Enhance your healthcare facility’s compliance and operational efficiency with our 3-part webinar series, “Exploring Hospital and Physician Dynamics: A Primer on Medical Staff Adverse Actions” available on-demand for your convenience.
The series is designed for professionals navigating the complex dynamics between hospitals and physicians, offering essential knowledge and strategies for managing adverse actions in healthcare settings. From understanding hospital bylaws and handling disruptive behavior to navigating adverse action reporting, Frier Levitt attorneys, Todd Brower and Alex Keoskey provide valuable insights and practical solutions tailored to help healthcare professionals.
Convenient, on-demand access to our 3-part Hospital and Physician Dynamics webinar is ideal for physicians and leadership responsible for maintaining high standards in hospital operations and patient safety, including:
- Physicians, Dentists and other Health Care Practitioners with Clinical Privileges at Hospitals and Similar Health Care Facilities
- In-House Counsel at Hospital and Healthcare Systems
- CMOs and Medical Staff Leaders and Coordinators
- Corporate Leadership at Hospital and Healthcare Systems
- Attorneys Handling Hospital-Based Adverse Actions
- Health Care Regulatory Counsel and Investigators
Stay Ahead of Legal and Regulatory Changes + Improve Operational Efficiency and Patient Care
Part 1: Understanding the Disciplinary Process: Hospital Bylaws, Reporting Adverse Actions, and Legal Considerations
Discover critical strategies for handling hospital bylaws and adverse actions:
- Types and Processes of Corrective Actions: Enhance quality of care and patient safety by establishing clear and consistent investigative and adverse action procedures.
- Fair Hearing rights and Procedures: Protect your institution’s reputation with fair and compliant legal standards.
- NPDB Reporting and HCQIA Immunity: Conduct thorough and unbiased reviews without fear of litigation and prevent potential legal issues with timely and accurate reporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).
Part 2: Civility and Communication: Managing Disruptive Physicians and Addressing Harassment Complaints
Navigate complex regulatory requirements and how to protect your practice:
- Causes and Types of Disruptive Behavior: Understand the primary causes and types of disruptive behavior, ranging from inappropriate language and verbal abuse to refusal to cooperate and lack of teamwork.
- Legal Implications and Risk Management: Gain risk management strategies to mitigate the negative impact on patient care, staff morale, and your facility’s reputation.
- Hospital’s Duty to Act and Relevant Case Law: Explore the legal and regulatory requirements under hospital bylaws, state and federal laws, and standards set by organizations like the Joint Commission and the AMA to address disruptive behavior.
Part 3: Adverse Action Reporting: The Consequences of a Permanent Record
Learn how to implement effective compliance strategies and protect your institution with valuable knowledge:
- NPDB Reporting Requirements and Entities Involved: Overview of how adverse actions and other matters relating to quality of care, misconduct and impairment are reported to the NPDB, state licensing boards, and state departments of health.
- Types of Information Reported and Immunity Provisions: Ensure adherence to mandatory reporting requirements and understand the immunity provisions that protect reporting entities from civil liability for reports made to the NPDB.
- Consequences of Licensing Board Discipline and the Cascade Effect: Understand the implications of adverse actions on professional credentialing and the cascading effects on the ability of a health care provider to maintain or acquire medical staff privileges, insurance contracts, state licenses, and specialty certifications.