Criteria-Based Core Privileging: A Guide to Implementation and Maintenance

Todd Meyerhoefer, MD, MBA, CPE, FACS

A criteria-based core privileging system ensures consistency, flexibility, efficiency, and objectivity. However, transitioning to core privileges can be a daunting and overwhelming task. Criteria-Based Core Privileging: Guide to Implementation and Maintenance helps take the hassle out of that transition. Acting as a how-to guide, this book provides the necessary steps for medical staff and credentialing leaders to successfully adopt a criteria-based system. In addition, it also lays out a road map to overcome the biggest challenges along the way, including obtaining buy-in from physicians and hospital leaders.

This book will help medical staff leaders:

Available May 2016

$150

• Develop a criteria-based core privileging system that is flexible, efficient, consistent, and objective
• Identify key tips on how to obtain staff buy-in
• Identify a clear path of transition to criteria-based privileging
• Discuss how to apply criteria-based privileging to various practitioner categories
• Handle privileging requests for new procedures and technology

About the Author

Todd Meyerhoefer, MD, MBA, CPE, FACS, is vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer of Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio. He previously served as senior vice president of physician alignment for Akron (Ohio) General Health System and as president of the health system’s Partners Physician Group. An experienced physician executive, Meyerhoefer has held various medical staff leadership positions, such as trauma committee chair, bylaws committee chair, and membership on peer review, credentials, and utilization review committees.

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