory requirements Creating an effective credentialing process Beyond the application process Developing an effective privileging process Temporary privileges, fast track processing, and disaster privileges Tracking and trending quality data Legal considerations for the modern MSP Allied health professionals Developing a credentialing database Emerging issues in credentialing and privileging Sample letters and forms Sample policies and tools Clinical white papers Who will benefit from this book? Credentialing coordinators Directors of credentialing Medical staff professionals Medical staff coordinators Risk managers Medical staff leaders Earn continuing education credits! This program has been approved by the National Association Medical Staff Services for up to 5 continuing education units. Accreditation of this educational program in no way implies endorsement or sponsorship by NAMSS.   Anne Roberts, CPCS, CPMSM, is a credentialing and privileging specialist who has consulted on various credentialing, privileging, and medical staff issues. She is also the director of medical affairs at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas where she oversees the medical administration, graduate medical education, and medical staff services departments. As a consultant, Roberts has worked with healthcare organizations across the country to prepare for regulatory surveys, assist with bylaw revisions, draft policies and procedures, and reorganize medical staff services departments. Roberts holds dual certifications as a professional medical staff manager and a certified provider credentialing specialist through the National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS). She is a member of the NAMSS membership committee and is the lead consultant for their national mentoring program. Roberts has written numerous publications for several national organizations 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 its expertise in the areas of accreditation, medical staff affairs, credentialing, privileging, medical record management, regulatory compliance, nursing, quality/patient safety, infection control, and workplace safety.   Please remember that the government no longer allows a grace period for annual code sets. The new HIPAA Transaction and Code Set Rule requires providers to use national medical code sets that are valid at the time that a service is provided. ICD-9-CM code revisions become effective October 1st each year while CPT and HCPCS code revisions become effective January 1st. In order for you to meet this requirement, you must have the revised CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-9-CM codes in your possession before the implementation dates. The best way to do this is to order your code books early. Review current coding resources. 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