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Drafting Contemporary Clinical Privileges: You Can Do It! Session Code: TU12 Time: 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Total CE Credits: 1.5 Presenter: Catherine Ballard, JD and Melinda Whitney, RN, BSN, BS, MS, CPHQ, CPMSM, FACHE

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  • Drafting Contemporary Clinical Privileges: You Can Do

    It!

    Session Code: TU12

    Time: 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

    Total CE Credits: 1.5

    Presenter: Catherine Ballard, JD and

    Melinda Whitney, RN, BSN, BS, MS, CPHQ, CPMSM, FACHE

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    Drafting Contemporary Clinical Privileges – You

    Can Do It!

    October 6, 2015 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.

    Catherine M. Ballard, Esq.Bricker & Eckler, LLP100 South Third StreetColumbus, Ohio 43215

    (614) [email protected]

    Melinda E. Whitney, RN, BSN, BS, MS, CPHQ, CPMSM, FACHESenior Consultant, Quality/Medical Staff ServicesThe Quality Management Consulting Group, Ltd.

    100 South Third Street

    Columbus, Ohio 43215(614) [email protected]

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    Definitions

    Credentialing: The ongoing process of assuring that only competent qualified practitioners are providing services.

    Privileging/Clinical Privileges: The identified scope of services that a practitioner is able to provide at a specific

    location.

    Medical Staff Appointment: The prerogatives and obligations that attach to the ability to exercise clinical

    privileges at a health care entity.

    Advanced Practice Professionals: Advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, licensed independent social

    workers, and all other health care providers to whom a

    health care entity grants clinical privileges.

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    Foundation for Privilege Set Creation

    • Consistent with information contained within Medical Staff governing documents.

    • Based upon CMS Medicare Hospital or Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs).

    • Based upon applicable Hospital or Critical Access Hospital accreditation standards.

    • Based upon applicable State law.

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    CMS Hospital CoPs

    Hospital’s governing body is responsible forconduct of hospital.

    • Governing body delegates to Medical Staff accountability for quality of care provided to patients at hospital.

    [See 42 C.F.R. 482.12(a)(5) and 482.22(b) andcorresponding interpretive guidelines]

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    CMS Hospital CoPs

    Hospital must have a privileging process in place that complies

    with applicable CoPs, accreditation standards, and State

    law.

    The medical staff governing documents must describe the

    privileging process to be used in the hospital and the process

    must be approved by the hospital’s governing body.

    The process must include criteria for determining the

    privileges that may be granted to individual practitioners

    and a procedure for applying the criteria to individual

    practitioners.

    [See 42 C.F.R. 482.12 (a)(6); 482.22(a)(2); 482.22(c)(4);

    482.22(c)(6) and corresponding interpretive guidelines]

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    CMS Hospital CoPs

    The hospital’s governing body must determine the types of practitioners who are eligible for medical staff appointment

    and who are eligible for privileges.

    Physicians (as defined by CMS): MD/DO; Dentists; Podiatrists, Optometrists, Chiropractors.

    Non-physician practitioners (as defined by CMS): physician assistant; advanced practice registered nurses (CNP, CNS,

    CRNA, CNM); clinical social worker; clinical psychologist;

    anesthesiologist’s assistant; registered dietitian or nutrition professional.

    Other types of licensed healthcare professionals.

    [See 42 C.F.R. 482.12(a)(1); 482.22(a) and corresponding interpretive guidelines]

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    State Scope of Practice

    Privileges granted to individual practitioners must be consistent with State scope of practice laws.

    Examples:–Advanced Practice Registered Nurses–Physician Assistants–Podiatrists–Etc.

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    CMS Hospital CoPs

    Medical staff governing documents must state the

    duties and scope of privileges each category of practitioner may be granted.

    Specific privileges for each category must clearly and

    completely list the specific privileges or limitations

    for that category of practitioner.

    Specific privileges must reflect the activities that the

    majority of practitioners in that category can do and

    that the hospital can support.

    [See 42 C.F.R. 482.22(c)(2) and corresponding interpretive guidelines]

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    CMS Hospital CoPs

    The individual practitioner’s ability to perform each privilege (task/activity) must be assessed and not assumed.

    If a practitioner is not competent to perform one or more privileges, the list of privileges must be modified for that practitioner.

    [See 42 C.F.R. 482.22 (a)(2); 482.22(c)(2) and corresponding interpretive guidelines.]

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    CMS Hospital CoPs

    Privileges cannot be granted for: Tasks/procedures/activities that are not conducted within the hospital regardless of the individual practitioner’s ability to perform them.

    [See 42 C.F.R 482.22(a)(1) and corresponding interpretive guidelines.]

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    CMS Hospital CoPs

    Any procedure/task/activity requested by a practitioner

    that goes beyond the specified list of privileges for that particular category of practitioner requires an appraisal

    by the medical staff and approval of the governing body.

    – Appraisal must consider evidence of qualifications

    and competencies specific to the nature of the

    request.

    – Must also consider whether activity/task/procedure

    is one that the hospital can support when it is

    conducted within the hospital.

    [See 42 C.F.R. 482.22(a)(1) and corresponding interpretive guidelines.]

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    CMS Hospital CoPs

    Hospitals must assure that practitioners are competent to perform all granted privileges.

    Medical staff must periodically (defined as at least every 24 months in the absence of a State law that requires more frequent appraisals) conduct appraisals of individual current practitioners.

    [See 42 C.F.R. 482.22(a)(1) and corresponding interpretive guidelines.]

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    CMS Hospital CoPs

    Medical staff appraisal procedures must evaluate each individual practitioner’s qualifications and demonstrated competencies to perform each task or activity for which he/she has been granted privileges.

    [See 42 C.F.R. 482.22(a)(1) and corresponding interpretive guidelines.]

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    CMS Hospital CoPs

    Components of practitioner qualifications and demonstrated competencies must include at least: current work practice, special training, quality of specific work, patient outcomes, education, maintenance of continuing education, adherence to medical staff rules, certifications, appropriate licensure, and currency of compliance with licensure requirements.

    [See 42 C.F.R. 482.22(a)(1) and corresponding interpretive guidelines.]

    TJC and HFAP require that the hospital have an FPPE/OPPE process.

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    Building Privilege Sets

    • Privilege sets are the “work product” of compliance with law and requirements regulating hospital care delivery.

    • Privilege sets are built to reflect uniqueness of each hospital (i.e. physical plant, equipment, support staff capability, and care setting).

    • Privilege sets must reflect eligibility requirements and a scope of practice that can be safely performed for a defined population in a specific setting.

    • Build vs. purchase or borrow.

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    Building Privilege Sets

    • Verify practitioner education, training, licensure and current clinical competence

    to exercise a defined set of privileges in a given setting.

    • Patient health, safety, and wellness is the

    first concern in decision-making with respect to clinical privileges.

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    Building Privilege Sets

    Considerations for Privilege Set Scope

    • Service line (e.g., “Mother/Baby Medicine” – may

    reflect many disciplines within a service line –

    OB/GYN, Anesthesia, Family Medicine, Midwifery,

    Pediatrics and NICU).

    • Department (Surgery or Medicine – e.g., “Surgery” may reflect General and Vascular, Colon and Rectal, and

    Thoracic and Cardiac).

    • Division (e.g., “Internal Medicine or Family Medicine”

    as a Division within Department of Medicine).

    • Specialty (Neurological Surgery, Otolaryngology or

    Neonatology - or other fellowship-based discipline).

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    Building Privilege Sets

    Elements of a Privilege Set

    • Eligibility criteria (per the medical staff bylaws) to apply andto maintain privileges.

    • Additional “minimum threshold criteria” (specialty or sub-

    specialty training, etc.).

    • “Burden of proof” statement (with respect to satisfaction of qualification requirements).

    • Location/setting(s) and patient populations.

    • Core privilege “statement” and “procedure list” (monitor “core” by aggregate patient volumes/outcomes).

    • Special request privileges (additional training requirements;

    monitor each special privilege by per case volume/outcome).

    • Performance volumes and quality monitoring (many

    initiatives).

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    Building Privilege Sets

    Format Election

    • Build a “master template” for privilege set format first.

    • Provide format template to teams working on privilege set creation/revision to ensure uniformity of format, font, header, etc.

    • Prepopulate prompts for eligibility requirements, minimum performance volumes, special request privileges, etc.

    • Review requirements for creation or amendment of privilege sets in medical staff bylaws to ensure process compliance.

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    Building Privilege Sets

    • Clinical process that requires practitioner involvement. Utilize department chairs, credentials committee, or other suitable medical staff committees/leaders to assist, monitor, and review “draft” privilege sets.

    • Tenured and newer practitioner mix of participants/perspectives is invaluable.

    • Legal “access” needed for federal/state requirements and legal questions (e.g., supervision, turf issues, advanced practice professional scope, eligibility, etc.).

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    Building Privilege Sets

    • “Laundry list” (alphabetical list of procedures/skillswith or without privilege statement).

    • “Core” (statements of scope of practice with orwithout procedures included).

    • “Combination” (widely used as this format allowsfor election of a customized core and laundry listformat to reflect individualized hospitalparameters).

    • Special Request privileges (additional “special”privileges that are not included in the core/laundrylist/combo, e.g., “moderate sedation privileges” fornon-anesthesiologists).

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    Building Privilege Sets

    • Consider hospital capabilities and limitations to “parameter” the scope of privileges intended by the governing body.

    • Do not project “future growth” of services.

    • Build privileges to reflect “current” practice.

    • Audit current patient populations/operative procedures to define the current scope of practice being exercised.

    • Keep scope of practice within the privilege set to reflect basic practice of all practitioners, then use special request privileges for the few enhanced privilege elements.

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    Building Privilege Sets

    Each privilege set should reflect:

    • Formal education (medical school, internships, residency, and fellowships).

    • Training (aggregate competencies and acquired skills necessary for privilege eligibility).

    • Current clinical competence (within last two years, volumes of successful performance of patient management, procedures, surgery scope, patient encounters, etc.).

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    Building Privilege Sets

    • Initial professional references for competency

    verification of requested privileges.

    • Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE)

    process.

    • Ongoing Professional Practice evaluation (OPPE)

    process.

    • Performance volumes regarding case management/

    patient encounters for quality review purposes.

    • Approved in accordance with requirements set forth

    in medical staff bylaws (i.e., department chair,

    credentials committee, medical executive committee,

    and board).

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    Clinical Skills and Setting Parameters

    Decision Tree

    1. Patient needs in a defined care setting/one or more campuses or care locations.

    2. Setting capabilities / facility designations.

    3. Services to be offered (per governing body).

    4. Current scope of management provided to target population in a specific setting.

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    Clinical Skills and Setting Parameters

    Example: An Orthopaedic Surgeon with Joint

    Replacement Training

    • Community hospital vs. tertiary facility.

    • Core general orthopaedic surgery privileges/no total

    joint replacement privileges at community hospital.

    • May reflect “preoperative total joint replacement

    patient evaluations and surgical planning” privileges.

    • Special request privileges (pain management

    injections, post-operative evaluations, etc.).

    • Privilege parameters for setting (note that no joint

    replacement privileges are included in the community

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    Clinical Skills and Setting Parameters

    Specialists and Subspecialists

    • What? Why? Where? Understand the intent of the practitioner in the specific setting.

    • Determine the need to build a separate privilege set vs. adding special request privileges to an existing privilege set.

    • Consider monitoring challenges for low volume, part-time practitioners (consider review of case volume options in and out of the specific hospital) - remember why they are needed in the setting/be creative on monitoring strategy.

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    Special Request Privileges

    Special request privileges may be applicable with:

    • “Non-core” privilege/procedure that requires

    additional, specialized, or customized education and

    training (e.g., endovascular approach for seasoned

    surgeons, breast surgery specialty for general

    surgeons or plastic surgeons, focused minimally

    invasive surgery techniques, obstetrics for family medicine, etc.).

    • Other unique privilege needs such as use of laser,

    (non-anesthesia provided) moderate sedation, child

    abuse evaluation/work-up, pediatric gynecology and

    (non-fellowship) specialties level of care/procedures/ management such as spinal specialty for orthopaedic

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    Sample Privilege Set Review

    See Handout

    • Format election

    • Surgical privileges should be reviewed and updated atleast every two (2) years [See 42 C.F.R. 482.51(a)(4)].

    • Eligibility (bylaws and additional requirements).

    • Initial grant and regrant minimum patient encounterand/or procedural volumes for purposes of competency

    assessment.

    • Core privilege statement and procedures list with minimum

    volumes for purposes of competency assessment.

    • Special request privileges – additional training with

    minimum volumes for purposes of competency assessment.

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    Additional Considerations

    • CMS Designated Provider-Based Locations

    • Provider-based means that CMS permits a hospital

    (main provider) to bill facilities or entities that are acquired or created as part of the hospital. The

    facilities or entities may be on the same campus or

    located off the campus of the hospital. All requirements of the provider-based rule must be met

    before the hospital can bill the facility or entity as part

    of the hospital.

    • If a location is provider-based:

    • The practitioner must have clinical privileges specific to that location

    • If TJC/HFAP, must have a FPPE/OPPE process

    • The practitioners must be part of the medical staff

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    Additional Considerations

    Hospital Systems

    –When granting practitioners privileges to provide patient care, a hospital’s governing body must specify those hospitals in the system where the privileges apply.

    – TJC: Privileges must be site-specific.

    [See 42 C.F.R. 482.22(b)(4) and corresponding interpretive guidelines]

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    Questions?

    (And our sincere thanks!)

    Catherine M. Ballard, Esq.Bricker & Eckler, LLP

    100 South Third StreetColumbus, Ohio 43215

    (614) [email protected]

    Melinda E. Whitney, RN, BSN, BS, MS, CPHQ, CPMSM, FACHESenior Consultant, Quality and Medical Staff ServicesThe Quality Management Consulting Group, Ltd.

    100 South Third StreetColumbus, Ohio 43215(614) [email protected]

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    HOSPITAL GENERAL SURGERY CLINICAL PRIVILEGES

    Applicant Name: Request Date: ____/____/____ To be eligible to apply for privileges in general surgery at the Hospital, the applicant must meet the following criteria:

    All minimum requirements set forth by the Medical Staff Bylaws And

    Successful completion of an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) accredited post-graduate training program in general surgery.

    And

    Current certification or active participation in the examination process leading to certification in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery, or the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery

    And

    Applicants for initial privileges must be able to demonstrate performance of at least xxx general surgical procedures during the past 12 months or demonstrate successful completion of a hospital-affiliated accredited residency, special clinical fellowship or research fellowship

    Applicants for initial privileges may be requested to provide documentation of the number and types of hospital cases during the past 24 months. Applicants have the burden of producing information deemed adequate by the Hospital for a proper evaluation of current clinical competence and any other qualifications, and for resolving any doubts related to clinical privileging (and appointment as applicable).

    To be eligible to renew privileges in general surgery, the applicant must meet the following Maintenance of Privilege criteria:

    Current demonstrated clinical competence at the Hospital with an adequate volume of experience to equal or exceed ____ (***number here***) surgical cases with acceptable results in the privileges granted for the past 24 months based on results of quality assessment/improvement activities and outcomes. Evidence of current ability to safely and competently perform privileges requested is required of all applicants for renewal of privileges.

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    (Consider reflecting one or more campuses and location in an “X and Y axis grid format)

    GENERAL SURGERY CORE PRIVILEGES

    Requested Admit, evaluate, diagnose, consult, and provide pre, intra and post-operative care, and perform general surgical procedures, to pediatric (excluding newborn) and adult patients, except where specifically excluded from practice, to correct or treat various conditions, diseases, disorders and injuries of the alimentary tract, abdomen and its contents, extremities, breast, skin and soft tissue, head and neck, vascular and endocrine systems. Includes management of Level II trauma and care, stabilization and transfer out of critically ill patients with underlying surgical conditions from the emergency department, medicine, surgery and intensive care units. The privileges do not include complex or oncologic breast, vascular, or colorectal management, and does not include bariatric procedures, for patients of any age. In such cases, basic stabilization is expected with specialist consultation (as needed) and arrangements for transfer to a tertiary care center is anticipated. The core privileges in this surgical specialty include the procedures on the attached procedure list and such other procedures that are extensions of the same techniques and skills.

    Note: the below list is a sampling of procedures that may be included in core privileges. This is not intended to be an all-encompassing list but rather reflective of the categories/types of procedures that are included in the core. Core Procedure List Sampling:

    Abdominoperineal resection

    Amputations, above the knee, below knee; toe, transmetatarsal, digits

    Appendectomy

    Biliary tract resection/reconstruction

    Breast: simple complete mastectomy with or without axillary lymph node dissection; excision of breast lesion, breast biopsy, incision and drainage of abscess, modified radical mastectomy, operation for gynecomastia, partial mastectomy with or without lymph node dissection, radical mastectomy, subcutaneous mastectomy

    Circumcision

    Colectomy (abdominal)

    Colon surgery for benign disease, including reanastomosis

    Colotomy, colostomy

    Correction of intestinal obstruction

    Drainage of intraabdominal, deep ischiorectal abscess

    Endoscopy (upper and lower)

    Emergency/urgent thoracostomy

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    Enteric fistulae, management

    Enterostomy (feeding or decompression)

    Excision of fistula in ano/fistulotomy, rectal lesion

    Excision of pilonidal cyst/marsupialization

    Excision of retrosternal thyroid tumors

    Excision of thyroglossal duct cyst

    Gastroduodenal surgery

    Gastrostomy (feeding or decompression)

    Genitourinary procedures not associated with malignancy or trauma

    Gynecological procedure incidental to abdominal exploration

    Hemorrhoidectomy

    Incision and drainage of abscesses and cysts

    Incision and drainage of pelvic abscess

    Incision, excision, resection and enterostomy of small intestine

    Incision/drainage and debridement, perirectal abscess

    Insertion and management of pulmonary artery catheters

    Intravenous access procedures, central venous catheter

    Laparoscopy, diagnostic, appendectomy, cholecystectomy, lysis of adhesions, mobilization and catheter positioning

    Laparotomy for diagnostic or exploratory purposes or for management of intra-abdominal sepsis or trauma

    Liver biopsy (intra operative), simple liver resection

    Management of burns (excludes complex face, hands and feet)

    Management of hemorrhoids (internal and external) including hemorrhoidectomy

    Management of intraabdominal trauma, including injury, observation, paracentesis, lavage, drainage and open packing

    Management of stable trauma

    Management of soft-tissue tumors, inflammations and infection

    Operations on gallbladder, biliary tract, bile ducts, hepatic ducts (excludes biliary tract reconstruction

    Pancreatectomy (simple partial)

    Pancreatic sphincteroplasty

    Parathyroidectomy

    Peritoneal venous shunts, shunt procedure for stable portal hypertension

    Peritoneovenous drainage procedures for pressure relief or ascites

    Proctosigmoidoscopy, rigid or flexible with biopsy, with polypectomy/tumor excision

    Radical regional lymph node dissections (with applicable consultation)

    Removal of ganglion (palm or wrist; flexor sheath)

    Repair of perforated viscus (gastric, small intestine, large intestine)

    Scalene node biopsy

    Sclerotherapy

    Selective vagotomy

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    Sigmoidoscopy, fiberoptic with or without biopsy, with polypectomy

    Skin grafts (partial thickness, simple)

    Small bowel surgery for benign disease

    Splenectomy (trauma, staging, therapeutic)

    Surgery of the abdominal wall, including management of all forms of hernias, including non-congenital diaphragmatic hernias, inguinal hernias, and orchiectomy in association with hernia repair

    Thoracentesis and chest tube insertion for drainage

    Thoracoabdominal exploration

    Thyroidectomy and neck dissection

    Tracheostomy

    Transhiatal esophagectomy

    Varicose vein surgery

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    SPECIAL REQUEST (NON-CORE/ADDITIONAL PRIVILEGES (See Additional Qualifications and/or Specific Eligibility Criteria*)

    To be eligible to apply for the special request (non-core) privileges listed below, the applicant must “demonstrate successful completion of an approved, recognized course (when such exists), or acceptable supervised training in residency, fellowship or other acceptable experience, and provide documentation of current clinical competence in performing the requested procedure consistent with criteria set forth in medical staff policies governing the exercise of specific privileges and as required below”.

    (SPECIALIZE EQUIPMENT/TECHNIQUE) USE OF LASER

    Requested Criteria: Completion of an approved 8 hour minimum CME course which includes training in laser principles and safety, basic laser physics, laser tissue interaction, discussions of the clinical specialty field and hands-on experience with lasers. A letter outlining the content and successful completion of course must be submitted, or documentation of successful completion of an approved residency in a specialty or subspecialty which included training in laser principles and safety, basic laser physics, laser tissue interaction, discussions of the clinical specialty field and a minimum of 6 hours observation and hands-on experience with lasers.

    (INVASIVE PROCEDURE) INSERTION AND MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETERS (PAC)

    Requested Criteria: successful completion of an accredited residency or fellowship in internal medicine, general/vascular surgery, cardiology, anesthesiology, pulmonary medicine, critical care, or family practice; and performance of at least XX PACs during this formal training, as primary operator, or; successful completion of an accredited residency in another field; and participation in a significant Category 1 accredited continuing medical education training program in pulmonary artery catheter insertion and management; and successful insertion and subsequent management of pulmonary artery catheters in at least XXX patients during the past 36 month, Required Previous Experience: Active hospital practice in the chosen respective field; clinical privileges to treat complex cardiac cases; and performance (as the primary operator) of at least XXX PACs during the past 24 months. Maintenance of Privilege: Performance of at least XX PACs per year as the primary operator

    (INVASIVE PROCEDURE) STEREOTACTIC BREAST BIOPSY

    Requested [Criteria: successful completion of training in the stereotactic and ultrasound guided technique of breast biopsy during residency or in an accredited course or institution; and possession of privileges for breast imaging interpretation. Required Previous Experience: Successful completion of at least 15 hours of Category 1 continuing medical education in stereotactic breast biopsy; or performance of at least XX stereotactic breast biopsies in the past three years,

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    and; successful evaluation of at least XXX mammograms per year in the last two years in consultation with a physician who is qualified to interpret mammography under the MQSA; and successful completion of at least 4 hours of Category 1 continuing medical education in medical radiation physics, and; performance of either of the following: at least XX stereotactic breast biopsies; or at least three hands-on procedures with a physician who is qualified to interpret mammography under the MQSA and has performed at least XX procedures. Maintenance of Privilege: Performance of at least XX stereotactic breast biopsies in the past 12 months; or requalification of those requirements specified under Required Previous Experience.

    ADMINISTRATION OF SEDATION AND ANALGESIA

    Requested Sedation and Analgesia See hospital policy for specific requirements and competency validation for the provision of Sedation and Analgesia by Non-Anesthesiologists.

    VASCULAR SURGERY PROCEDURES

    Requested Arterial or Venous Reconstruction Criteria: successful completion of vascular surgery fellowship training and current board certification (or active participation in the examination process leading to certification in vascular surgery) as a vascular surgeon. Required Previous Experience: Successful completion of at least XX hours of Category 1 continuing medical education in vascular surgery; or performance of at least XX vessel reconstructions in the past three years. Maintenance of Privilege: Performance of at least XX vessel reconstructions in the past 12 months; or requalification of those requirements specified under Requirements and Required Previous Experience.

    Requested Urgent or Emergent Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) repair, grafting, stenting

    Criteria: successful completion of vascular surgery fellowship training and current board certification (or active participation in the examination process leading to certification in vascular surgery) as a vascular surgeon. Required Previous Experience: Successful completion of at least XX hours of Category 1 continuing medical education in vascular surgery; or performance of at least XX AAA repairs in the past three years; or requalification of those requirements specified under Requirements and Required Previous Experience. Maintenance of Privilege: Performance of at least XX vessel reconstructions in the past 12 months; or requalification of those requirements specified under Requirements and Required Previous Experience.

    Requested Insertion of Inferior Vena Cava Filter (IVF) Criteria: successful completion of vascular surgery fellowship training and current board certification (or active participation in the examination process leading to certification in vascular surgery) as a vascular surgeon. Required Previous Experience: Successful completion of

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    at least XX hours of Category 1 continuing medical education in vascular surgery; or performance of at least XX IVC Filter insertions in the past three years; or requalification of those requirements specified under Requirements and Required Previous Experience. Maintenance of Privilege: Performance of at least XX vessel reconstructions in the past 12 months; or requalification of those requirements specified under Requirements and Required Previous Experience.

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    Acknowledgement of Practitioner Applicant: I have requested only those privileges for which by education, training, current experience and demonstrated successful performance I am qualified to perform and for which I wish to exercise at the Hospital, and I understand that: (a) In exercising any clinical privilege granted, I am constrained by Hospital and Medical

    Staff policies and rules/regulations applicable generally and any applicable to the particular situation.

    (b) Any restriction on the clinical privileges granted to me is waived in an emergency

    situation and in such situation my actions are governed by the applicable section of the Medical Staff Bylaws or related documents.

    Signed: Date: Department Chair/Division Chief Recommendation(s) I have reviewed the requested clinical privileges and supporting documentation for the above-named applicant and make the following recommendation(s):

    Recommend all requested privileges Recommend privileges with the following conditions/modifications: Do not recommend the following requested privileges (Requires notation in the Note

    section below):

    Privilege Condition/Modification/Explanation

    1.

    2.

    3.

    4.

    Notes:

    Division Chief Signature: Date: Department Chair Signature: Date:

    **********For Medical Staff Office Use Only **********

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    Credentials Committee Recommendation: Date: Medical Executive Committee Recommendation: Date: Governing Body Action: Date: Effective Dates : ___/___/___ to ___/___/___ Correspondence/Notes:

    TAKE AWAYS FROM EDUCATIONAL SURGERY PRIVILEGE SET REVIEW

    REVIEW AND DISCUSS NEED FOR ORTHO, VASCULAR, GYN, BREAST AND ANY OTHER INCIDENTAL KINDS OF SURGICAL MANAGEMENT AND PROCEDURES THAT A GENERAL SURGEON MAY PERFORM AT THE HOSPITAL

    REVIEW AND DISCUSS MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF ELIGIBILITY TO REQUEST PRIVILEGES AND VOLUME FOR MAINTENANCE OF PRIVILEGES (NEGOTIATED)

    HAVE LEGAL REVIEW, APPROVE, BUILD SPECIFICS AS APPLICABLE (STATE STATUTE, APPLICANT ATTESTATIONS, FORMAL APPLICATIONS, OTHER “LEGAL” LANGUAGE)

    THINK MAJORITY OF PRACTITONERS FOR CORE PRIVILEGE CONTENT

    DISCUSS NEED FOR SPECIAL REQUEST PRIVILEGES VS. NEW PRIIVLEGE SET

    CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE MAY SERVE THE TEAM AS “GO TO” FOR PRIVILEGE SET DISCUSSION AND FIRST APPROVAL

    IF YOU HAVE SEEN ONE PRIVILEGE SET, YOU HAVE SEEN ONE PRIVILEGE SET

    PRIVILEGE SETS ARE ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS THAT REQUIRE TIME, EFFORT, CONSIDERATION AND PATIENCE TO CORRECTLY BUILD