[ORTCCTelehealth-TAO] Fwd: February Brown Bag: Credentialing and Hospitals

Mon Feb 9 16:45:27 PST 2009

If you are doing telemedicine or planning to do it soon, this will be of
interest to you....

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From: CTeL <communications at ctel.org>
Date: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Subject: February Brown Bag: Credentialing and Hospitals
To: csbritain at gmail.com

     *Telehealth News Update*
    *CTeL Board Members*     Dale Alverson, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
University of New Mexico

John Blum, Esq.
John J. Waldron Research Professor in Health Law
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Sam Burgiss, PhD
Telehealth Consultant
Professor of Radiology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine

Mary DeVany
Manager
Avera McKennan Telehealth Network

Karen Edison, MD
Chair, Department of Dermatology and Medical Director, Missouri Telehealth
Network, University of Missouri
Jana Katz-Bell, MPH
Chief Administrative Officer Center for Health & Technology University of
California at Davis

Karen Rheuban, MD
Professor and Medical Director,
Office of Telemedicine
Univ. of Virginia Health Systems

Curtis Rooney, JD
President
Health Industry Group Purchasing Association

Rob Sprang, MBA
Director, Kentucky TeleCare
Univ. of Kentucky Medical Center

Joseph Tracy, MS
Vice President, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
CTeL Chairman of the Board

Robert J. Waters, JD
Telehealth and E-Health Law Chair, Government Relations Chair, and Partner
Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP
CTeL General Counsel

Center for Telehealth & E-Health Law
1500 K Street, NW
11th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
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     *CTeL February Brown Bag:  Physician Credentialing in Hospitals
*   The February 23rd CTeL Brown Bag topic is physician credentialing in
hospitals.  Credentialing and privileging of physicians using telemedicine
to deliver healthcare services has long been a key issue for telehealth
providers.  When a physician uses telemedicine to direct the care of a
patient in a hospital, what steps should the hospital take with regard to
credentialing and privileging that physician?

CTeL has been advised by telehealth practitioners that the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has emphasized that their Conditions of
Participation must be followed to credential physicians at distant
telehealth sites.

CMS does not sanction the Joint Commission's (JC) approach of allowing one
JC accredited facility to recognize the credentialing process of another JC
accredited facility.

Brown Bag participants will hear from speakers knowledgeable about the
telehealth credentialing requirements of the CMS.  Speakers will also
address the JC's policies regarding credentialing, and the practical impact
of CMS credentialing requirements on the delivery of telemedicine
procedures.   Speakers will be announced soon.

The Brown Bag seminar will be held on February 23, 2009 from 12:00 noon-1:30
EST.  Mark your calendar and register now!

Click here<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102450593131&e=0014iPVpT6GqmFLq5H_EHfkoCbygsoSZbd_7CJF4_QMmmhMt5U62Tq54T1y1xre30UmeyFdQv19l2cbDoCd8qxXCrJRKzcy5ajvbW_6zK9bya_E8EQ6YSB2dvn9e4X8D7RyUvY1mw4kNf8=>
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register for February's Brown Bag on the credentialing of physicians in
hospitals.

Click here<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102450593131&e=0014iPVpT6GqmG2peCfCryEIkrhw-yba6YCVLyKnwNEYH1efQui9nxkkwz43I9MJWGrK56FmoJBywW70zQdqNnGfejxvtM-mGQRpYbHxvNPKrkU8t-8EgyXT70PhE8J8lkmgac_0a3hiR1HWUV6kRdmnzTwhCZnbdsZ>
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further details on the issue of physician credentialing in hospitals and a
CTeL assessment on the credentialing issue.

    *Award-Winning Arkansas Home Health Program Gains National
Attention*     Arkansas'
Baptist Home Health Network has been selected by the National Association of
Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) as the model for a proposed national five-state
pilot program for Medicare beneficiaries. The Baptist system, which serves
an estimated 800 people in Arkansas, integrates telehealth monitoring into
patient treatment plans.

For example, a diabetes patient will have vital signs like heart rate, blood
pressure, blood sugar level, and oxygen level captured at home by a
telehealth computer. Data is then sent via phone line to Baptist's main
office, where a team of nurses monitors the results. If any irregularities
or potential problems are spotted, a nurse will call the patient at home, or
if needed, dispatch another nurse or an ambulance to the residence.
*Click here<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102450593131&e=0014iPVpT6GqmGPlVEC1dnKvpL-YtHLTjxXR2nXILoEHQ7GWRq6B6ow9ucxO-0nr6I4tO2omf0F9eML-isJjSo7QgFnDIzWpDN8yRCNHqjlkFgt--OHj98ktEO2iz-8QnF8aGo_R0d59suohwYmpcZLqoFPytmPbqc3>
* to read the full story.
     *In Canada, Telemedicine Helps Rural Patients Manage Their Conditions
*     For chronic respiratory disease patients in the rural Champlain region
of Ontario, Canada, a new telehealth program provides the opportunity to
receive necessary care without traveling to hospitals in Ottawa. The new
program, headquartered at the 22-bed Carleton Place District and Memorial
Hospital (CPDMH) and operated by the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) in
conjunction with St. Francis Hospital, connects patients with respirologist
Dr. Stephen Bencze of Ottawa Hospital's Clinical Telehealth Program. Through
videoconferencing, patients are brought together with physicians for
consultation, evaluation, and education.
The new program for respiratory disease patients is a significant part of
the telehealth program at CPDMH, which serves several rural communities of
about 23,000 people total, that was established in 2002 with the OTN. Since
then, the hospital has seen an increase in telehealth-related visits, with
about 400 annual visits. The program is part of a larger effort to enhance
access to treatment for rural patients and to help chronic disease patients
in better managing their conditions.
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