Moving to a 3-year medical staff reapplication cycle can significantly reduce the burden on practitioners and medical services professionals without compromising patient safety or increasing regulatory/liability risks—but only if the transition is designed with a comprehensive knowledge of applicable requirements.
This fact sheet intends to give your redesign efforts a kick start by offering a high-level overview of what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), accreditors, and states have to say about the issue.
“Reducing the burden of reapplication by one-third would be a significant win for each member of the medical staff and other privileged practitioners and would ease the administrative burden of the medical staff services department.”
