checks.
Run your checks. As part of your due diligence, verify all licen-
sure and certifications, both initially and during renewal.
Primary source verification has 4 ingredients: a state license check,
American Medical Association, National Practitioner Data Bank
(NPDB) and Office of Inspector General (OIG). Run all the checks
and print verifications. When you enter your applicant into the NPDB,
set him up for continuous query so that you're alerted to any changes
immediately. This also saves a new query at re-application. Save
NPDB e-mails to support your process. An OIG check
(exclusions.oig.hhs.gov) ensures there are no Medicare sanctions
assigned to your applicant.
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"These 4 elements should not be considered overly onerous or
intrusive," says Spence Byrum, CEO of HRS Consulting. "They are
the very things for which we should be prepared to be able to
adequately care for our patients and professionals should the
worst happen."
Ambulatory surgical centers will be required to meet most of
the same proposed emergency preparedness requirements as
those proposed for hospitals, with a few exceptions. ASCs won't
have to provide information regarding their occupancy, or provide
for subsistence needs of their patients and staff. And only hospi-
tals are required to conduct emergency fuel and generator test-
ing. "But if a facility has an emergency power capability, it would
certainly be better to exceed compliance requirements," says Mr.
Byrum. — Dan O'Connor
