Horty Springer: Credentialing for Excellence_May 2021_Enduring
Credentialing for Excellence provides comprehensive training for those involved in all levels of the credentialing process, including medical staff professionals, medical staff leaders, committee members, board members, and legal counsel.
Attendees will gain the skills and knowledge they need to manage the risks involved in credentialing and to use the credentialing process to establish excellence in the provision of care in their institutions. The seminar is designed to be engaging and thought-provoking so that attendees will get the most out of their experience.
Suggested Additional Reading:
- When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
- The Peer Review Guidebook, 5th Edition, Editors: Barbara Blackmond, Charles J. Chulack, Joshua A. Hodges, Lauren M. Massucci, Daniel Mulholland
- Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care, John Nance
- The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder, Charles Graeber
- Dr. Death, Matt Goodman (Article in D Magazine)
Target Audience
This course was designed for hospital administrators, physicians and clinicians who need to be better informed about how to manage and possibly improve their overall performance.
This training is specifically targeted to:
- Credentials Committee and MEC members
- Medical Staff Officers
- CMOs, VPMAs, CEOs
- Department Chiefs
- Medical Staff Professionals
- Management involved in credentialing
- Board members
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this audio conference, participants will be able to:
- Identify common credentialing issues relating to initial appointment, reappointment, and granting of clinical privileges.
- Implement practical tips and tools to significantly enhance the effectiveness of the credentialing process.
- Describe the legal protections that are available those involved in the credentialing process, including Medical Staff leaders.
- Evaluate practitioner conduct and health issues as a part of the credentialing process.
SPECIAL NOTE:
There is no educational content to this course. This site is designed to supplement training that has already occurred, to administer the post-test, collect CME evaluations, and issue credit.
Charles J. Chulack, JD. Partner, Horty, Springer & Mattern, PC.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Lauren M. Massucci, JD. Partner, Horty, Springer & Mattern, PC.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
All presenters disclosure of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above. No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Joint Provider Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and HortySpringer Seminars. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 6.00 Attendance