Specialty Board Certification: New Laws and Qualifications 2016

Overview:

Medical specialty board certification is used as a common qualifying measure of physician ability. Laws restricting such use are on the rise, in response to expanding board requirements.

Why should you Attend:

Learn the parameters of federal limitations on board certification. Catch up on board certification changes in state law. Find flaws in board certification descriptions in your bylaws and other documents. Modify board certification requirements to improve recruiting and retention results while meeting accreditation standards and quality goals.

Areas Covered in the Session:

Requiring Initial Board Certification
Requiring Recertification
Maintenance of Certification Controversies
New Specialty Board Certification Options
Grandfathering Clauses
Foreign Boards
Medicare Limitations on Requiring Board Certification

Who Will Benefit:

Medical Staff President/Chief of Staff
Bylaws Committee
Credentialing Committee
Chief Medical Officer
Vice President of Medical Affairs
Chief of Staff
Director of Medical Staff
Medical Staff Attorney
Hospital Counsel
Medical Staff Manager
Credentialing Specialist
Human Resources professionals

Speaker Profile :

Elizabeth A. Snelson represents medical staffs across the country, focusing on medical staff bylaws, and works for medical societies on medical staff issues. A frequent speaker on medical staff legal issues, Ms Snelson presents at medical staff leadership retreats, and in programs sponsored by state medical staff services associations and medical societies, the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association, and other organizations.

She is Past President of the American Society of Medical Association Counsel, Vice President of the ABA’s Physician Issues Interest Group, and serves Of Counsel to the Minneapolis law firm of Lockridge Grindal Nauen. She was a member of the Joint Commission’s MS 01.01.01 Task Force. Her articles on medical staff legal issues have appeared in various publications. She is the author of The Physicians’ Guide to Medical Staff Organization Bylaws, published by AMA, the Massachusetts Medical Society’s Model Medical Staff Bylaws, the North Carolina Medical Society’s Model Medical Staff Bylaws, and other model medical staff documents.



Price : $139.00

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