How do you assess the competence of a practitioner who is clinically active at another facility with very little or no activity in your organization? MSPs see these types of cases all the time when they credential a new practitioner’s request for clinical privileges when that practitioner has been actively practicing elsewhere.

“What we’re starting to see across the country is a slow—but what I predict will be a steady—implosion of the organized medical staff.”

– Todd Sagin, MD, JD, on the evolving—but ever-important—work of MSPs and medical staff leaders.

“Our department is short staffed. We do the best we can do.”

- Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, as Kay Oss, an overworked MSP during the opening skit.

“I am a much better physician because of my involvement with credentialing.”

- James J. Fitzgibbon, MD, discusses the importance of the work of the medical staff office in his acceptance speech as the winner of the 2017 CRC Medical Staff Leader of the Year Award.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s session, Credentials Committee Live in Action at 9:15 AM. Our expert faculty, along with attendee volunteers, will participate in a mock credentials committee meeting rife with cringeworthy moments to provide the audience with fresh insights and strategies to avoid common mistakes.

There’s plenty of action you don’t want to miss on the final day of the 2017 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium. Here are a few highlights:

• Join us for breakfast at 7 AM and be there when we raffle off a seat to the 2018 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium.
• Lunch will be provided at 11:45 AM. It’ll be one of your last chances to spend quality networking time with your fellow attendees and the vendors.
• The 2017 Medical Staff Professional of the Year Award will be presented during a ceremony at 2:30 PM.
• You loved their opening skit, so don’t miss out expert faculty’s closing skit at 4 PM. Watch as Dr. Smith journeys through the onboarding process at a hospital with a streamlined process.
• We’ll adjourn at 4:30 PM and you’ll be free to explore Austin on your own time. Don’t forget to check out the Credentialing Resource Center’s guide series.

Keep posting comments and conference photos to the Activity Feed on the conference mobile app. We will award a free HCPro book to the attendee with the best posts. The winner will be announced on Friday, April 7 at 2:15 PM.

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