Catalog Number : ngd1777
Title : CMS Hospital CoP Teleradiology Standards: Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging
Speaker : Sue Dill

Webplay Recording Date : 9-22-2011
Webplay Price : $ 200 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have changed their conditions of participation (CoP) for all hospitals regarding their telemedicine standards. This new regulation and interpretive guidelines will also impact hospitals accredited by the Joint Commission. These impact both large hospitals, small and rural hospitals and critical access hospitals.

A new credentialing and privileging process for physicians and practitioners providing telemedicine services has been finalized. This will make the process less burdensome and will be of a financial burden for hospitals. CMS will now allow hospitals to use credentialing by proxy. Hospitals will need a written agreement that meets certain criteria. Come learn all about the new regulations and interpretive guidelines and the responsibilities of the board, medical staff and hospitals to ensure compliance with the new regulations.

Target Audience:

• Chief Medical Officer
• Medical Staff leader
• Credentialing and Privileging Professionals
• Teleradiology Professionals
• Chief Nursing Officer
• Chief Operating Officer
• Director of Radiology
• Hospital legal counsel
• Medical Staff Office personnel
• Risk Manager
• Compliance Officer
• Patient Safety Officer
• Nurse Educator
• Joint Commission Director
• Accreditation Director
• Director of Regulatory Affairs
• Anyone involved in telemedicine services

A few of the topics to be discussed:

• Introduction
• 16 page federal law
• 27 page interpretive guidelines by CMS for CoPs
• Definitions of distant site telemedine entity (DTSE)
• CoP board changes
• Written agreement required
• Requirements in the written agreement
• Privileges based on medical staff recommendations
• Credentialing by proxy
• Agreements with Medicare certified hospitals
• Agreements with DTSE
• Ensuring compliance with the CoPs
• Effect on Joint Commission hospitals
• Basic hospital functions
• Reliance on the C&P decisions of the distant site
• Peer review issues
• Adverse events and notification
• Periodic appraisals
• Complaints received about the distant site physician
• Third party verification organizations
• Question and answer session
• Where CoP tag numbers are changed

Webinar Objectives:

• Discuss that CMS has issued final regulations and interpretive guidelines which revise the hospital CoPs on telemedicine credentialing
• Recall that CMS now includes a mechanism for all hospitals to use proxy credentialing with a Medicare-certified hospitals or other telemedicine entities
• Describe that the hospital has to have a written agreement that specifies the responsibilities of the distant-site hospital to meet the required credentialing requirements

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