Credentialing & Privileging

Ask the expert: Do practitioners listed in the active category need to be regularly involved in patient care?

Credentialing Resource Center Connection, November 18, 2010

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Medical staff bylaws require varying levels of involvement from members of the active category. For example, some medical staff may require practitioners to demonstrate an interest in assisting the hospital and medical staff in meeting its patient care mission. The practitioner may demonstrate his or her commitment to the patient care mission by providing evidence of his or her admissions, procedures, and referrals; serving on medical staff or board committees; providing service at the facility’s free clinic; or participating as an instructor in the facility’s continuing medical education program.

This week’s Q&A is from HCPro's book Assessing the Competency of Low-Volume Practitioners: Tools and Strategies for Compliance



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