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March 2007 (Volume 8, Issue 3)

Privileging for physicians who are new or returning to the hospital setting
As the call for accuracy in determining physicians' current competency grows more intense, the challenge in dealing with unusual physician applications has also increased. In many cases, the hospital simply does not have enough data to judge an applicant's competency at initial appointment and, in some cases, there are no data at all-specifically, when the practitioner has not worked in a hospital setting for two or more years, if ever. For many institutions, proctoring is the appropriate option for processing privileging requests from applicants who lack inpatient experience either at the time of appointment or during the past two or more years.

Briefings on Credentialing, March 2007


Growing technology with a challenging pedigree
Credentialing technologists and physicians for intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring and interpretation (IONM) has provided a challenge for medical staff offices making use of this procedure-particularly when the technologists or physicians involved in IONM work for an outside company. Use of the IONM procedure, which is intended to help surgeons avoid injury to a patient's nervous system, has boomed recently-creating great opportunities for a range of practitioners but also a great deal of confusion for credentialers.

NPDB proposed changes update
Look for Section 1921 additions at the end of 2007 Although concerns about the proposed rule changes for reporting requirements to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) remain a topic of discussion-and an area of concern-in the field, a statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Practitioner Data Banks Branch indicated that the changes will not happen until late 2007 at the earliest.

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Do new Joint Commission standards mean throwing away existing policies? In some cases, merging is best

NIAHOSM is the frontier of accreditation standards

2009 Credentialing and Privileging Primer for Medical Staff Offices

Laparoscopic Renal Cryoablation Privileging

Overcome common challenges credentialing and privileging advanced practice professionals

Lessons learned from an OIG investigation

Ready your office’s 2009 credentialing and privileging documents

Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Privileging

Briefings on Credentialing, November 2008

Oculofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery - Practice area 419

General surgery - Practice area 161

Cervical artificial disc replacement - Procedure 418

Briefings on Credentialing, March 2007

Briefings on Credentialing, April 2007

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