Medical Staff Fair Hearings From a Hearing Officer's Perspective - Is Your Process Lawsuit-proof
This training will teach you how to prepare for a medical staff professional review adverse action hearing, including what steps are necessary to afford the respondent practitioner due process.
Why Should You Attend: It sometimes becomes necessary for the medical staff to recommend to the governing board that the medical privileges of a practitioner either be removed or denied. Before such an adverse action is taken, it is very important that the practitioner is afforded due process. That requires planning.. It is extremely important to have set the stage properly. This session will provide the perspective of a hearing officer as to what steps should and must be taken before a corrective action is taken and how to prepare for the hearing. Specifically, actions that should be taken and should not be taken will be discussed. You will learn how to prepare for a medical staff professional review adverse action hearing, including what steps are necessary to afford the respondent practitioner due process. You will learn what is required to conduct an adequate investigation, what type of notice to the affected practitioner should be given, how to develop clear and concise bylaws, fair hearing policies and other directives, and the type of documentation that is necessary to support the adverse action taken or to be taken. Areas Covered in this Seminar: Clear and concise bylaws, policies and other directives The investigative process Criteria for admission to the staff Information required to support the application Membership on other staff References Following the fair hearing plan Notice Hearing Reasons for the adverse action Documentation required to support an adverse action
Who will Benefit: This session is designed for hospital executives, physicians who serve on peer review committees and other healthcare providers who participate in physician professional review activities. Hospital executives Medical staff officers Physicians who serve on peer review committees Medical staff support staff Attorneys representing medical staff