The Complete Course for Medical Staff Leaders


	The Advanced Roundtable for Physician Leaders The AHP Workshop The Complete Course for Medical Staff Leaders Seminar Topics Faculty Who Should Attend Certification Registration Seminar Schedule Brochure The Credentialing Clinic Governance for the Future Hospital-Physician Financial Arrangements: New Rules, New Risks, New Relationships On-Call & EMTALA The P.E.E.R. Program





	Day One - Credentialing “Survey says ...” Protections for Leaders Focus on the Patients, Not on the Lawyers Legal & Practical Protections View from the Trenches: Perspective of a Volunteer Leader Tips for Effective Credentialing Case Study Threshold Criteria - Raising the Bar ACGME General Competencies Recognizing Red Flags Effectively Getting (and Giving) References Dealing with Difficult Applications Don’t Process Incomplete Applications! Set Expectations for New Members Temporary Privileges New Applicants, Important Patient Care Need, and Locum Tenens Reappointment An Educational Opportunity “Performance-Based” Reappraisal/Quality Profiles When There’s Nothing to Evaluate... Techniques for Conditional Reappointment Effective Privilege Delineation Core and Supplemental Privileges Developing Criteria for New Procedures/ Technology & Procedures That Cross Specialty Lines Day Two - Peer Review The Peer Review Continuum “Triage” of Issues that Arise — Quality/Competence? Behavior? Health? Who Conducts the “Triage” and Decides How to Proceed? What Are the Options — Peer Review Policy? Code of Conduct? Practitioner Health Policy? Bylaws? Addressing a Quality Concern Collegial Intervention Regarding a Quality Concern Progressive Steps for Quality Essential Elements of an Effective Peer Review Policy How to Deal with “Disruptive” Behavior Collegial Intervention Progressive Steps for Conduct Code of Conduct Policy When Physician Health is an Issue Collegial Intervention When Health Is an Issue Progressive Steps and Accommodation Practitioner Health Policy What Goes into a Physician’s File? How Do You Document Collegial Intervention and Progressive Steps? Do Physicians Have a Right to See Their Files? Should Physicians Be Able to Respond to Items Placed in Their Files? When Should Items Be Removed from a File? Dealing with Conduct Outside the Hospital Medicare/Medicaid Exclusion, Criminal Conduct, Peer Review Actions at Another Hospital, Conduct in the Physician’s Office, Malpractice Suits Anatomy of an Investigation Case Study How to Document the Process Who Should Investigate? Should Lawyers Be Involved? Effective Use of Outside Consultants Precautionary Suspensions Day Three - Policy Issues Hearing Procedures Mock Hearing How to Handle Conflicts of Interest Does Every Member in the Department of the Physician Under Review Have a Conflict? When and How Should You Recuse Yourself? Keys to Confidentiality Confidentiality Policies and Agreements What Should Be in Minutes? What Shouldn’t? How to Protect Minutes and Other Documents Peer Review in Cyberspace: What Safeguards Do You Need? National Practitioner Data Bank What’s Reportable? What’s Not? OPPE and FPPE Practical Tips for Compliance with the 2007 Joint Commission Medical Staff Standards Effective Medical Staff Documents Medical Staff Bylaws Credentials Policy Organizational Manual — Minimizing Bureaucracy/Reducing Committees/Giving Yourself the Gift of Time AHP Policy On-Call Problems and Solutions On Call 24/7/365? Specialists Who Want Limited Call Demands for Payment “Exemptions” for Senior Physicians Failure to Respond Attracting Physicians to Leadership/Rewards for Medical Staff Leaders REGISTER NOW