The Credentials Committee Manual

The Credentials Committee Manual
Mark A. Smith, MD, MBA, FACS

Get the tools and forms you need to operate an effective credentials committee

InThe Credentials Committee Manual, former credentials committee member/chair Mark A. Smith, MD, MBA, FACS, provides practical advice on committee structure and duties (both current and future, including data analysis and legal considerations), tables and forms for managing meetings, as well as tools MSPs can use for effective committee operations. All forms are downloadable and customizable.

This book provides readers with:

• What CMS' guidance for unified, integrated medical staff might mean for credentials committees
• What new and prospective committee members (including APPs) need to know
• Information on technology's role in streamlining meetings
• Ways to address the challenges of credentialing telemedicine providers
• Simulation training techniques
• Ways to avoid potential legal issues (including negligent credentialing)
• New credentials committee structures

Readers will also learn best practices for compiling and using data in reappointment decisions, navigating credentialing considerations for nonphysician practitioners, and preventing turf battles.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction/the credentials committee's place in the organization
Chapter 2: New members, new roles and responsibilities (including MSPs' roles)
Chapter 3: How an effective credentials committee functions
Chapter 4: Stipends/compensation
Chapter 5: Credentials committee-specific meeting management
Chapter 6: Privacy and information security
Chapter 7: Technology for new procedures, telemedicine, and simulation training
Chapter 8: Virtual meetings/paperless techniques/automation
Chapter 9: Legal considerations (case studies)
Chapter 10: New challenges, including consolidation of credentials committees and credentialing telemedicine/telepsychology practitioners
Chapter 11: Sample bylaws language
Chapter 12: Tools and forms/additional resources