Boot Camp for Hospital and Physician Leaders 

Join us for a leadership program on physician/hospital/system relationships. CME and general CEU approved!

Led by Horty, Springer & Mattern Attorneys, Rachel Remaley and LeeAnne Mitchel

Presented by South Peninsula Hospital

What the course covers:

• Credential as if your life depends on it
• Hot topics in privileging
• Managing physicians’ confidential files
• Conflicts of interest
• Characteristics of the disruptive physician
• Strategies for dealing with persistent conduct issues

Who should attend?

• Board members 
• Hospital CEOs
• Directors and medical directors of hospital-affiliated physician groups
• CMOs
• Chiefs of staff
• Department chiefs
• Committee chairs 
• Medical staff services professionals
• Quality professionals
• Risk management professionals
• In-house counsel

Continuing Education

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and HortySpringer Seminars. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.  Physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   Other health care professionals are awarded 1.075 continuing education units (CEUs), which are equal to 10.75 contact hours.

Agenda

DAY 1: 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

(including two 15-minute breaks and a 30-minute adjournment for lunch)

7:30 a.m. - Breakast served

Please note that breakfast is included in your registration, however, you may choose to eat on your own and arrive at 8 a.m. for the presentation. If you will not be joining us for breakfast, please note this on your registration so we can plan for food accordingly.

8 a.m. - Presentation begins

Who Wants to Be a Credentialaire?

Credential As If Your Life Depends on It:

• The Perils of Negligent Credentialing
• Initial Applications – Catch Issues Up Front!
• Threshold Eligibility Criteria – Avoiding “Denials”
• The Use and Abuse of Waivers
• Putting the kibosh on incomplete applications

• Managing Privileging for New Procedures and Technology
• Privileges That Cross Specialty Lines
• Privileging Advanced Practice Clinicians
• Privileging Low Volume Practitioners

The Aging Physician Dilemma

• How to identify and address age-related impairments
• Navigating the process without breaking the law

Managing Physicians’ Confidential Files?

• Should Medical Staff members have routine access to their credentials/quality file?
• Can documents be expunged from a physician’s file?
• Giving and Getting References

Conflicts of Interest – Do You Know One When You See One?  When You See One, Do You Know How to Manage It? 

• Can a physician review the care provided by his partner?  By his competitor?  What if there is a history of conflict between the two?  What if they are friends?
• How should reviews be conducted in hospital-based departments where all physicians in the specialty are part of the same group?
• When must a member of a committee recuse himself or herself?  What does that mean?

Meet Dr. Dos Ruptive:  Characteristics of the Disruptive Doctor

DAY 2:      7:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

(including one 15-minute break)

7:30 a.m. - Breakast served

Please note that breakfast is included in your registration, however, you may choose to eat on your own and arrive at 8 a.m. for the presentation. If you will not be joining us for breakfast, please note this on your registration so we can plan for food accordingly.

8 a.m. - Presentation begins

Strategies for Dealing with Persistent Conduct Issues

• The Code of Conduct: The first step in setting expectations and developing culture
• The risk of treating all conduct issues like psychiatric issues
• The disruptive doctor as the modern day whistleblower
• Doctors who communicate with leadership only through their attorneys
• How to plan and implement a collegial intervention/conversation
• How to document a collegial intervention
• Personal codes of conduct and “In the Box” agreements
• Short-term suspensions and progressive steps

Travel Details

If traveling by air, we recommend Ravn Air flight 870, from Anchorage arriving in Homer at 7:02 a.m. on Friday, April 7.

Discounted rates on accommodations are available at the beautiful Land's End Resort ($94 - $179). Call  907-235-0400 and mention the dates of your stay and South Peninsula Hospital Group.

Make a weekend of it and stay after the conference to enjoy all that Homer has to offer! Explore shops, restaurants and things to do at www.homeralaska.org.

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