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Course Information
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    On-Demand

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

  • work Practice Area

    Health

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Wednesday, November 3, 2021

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

$297.00
CLE
ALL

This CLE course will prepare healthcare counsel to advise and guide healthcare providers, medical staff, and hospitals working towards medical staff bylaws compliance with Joint Commission standards, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation, National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) requirements, and other applicable federal and state laws.

Faculty

Elizabeth A. Snelson
President
Legal Counsel for the Medical Staff, PLLC

Ms. Snelson represents medical staffs, medical societies and physician interests across the country. Her practice areas include medical staff bylaws, credentialing and clinical privileges, disruptive behavior issues, peer review, and other matters. Ms. Snelson has nearly 20 years of experience working with medical staffs, medical societies and medical staff professionals, and is a frequent author and lecturer on medical staff bylaws, among other issues.

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Description

Peer review, encompassing credentialing, privileging, corrective actions; governance, including membership, leadership selection, voting, committee activities; and hearings, appeals, and reporting requirements are all medical staff bylaws issues bedeviling healthcare lawyers and physician leaders.

Medical staff bylaws must comply with accreditation and CMS standards, NPDB requirements, and other federal mandates, in addition to state-specific regulations, creating technical challenges for medical staff and hospital attorneys.

This webinar will prepare healthcare counsel to advise and guide healthcare providers, medical staff, and hospitals working towards medical staff bylaws compliance with Joint Commission standards, CMS Conditions of Participation, NPDB requirements, and other applicable federal and state laws.

Listen as our bylaws expert Elizabeth Snelson reviews recent developments and implications for healthcare providers and medical staff operations and offers strategies for achieving compliant bylaws as well as implementing best practices. The webinar will feature sample bylaw provisions throughout.

Outline

  1. Impact of the pandemic and updating bylaws
  2. CMS/Joint Commission medical staff standards
  3. National Practitioner Guidebook impact on bylaws
  4. Best practices

Benefits

Ms. Snelson will review these and other key questions:

  • What are potential pitfalls in amending and approving revised bylaws--and what strategies can hospitals and medical staff employ to overcome them?
  • What should bylaws address to better prepare for disasters?
  • How can bylaws improve Data Bank compliance?