Introduction
HortySpringer Pathways Webinar Session 2: Delineating and Granting Clinical Privileges
Like credentialing, privileging has changed a lot. When privileging started, there was a presumption that every physician was qualified to treat the skin and all of its contents (or even more in the case of psychiatrists), if the service was arguably within their specialty. Privileging has evolved into a meticulously detailed process of defining the types of treatments and procedures that should be grouped together by specialty, and the specific education, training, and experience that a practitioner must demonstrate in order to apply for that grouping of privileges. And there’s even FPPE to top it all off!
During this second session of the 2025 Pathways series, we will discuss the full range of privileging issues challenging health systems, hospitals, and physician leaders, including privileges that cross specialty lines, privileges that cross disciplines, and privileges for new treatments and procedures. We will lend particular attention to the most pressing privileging issue of modern times: specialty-specific privileging for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants.
During this session, we will also touch on the Joint Commission’s requirement for focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) of all initially granted clinical privileges. Does that replace provisional status? What does FPPE look like in the context of temporary privileges or telemedicine? And what about disaster privileges?
Topics to be Covered:
- Privilege delineation 101: Laundry lists, core privileges, and special privileges. A primer on the delineation of privileges
- Privilege delineation in multi-campus hospitals, unified Medical Staffs, and outpatient/ ambulatory facilities that are provider-based entities
- Requests for privileges to perform new procedures or treatments
- Clinical privileges for residents and fellows (e.g., “moonlighting” privileges)
- Privileges that cross specialty and/or practitioner discipline lines
- Clinical privileges subject to skills enhancement, APP “on the job” training programs, and other attempts to meaningfully (and adequately) delineate and grant specialty-specific clinical privileges to these practitioners. What can hospitals and medical staffs do in the absence of residency training logs to evidence specialty-specific training and experience?
- FPPE that confirms competence, without giving you a headache
About HortySpringer Pathways
What is Pathways? It’s a training program for hospital and physician leaders who are looking to develop and enhance the skills they need to manage and oversee the hospital’s Medical Staff. Key features:
FOCUSED
Each Pathways Series is focused on a topic – or “theme” – that health system, hospital, and physician leaders have told us is essential and timely. Avoiding the sound bites and consultant-talk that permeate so many leadership training courses that are on the market, Pathways favors a deeper discussion of the topics at hand and take-home tips that can be implemented right away.
INCLUSIVE
Medical Staff leadership does not occur in a vacuum. While the “self-governance” of the Medical Staff is largely the purview of the organization’s practicing physicians, a multitude of individuals and bodies support and oversee Medical Staff activities: Board members, advanced practice clinicians, health system and hospital administrators, quality professionals, medical staff services professionals, HR professionals, executive recruiters, and more! Pathways web-based format allows organizations to finally make Medical Staff leadership training available to all of these individuals, fostering shared understanding and the implementation of aligned and unified policies, procedures, and leadership strategies across the organization.
ACCESSIBLE
Each Pathways webinar has been designed to require a minimal-to-moderate time commitment and to allow training to be completed from the comfort of your own home or workplace. With four 2-hour web-based training sessions spread over the course of several months, participation in the Pathways leadership program means not having to forego leadership development when time for training is limited or travel is difficult or impossible.
Who Should Attend?
The 2025 Pathways program can benefit all of the following:
- Medical Staff officers
- Credentials Committee members
- Medical Executive Committee members
- Medical Staff Services Professionals (MSSPs) and other hospital or CVO personnel who support the credentialing and privileging processes
- Chief Medical Officers
- Representatives of the HR department
- Group practice leadership
- In-house counsel
- Governing Board members
- Medical Staff members looking to get more involved in Medical Staff leadership
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Pricing:
Single hospital webinar session purchase: $595
Single hospital webinar series purchase: $1,850 (Discounted by $530 if you sign up for all 4.)
Participants Will Receive:
- 2 hours CME/NAMSS credits
- All supplementary materials
- 60-day on-demand access
The complete four-part series can be purchased for $1,850 and includes 8 hours CME/NAMSS credits, all supplementary materials, and 60-day on-demand access. Please click here to download the order form for the series.
