Catalog Number : agkm1736
Title : Competency in Privileging
Speaker : Kathy Matzka

Webplay Recording Date : 3-24-2011
Webplay Price : $ 200 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:

One of the biggest challenges medical staffs face is evaluating the competency of providers. The increased focus on quality by accrediting organizations, the government, and the public, emphasizes the need for continual monitoring of the quality of services provided as well as the importance of having a strong privileging system.

This program will provide a basic high-level overview of the process for documenting competency when privileging in the hospital setting. Individuals new to credentialing and privileging will benefit greatly from attending this program. Sample forms and policies will be shared and discussed.

Target Audience:

• Medical services professionals
• medical staff leaders
• Credentials Committee members
• Hospital CEOs
• Quality Mangers
• any other hospital staff or medical staff members responsible for credentialing and privileging of physicians and other practitioners

Webinar Objectives:

• Evaluate the benefits and weakness of various privileging systems
• Recognize the importance of acquiring procedural data to document competency
• Develop tools and processes for documenting competency
• Discuss the CMS and Joint Commission requirements for privileging and documenting competency

Webinar Outline:

• Introduction: Brief Overview of Difference between Credentialing and Privileging
• Overview of CMS/Joint Commission/HFAP requirements for privileging
• Evaluating Privileging Systems
  • Categories or Levels
  • Lists or “Laundry Lists”
  • Core
  • Combination
  • Adding Privileges for New Procedures
• Evaluating and Documenting Practitioner Competency
  • Verification of Competency
  • Monitoring (QAPI/FPPE/OPPE)
  • Proctoring
• Questions and Answers

Contact Hours:

This course has been approved for 1.8 Iowa Nursing Contact Hours. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.

Full tuition is refunded immediately on request if the participant has not been sent the program materials and instructions. Once the instructions (including access codes) have been sent, a full refund will be issued only after the program runs and it is verified that the participant did not access the program.