The OPPE Toolbox: Field-tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS Not sure how to organize and present all your OPPE data? Just open your toolbox Get the tools you need to carry out OPPE. The OPPE Toolbox: Field-Tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance contains forms and policies that hospitals of various scope and size are currently using to conduct OPPE that complies with accreditors' standards. Streamline your processes, eliminate the background work, and implement a comprehensive and compliant OPPE process with these expertly reviewed tools and forms. Author Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, provides medical staff leaders, medical staff professionals, and the quality team with best practices and highlights how to tailor the tools to your organization's needs. This book will help you: Save the time and hassle involved in developing OPPE forms from scratch See what your peers are using to conduct OPPE at their organizations and compare your process Implement new indicators for various specialties Pick up new tips for getting your medical staff on board with OPPE Download and customize each form
The FPPE Toolbox: Field-Tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance, Second Edition Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, CHSE In order to be compliant with The Joint Commission's requirements of establishing and tracking practitioner competency using measurable data, MSOs must apply and adopt a standard framework defining the dimensions of privileged practitioners' performance. But just like all healthcare regulations, the focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) of providers is a process that is constantly changing and being refined. With an evolving provider landscape and commensurate legal findings, knowing how to collect, organize, and document FPPE data is critical for all facilities. Failing to gather and organize sufficient FPPE data in a standardized way presents risks including redundancy, inconsistency across specialties, and inadequate articulations for practitioners regarding their role in FPPE. The second edition of The FPPE Toolbox: Field-Tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance provides an up-to-date, comprehensive resource with the forms and tools MSOs need to conduct and manage FPPE. This book provides compliant and customizable forms, policies, letters, scorecards, and reports that can be utilized in facilities of all types and sizes. Author Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, CHSE, shares her expert knowledge so MSPs can create a cohesive competency documentation process at their organization. This toolbox offers sample tools you can adapt for use in your own facility without making you wade through lengthy background information, including: Case studies describing how your peers implemented FPPE FPPE policy documents FPPE language excerpted from peers' bylaws documents or policies and procedures Department-specific proctoring forms Inpatient and outpatient proctoring forms FPPE documents for HFAP-accredited facilities Forms that work for initial appointment and for-cause FPPE, and documents that illustrate the OPPE-FPPE connection Notification to a practitioner--successful conclusion of provisional staff status and advancement of staff category A letter to a physician requesting his or her service as proctor Physician competency data scorecards Retrospective, concurrent, and prospective proctoring guidelines This book: Saves time--medical staff offices don't need to develop an FPPE system from scratch or spend hours researching and updating their organizations' outdated forms Eliminates the hassle of having to research FPPE forms and policies from multiple sources Enables MSPs to download, adapt, and use the most up-to-date FPPE forms at their organization Provides tips on implementing the forms and applying FPPE data to credentialing and privileging decisions in the future Includes field-tested FPPE policies and forms in use now at medical staff services departments nationwide Five organizations have FPPE down to a science, and they've shared their policies and forms in this book. These all-new, downloadable forms cover all aspects of FPPE for new applicants and for cause, from proctoring and other practitioner evaluation methods to quality indicators to compliance with The Joint Commission and HFAP standards.
Verify and Comply: A Quick Reference Guide to Credentialing Standards, Fifth Edition Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS The Joint Commission... NCQA... CMS... DNV... HFAP... Searchable and side-by-side! Verify and Comply, Fifth Edition, is the much anticipated next edition of one of HCPro's most popular credentialing resources. Many satisfied customers have used this resource to study for their NAMSS certification exams and to keep up to date with accreditors' credentialing standards. This newly expanded guide addresses Joint Commission, NCQA, and CMS standards in the book, as well as DNV and HFAP on the companion CD-ROM. That means five sets of accreditors' standards are side-by-side and searchable by topic on CD-ROM. Get the resource thousands of MSPs have come to rely on. It will help you: Easily access, navigate, and compare the requirements of all five organizations at a glance Eliminate wasted time searching through multiple resources to find what you need Stop struggling to interpret the standards on your own Understand the differences between the stages of the credentialing process--appointment, reappointment, and ongoing assessment Get answers to your credentialing questions quickly and easily Study for your CPCS and CPMSM certification exams No other resource for credentialing standards offers you this level of expertise and convenience. All five sets of standards side-by-side, organized by topic, on a searchable CD-ROM The Joint Commission NCQA CMS DNV HFAP Three sets of standards in print in the book (The Joint Commission, NCQA, and CMS) Straightforward, complete summaries of standards Expert interpretation of the standards Distinct sections that clarify the differences between each stage of the credentialing process A tips section that allows for further analysis Special notations to readers who are studying for the CPMSM/CPCS exams Who will benefit? Credentialing specialist/analyst Medical staff services coordinator Director of medical staff services Credentialing coordinator Credentialing manager Medical staff professional Survey coordinator Earn continuing education credits! This program has been approved by the National Association Medical Staff Services for up to 3.0 continuing education unit(s). Accreditation of this educational program in no way implies endorsement or sponsorship by NAMSS. Navigate credentialing standards faster and easier. Order your copy today.
This book gathers the latest research, innovations, and applications in the field of civil engineering, as presented by leading national and international academics, researchers, engineers, and postgraduate students at the AWAM International Conference on Civil Engineering 2019 (AICCE’19), held in Penang, Malaysia on August 21-22, 2019. The book covers highly diverse topics in the main fields of civil engineering, including structural and earthquake engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, highway and transportation engineering, water resources engineering, and geomatic and construction management. In line with the conference theme, “Transforming the Nation for a Sustainable Tomorrow”, which relates to the United Nations’ 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development, it highlights important elements in the planning and development stages to establish design standards beneficial to the environment and its surroundings. The contributions introduce numerous exciting ideas that spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaborations between various specialists in the field of civil engineering.
