FPPE and the Revised NPDB Guidebook: How to Address New Reporting Challenges

Rebroadcast
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
1:00–2:30 p.m. ET

Presented by:
Todd Sagin, MD, JD

The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) quietly updated its guidelines in spring 2015. In this 90-minute webcast, expert speaker Todd Sagin, MD, JD, will review the updated guidelines, which include expanded definitions of “investigations” that can trigger reports to the NPDB. Attendees will also learn what they should report to the NPDB regarding peer review, credentialing, and malpractice actions, plus what medical staff activities truly constitute a reportable investigation.

During this webcast, Sagin will provide an overview of the changes and delve deeper into the new requirements that will affect medical staff professionals, including sample NPDB reporting policies, potential changes facilities should make regarding focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE), and how NPDB reporting is applicable to advanced practice professionals (APP) and nonphysicians.

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Inform medical staff members about the NPDB changes that apply to them
• Implement or revise a policy on reporting to the NPDB
• Report FFPE, and other peer review actions, to the NPDB when necessary
• Notify physicians about an investigation or the closure of an investigation
• Handle disputes over reporting to the NPDB
• Prepare medical staff professionals for what the new Data Bank requirements might cause them to encounter

Agenda

• An overview of the changes in the NPDB Guidebook and reporting protocols 
• What should be reported and what doesn’t need to be reported
  • Peer review
  • Credentialing
  • Malpractice actions
• Should a hospital have an NPDB reporting policy? What should it look like?
  • Review of a sample policy
• The expanded NPDB definition of an investigation
  • If and when practitioners should be notified of an investigation/the close of an investigation 
• What changes, if any, should be made with regard to FPPE? 
  • Proctoring?
• How is the NPDB applicable to APPs and nonphysicians? 
  • Best practices
• Other updates to the Data Bank

Meet the Speaker

Todd Sagin, MD, JD, is a physician executive recognized across the nation for his work with hospital boards, medical staffs, and physician organizations. He is the national medical director of Sagin Healthcare Consulting, LLC, and HG Healthcare Consultants, LLC, which provide guidance on a wide range of healthcare issues. Dr. Sagin has written medical staff bylaws, policies, and peer review plans for hospitals across the country. He frequently provides educational programs on medical staff leadership responsibilities, including credentialing, peer review, and corrective action.

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