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The Joint Commission announces MS.1.20 task force

Credentialing & Verification Update, January 30, 2008

In its continued effort to address concerns hospitals have about MS.1.20, The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) posted an announcement on its Web site on January 3 publicizing the formation of a task force to address the revised standard.

The 16-member group will focus on practical implementation issues and will relay concerns that hospitals have about the organizational and monetary costs of putting MS.1.20 into practice. The Joint Commission expects to hear the results of the task force at its Board of Commissioners meeting on February 29 to March 1.

The announcement highlights the following four concepts from the revised standards that the task force will focus on:

1. The organized medical staff and the governing body's flexibility to place documents in or outside the medical staff bylaws
2. The expectation that medical executive committee decisions reflect the organized medical staff's wishes
3. The expectation that organizations that have productive working relationships among leadership will find it reasonable to implement the voting requirements of the organized medical staff
4. The method to limit items that require joint approval to avoid burdening the hospital

More information about MS.1.20 is available at www.jointcommission.org.

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