SEMINAR
TOPICS
Who
Are We Talking About?
- Licensed Independent Practitioners —
audiologists, psychologists,
- APRNs and PAs
- Dependent Practitioners — private scrub techs, etc.
Determining the
Need for a Category of AHPs
Credentialing Options
- Joint Commission requirements
- CMS requirements
Credentialing Tips Specific to AHPs
Privileges or Scope
of Practice?
Turf Battles
- How do you determine if something is within an AHP’s
scope of practice?
Employed vs. Non-Employed AHPs
- Should the hospital’s human resource policies be
used for credentialing?
- Do supervision, QI, and peer review processes
differ?
Supervision, Collaborative Agreements, and Countersignatures
- Supervision levels
- How do you monitor supervision requirements?
- If there is a quality problem with an AHP, to what extent
(and how) should the supervising physician be held accountable?
- Role of hospital with respect to collaborative agreement
Assessing Competence
- How will AHPs with privileges be worked into the hospital’s
PI and peer review systems?
Procedural Rights for
AHPs
Role of AHPs in Emergency Call Response and in Medical
Screening in ED
Role of Sales Representatives
Separate Policy on AHPs? Include
in Bylaws? What Makes Sense? What does the Joint
Commission Require?
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