Credentials Committee Essentials Handbook

Get the knowledge needed to serve as an effective Credentials Committee Member and fulfill the role well. The Credentials Committee Essentials Handbook clarifies the critical role of the credential committee member and their responsibilities in relation to MEC, quality committee, and department chairs. With this handbook credentialing committee members can over come the challenges of insufficient leadership training and equip them with the information they need to serve as an effective committee member throughout their appointment. Plus, to make staff training easy, this handbook includes a customizable PowerPoint® presentation highlighting key takeaways covered in the handbook. Benefits of Credentials Committee Essentials Handbook: Earn CE and certification credits Assess, document, and comply with The Joint Commission’s core competencies Verify the competence of advance practice professionals and allied health professionals Understand the role of physician leaders in focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE), ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE), and peer review Overcome challenges presented by low- and no-volume providers and legal issues such as negligent credentialing Avoid costly, time-consuming fair hearings Oversee professional conduct and confront disruptive behavior What’s inside: State the four steps of credentialing by the MEC, governing board, department chairs, committees, and medical staff leaders Identify the role of the credentials committee member in relation to the MEC, quality committee, and department chairs Explain what focused professional practice evaluation is and is not Summarize the medical staff response to a physician requesting new technology privileges Identify two targets to create three performance levels Describe the strategic and competency goals of low- and no-volume providers, impaired physicians, and aging physicians Name the primary drivers of privileging disputes Describe the credentials committee's role in managing disruptive physician behavior Derive strategies to streamline credentials committee meetings Table of Contents Chapter 1. Principles of effective credentialing and privileging Chapter 2. Roles and responsibilities for credentialing Chapter 3. FPPE for new privileges Chapter 4. Privileges for new technology Chapter 5. Effective data-driven reappointments Chapter 6. Reappointment challenges: Low- and no-volume providers, impaired physicians, and aging physicians Chapter 7. Privileging disputes and turf battles Chapter 8. Credentials committee role in professional conduct Chapter 9: Effective credentials committee meetings