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Sample Agenda

Premiering on February 26, 2026 from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET

INDISPENSABLE LEADERSHIP TOOLS
(8:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. ET)
LeeAnne Mitchell, Rachel Remaley, and Hala Mouzaffar

• Maximizing Legal Protections for Credentialing and Peer Review Activities
• Managing Conflicts of Interest in Credentialing and Peer Review:  A Methodical, Practical Approach
• Documenting and Protecting Credentialing and Peer Review Information (…and Deciding When and How to Share that Information within the Medical Staff Leadership, Hospital, Health System, and Beyond)
• Giving References (Especially When You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say)

BREAK – 10:00 A.M. to 10:15 A.M. ET

CREDENTIALING ESSENTIALS
(10:15 A.M. – 12:15 P.M. ET)
Susan Lapenta and Lauren Massucci

Credentialing for Excellence

• Spotting and Following Up on Red Flags: The Application of Dr. Alred Flagg
• Credentialing Tips: Tools for Addressing Difficult Credentialing Issues
  Aligning the Employment and Medical Staff Processes
• Using Threshold Eligibility Criteria/Waivers
• Managing Incomplete Applications
• Dealing with Misstatements and Omissions
• Know When to Delve into Malpractice Claims
• Make Reappointment Meaningful

Tackling Tough Privileging Issues

• Introduction to Clinical Principles
• Privileging Principles
• Temporary Privileges
• Own Your Own DOPs

National Practitioner Data Bank Reporting

• Relinquishing/Resigning Clinical Privileges and More!
• Reporting Scenarios

BREAK – 12:15 P.M. to 12:30 P.M. ET

PEER REVIEW PRIMER
(12:30 P.M. – 2:30 P.M. ET)
Ian Donaldson and Charles Chulack

Peer Review of Clinical Concerns that Protects Patients and Helps Your Colleagues Succeed

• The value of a hospital-wide multi-specialty peer review committee
• Checks and balances – and accountability – in peer review
• Save leader time through delegated preparation and triage
• The importance of making notice and opportunity for input a mandatory, not optional, part of the review process
• Fostering consistency through central repositories, reports, and oversight, use of assigned reviewers, use of review forms, and detailed identification of indicators for review
• The role of department chairs in modern peer review

Reviewing Professionalism and Practitioner Health Issues

The Progressive Steps Continuum and Tips for Conducting (and Documenting) Collegial Interventions

LIVE Q&A – 2:30 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. ET

Who Should Attend

• Medical Staff Officers
• Department Chiefs
• Credentials Committee Members
• MEC Members
• Bylaws Committee Members
• VPMAs, CMOs, and Medical Directors
• Medical Staff Services Professionals
• Quality/Performance Improvement Directors
• Hospital Management
• Hospital Counsel
• Management involved in credentialing
• Board members
• Medical Staff members who serve on Performance Improvement or Quality Committees
• Peer Review Committee members

Disclaimer

HortySpringer Seminar Disclaimer Statement:

The information presented at these seminars and the supplementary materials provided to registrants are intended for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing contained therein is to be considered as the rendering of legal advice for specific cases or circumstances. No one should act or refrain from acting on the basis of any information presented at these seminars without seeking the appropriate legal or other professional advice on the particular facts and circumstances at issue from a lawyer practicing as permitted by applicable laws, regulations or rules of professional conduct. No attorney-client relationship is formed by registration for any seminar or the use of the seminar materials.

Faculty

LeeAnne M. Mitchell

Rachel E. Remaley

Hala Mouzaffar

Susan Lapenta

Lauren M. Massucci

Ian M. Donaldson

Charles J. Chulack

Registration

Pricing Tier:

Individual Purchase:
$895/person

Individual purchase includes access to the seminar recording, online slide text, all supplementary materials, access to the program recording for 30 days, and our 30-minute live Q&A with our seminar faculty.

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Organization Purchase (Individual organization and/or up to three hospitals within the same system):
$7,795 (unlimited attendees/attendee information not required)

Organization purchase includes access to the seminar recording, online slide text, all supplementary materials, access to the program recording for 60 days, and our 30-minute live Q&A with our seminar faculty.

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System Purchase (More than three hospitals within the same System):
$10,500 (unlimited attendees/attendee information not required)

System purchase includes access to the seminar recording, online slide text, all supplementary materials, access to the program recording for 90 days, and our 30-minute live Q&A with our seminar faculty.