PCH Medical Staff Governance, Credentialing, and Peer Review 2024

Friday, November 15, 2024, 8:00 AM - 4:15 PM, Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia 4949 East Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale, AZ


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (6.75 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (6.75 hours)

As the nations' largest Health care-focused law firm, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman, P.C. is committed to the legal needs of the health care industry. Hall Render's Medical Staff Services Team has assisted many of the nation's leading health systems, hospitals and physician groups across the country with countless medical staff and quality matters, ranging from routine credentialing issues and complex peer review litigation to medical staff modernization and peer review redesign, offering an interactive format, this seminar will explore the latest trends and national and state developments related to a broad range of medical staff operations and best practices, physician leadership priorities, peer review privilege challenges, physician health matters, recordkeeping and developments in medical staff governance practices. We will share our knowledge and experience concerning these topics and others. We will provide practical solutions related to medical staff governance, credentialing, privileging and quality improvement. At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to: Discuss and review the importance and legal implications of good faith unbiased credentialing, privileging and peer review activities to improve patient and system outcomes; Integrate practical solutions and provision into their organizations' policies an governance document to assist with overall organizational quality improvement and to address organizational inefficiencies and redundancies that fail to contribute to patient care and quality improvement activities; Identify and incorporate improvements in medical staff self-governance; and incorporate these solutions and guidelines into clinical practice to improve patient and system outcomes.

1. Discuss and review the importance of good faith, unbiased credentialing, privileging, and peer review activities.
2. Discuss the importance of clear and practical governance documents that guide the credentialing, privileging and peer review activities at a given organization.
3. Discuss the various ways that medical staffs can be structured and organized to best support efficient focus on patient care and quality improvement activities.
4. Recognize and explain the impact on quality of care by physician health and wellness
5. Recognize and describe how to identify and understand common credentialing, privileging an peer review challenges, including preparation for medical staff proceedings.
6. Review and explain how to develop and implement quality control and related peer review activities associated with physician and non-physician practitioners.
7. Incorporate practical provisions into governance documents to assist with overall organizational quality improvement.

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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson and Phoenix Children's. The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Cancellation Policy

Please contact the coordinator/activity director for cancellation details. The organization holding the activity reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson Office of Continuing Medical Education is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME activity coordinator.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson Office of Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). The CME office reviewers have nothing to disclose. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.