Thursday, December 6, 2018, 8:15 AM - Friday, December 7, 2018, 11:45 AM, Swissotel Chicago, Chicago, IL

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As the nation?s largest health care-focused law firm, Hall Render is committed to the legal needs of the health care industry. Hall Render?s Medical Staff Services Team has assisted health systems, hospitals and physician groups across the country with countless medical staff and quality matters, ranging from routine credentialing issues and complex peer review litigation to medical staff modernization and peer review redesign. Using an interactive format, this seminar will explore the latest trends and national and state developments related to a broad range of medical staff operations and best practices, physician leadership priorities, peer review privilege challenges, physician health matters, transparency in disclosures, graduate medical education and the impact of payment reform on credentialing. We will share our knowledge and experience concerning these topics and others. We will provide practical solutions related to medical staff governance, credentialing, privileging and quality improvement. This interactive seminar is ideal for medical staff leaders, VPMA/CMOs, medical staff and peer review professionals, legal counsel, risk directors or other credentialing and peer review stakeholders. At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to: ?Discuss and review the importance and legal implications of good faith, unbiased credentialing, privileging and peer review activities to improve patient and system outcomes; ?Integrate practical solutions and provisions into their organizations? policies and governance documents to assist with overall organizational quality improvement and to address organizational inefficiencies and redundancies that fail to contribute to patient care and quality improvement activities; ?Identify and incorporate improvements in medical staff self-governance; and ?Incorporate these solutions and guidelines into clinical practice to improve patient and system outcomes.

1. Discuss and review the importance of good faith, unbiased credentialing, privileging, and peer review activities.
2. Discuss the importance of clear and practical governance documents that guide the credentialing, privileging and peer review activities at a given organization. Discuss the various ways that medical staffs can be structured and organized to best support efficient, focus on patient care and quality improvement activities.
3. Recognize and describe the correct way to disclose adverse events while not compromising malpractice and review confidentiality.
4. Recognize and explain the impact on quality of care by physician health and wellness.
5. Recognize and describe how to identify and understand common credentialing, privileging and peer review challenges, including preparation for medical staff proceedings.
6. Review and explain how to develop and implement quality control and related peer review activities associated with physician and non-physician practitioners.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Indiana University School of Medicine and Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.. Indiana University School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians
Indiana University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For questions about accessibility or to request accommodations please contact the IUSM CME office at 317-274-0104 or cme@iu.edu. One week advance notice will allow us to provide seamless access. Please ensure to specify the accommodations you need in order to participate.

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