Hospital Bylaws: The Building Blocks of an Engaged Medical Staff

Poorly written bylaws can be the downfall of a physician or medical staff. Well-written medical staff bylaws are vital to keeping the medical staff organized and providing the groundwork for many processes within the medical staff organization and the hospital. Attend this session to learn more on why and how to write bylaws.

Today’s Advocates Shape Tomorrow’s Healthcare

Has a new regulation or policy ever taken you by surprise? Have you been waiting for your elected officials to pass legislation to improve healthcare issues? Learn how you and your colleagues can proactively affect healthcare policies. This session will give an overview of the latest legislative issues and will provide you with tools to influence public policy.

The Joint Commission 2008 Standards Update (1st Offering)

This session will provide an overview of The Joint Commission 2008 medical staff standards and requirements with specific emphasis on MS.1.20 and other standards that have an impact on the medical staff.

Managing the “Growing” Tensions of Providing an Accurate and Complete Response to a Medical Staff Credentials Request

How do you properly respond to a credentials request from a third party if the subject physician has a “black mark” or a “red flag” in his medical staff, employment, quality or other files maintained by your institution? In this age of transparency, the medical staff administrator must know how to safeguard the confidentiality of peer review and other proprietary information while limiting the institution’s liability under numerous sources and types of laws. Attendees will take away the knowledge—plus the key elements of a policy and related forms—that will permit an accurate and complete (and lawful) response to a medical staff credentials request every time.

Update on MS.1.20

The session will describe the current Joint Commission® interpretation of MS.1.20 and its expected implementation status and expectations.

Locum Tenens and Telemedicine: Credentialing and Competency

One day, every healthcare organization will be in a position where it is necessary to grant temporary privileges to locum tenens or telemedicine providers in order to meet patient care needs. Typically, in these cases, credentials verification must be completed in a short timeframe while complying with accreditation and regulatory requirements. This session will equip the MSP with the knowledge and tools to handle this difficult and challenging issue.

Delegated Credentialing – The Keys to Success

Achieving efficiencies in our operations and improving relations with business partners is something for which we all strive. This session will explore ways in which payers, IPAs, hospitals and CVOs can partner together through delegated credentialing. Be prepared to discuss delegated agreements and accreditation requirements, and review examples of auditing tools. Learn about the pros and cons of delegation and how to achieve successful delegation relationships.

Managing the Risks in Managed Care

Risk management in the managed care area, as in the healthcare industry in general, involves balancing various factors in an ever-changing environment. As a credentialing specialist, what are the unique challenges that you face and the role you play in managing risks in your organization. Learn about recent cases and trends and how appropriate credentialing can assist in identifying and minimizing those risks for your healthcare organization.

The Joint Commission 2008 Standards Update (2nd Offering)

This session will provide an overview of The Joint Commission 2008 medical staff standards and requirements with specific emphasis on MS.1.20 and other standards that have an impact on the medical staff.

Sentinel and Reviewable Events

This session will review the issues involved when a sentinel or reviewable event occurs, how members of the medical staff and hospital staff need to participate in the root cause analysis and improvement plan, and how to integrate the analysis into the privileging process, peer review, or practitioner profiles as appropriate.

Tuesday Keynote: Developing a Comic Vision

Tim Gard has been keeping audiences inspired and laughing for more than a decade as he travels the world sharing and teaching his Comic Vision. You will have an unforgettable experience that will serve to improve the quality of your interactions, as well as instill an enthusiasm for non-malicious mischief that no one should live without! His down-to-earth style and real-life humor leaves a lasting impression that you will benefit from for years to come. Tim’s skillful use of ordinary items in extraordinary ways and extraordinary items in everyday ways in his programs make him one of the most popular humorists on the platform today.