CMS Hospital CoP and TJC Telemedicine Standards, Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging 2018

CMS Hospital CoP and TJC Telemedicine Standards, Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging 2018 is a webinar dedicated to the telemedicine credentialing and privileging process for physicians and practitioners providing telemedicine services.

Topics

• Insights on 16 page federal law
• Introduction
• What are the CMS deficiencies in telemedicine?
• Overview of 27 page interpretive guidelines by CMS for CoPs
• Insights on CoP board changes
• Learn about the definitions of distant site telemedicine entity (DTSE)
• Discussion on privileges based on medical staff recommendations
• Why written agreement is required, and insights on the requirements in the written agreement
• Agreements with Medicare certified hospitals and DTSE
• Credentialing by proxy - what you need to know
• Find out the effect on Joint Commission hospitals
• How to ensure compliance with the CoPs
• Insights on reliance on the C&P decisions of the distant site
• Basic hospital functions
• Adverse events and notification
• Peer review issues - what you need to know about
• Complaints received about the distant site physician
• Periodic appraisals
• Where CoP tag numbers are changed
• Discussion on third party verification organizations

Who should Attend

• Medical Staff leader
• Chief Medical Officer
• Tele-radiology Professionals
• Credentialing and Privileging Professionals
• Chief Operating Officer
• Chief Nursing Officer
• Hospital legal counsel
• Director of Radiology
• Risk manager
• Medical Staff Office personnel
• Patient safety officer
• Compliance officer
• Nurse educator
• Legal counsel
• Accreditation Director
• Joint Commission director
• Anyone involved in telemedicine services
• Director of Regulatory Affairs