The Medical Staff Professional's Handbook

The essential medical staff professional's job manual Let your experienced peers provide you with the guidance and training you need to tackle your toughest challenges. The Medical Staff Professional's Handbook is a comprehensive job manual developed by medical staff professionals (MSPs) Anne Roberts, CPMSM, CPCS, and Maggie Palmer, MSA, CPMSM, CPCS. While providing much-needed education for new MSPs, this book and downloadable toolkit also offer veterans new ideas, tips, sample policies, customizable forms, and advice for improving medical staff and credentialing processes. After reading this book, you will be able to: - Define the roles, tasks, and expectations for MSPs to clearly identify their priorities - Manage FPPE and OPPE processes to effectively assess physician competency - Streamline and improve credentialing and privileging processes with dozens of customizable forms and sample tools - Comply with accreditation and regulatory standards by understanding the MSP's role in accreditation and the consequences of noncompliance - Discover important tips to save time and increase efficiency on daily medical staff office tasks - Support the medical staff and communicate with leadership Table of Contents About the Authors Introduction Acronyms and Abbreviations Section I: The Successful Medical Staff Professional Chapter 1: Roles and Responsibilities of Medical Staff Professionals Chapter 2: Managing External and Internal Relationships Chapter 3: Review of Credentialing, Privileging, and Medical Staff Standards Chapter 4: Legal and Regulatory Considerations for Medical Staff Professionals Section II : Effective Credentialing and Privileging Chapter 5: The Credentialing Process Chapter 6: Credentialing Responsibilities After the Initial Application Chapter 7: The Privileging Process Chapter 8: Reappointment Chapter 9: Credentialing and Privileging Hurdles Chapter 10: Temporary, Emergency, and Disaster Privileges and Expedited Section III : Measuring Practitioner Competency Chapter 11: Focused Professional Practice Evaluations Chapter 12: Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations Section IV : Sample Forms and Policies Continuing Education This book has been approved by the National Association Medical Staff Services for 5 continuing education units. Accreditation of this educational program in no way implies endorsement or sponsorship by NAMSS.