Practice Management

Haley – I would contact the ABR and the hospital medical staff office on this matter. His lifetime status at the ABR applies only to certification testing not CME requirements. With that said he might not be Board Certified unless he meets the CME requirements. The other concern is hospital credentialing. They may require that he fulfill the CME requirements before they will offer medical staff privileges and credential him for any services..... Either of which would mean the issue you are asking about may already be addressed by the ABR or Medical Staff requirements.  Hope this helps....

Greetings.  I am new to RBMA and appreciate receiving these dialogues on current issues.

I am posting today because, for the past 20+ years, I have worked in Medical Staff Services in a hospital-based setting and am a Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS).  I suspect your new practitioner may have some hurdles to jump if he wishes to practice in a hospital-based setting.  At the health system where I was employed, a practitioner out of practice for 8 years would, without a doubt, have been asked to completed a "re-entry program" prior to being invited to apply for clinical privileges.  "Re-entry" is essentially completion of a new Residency and would be at the practitioner's expense if he/she chooses to pursue affiliation with the hospital.

"Re-entry" when out of practice for multiple years is not unique to this region and is a method many hospitals utilize to gauge competency when lack of any other recent work experience/clinical activity exists.

You may want to reach out to Medical Staff Services at applicable hospitals to find out if this will pose an obstacle for your new practitioner.

Kind regards,

Colleen

Colleen Riley, CPCS, Executive Director

Tualatin Imaging, PC

((503) 692-5737 6(503)692-5307 * criley@tualatinimaging.com