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NAMSS CE QUIZ:
Questions on The Intersection of Credentialing
and Peer Review
See worksheet on page 30.

1.	 As	a	general	rule,	hospitals	and	healthcare	facilities	
must	use	due	care	in	selecting	the	physicians	
appointed	to	the	medical	staff.
	
	

a.	 True
b.	 False

2.	 An	NPDB	query	will	reveal	whether	a	physician	has	
ever	been	the	subject	of	any	kind	of	peer	review	
proceeding	at	another	facility.
	
	

a.	 True
b.	 False

7.	 Generally,	a	facility	may	use	the	information	
provided	about	other	facilities’	peer	review	actions	
in	considering	what	actions	to	take	with	regard	to	a	
practitioner’s	privileges	at	its	own	facility.
	
	

a.	 True
b.	 False

8.	 There	is	no	need	to	ask	a	physician	for	information	
about	past	peer	review	proceedings	or	actions	at	
another	facility.
	

a.	 True

3.	 Facilities	face	significant	risks,	including	financial	
liability	and	possible	sanctions	or	fines,	for	failing	to	
give	comprehensive,	truthful	accounts	of	their	
current	and	former	medical	staff	members	to	
credentialing	entities.

	

b.	 False

	
	

	

a.	 True

	

b.	 False

a.	 True
b.	 False

4.	 Historically,	facilities	have	often	been	reluctant	to	
release	negative	peer	review	information	due	to	
peer	review	and	other	privileges	and	the	possibility	
of	litigation.
	
	

a.	 True
b.	 False

5.	 When	informed	of	peer	review	proceedings	at	
another	facility,	the	credentialing	facility	should,	at	a	
minimum,	request	all	ultimate	findings	and	
conclusions	regarding	corrective	or	disciplinary	
action	taken	against	the	practitioner.
	
	

a.	 True
b.	 False

6.	 The	fact	that	another	facility	has	taken	an	adverse	
action	will	always	be	independently	sufficient	to	
warrant	adverse	action	at	the	credentialing	facility.
	
	

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a.	 True
b.	 False

SYNERGY September/OctO ber 2013

9.	 An	applicant’s	cooperation	with	an	investigation	
into	peer	review	proceedings	at	another	hospital	is	
never	a	factor	to	be	considered	as	a	part	of	the	
appointment	process.

10.	The	Joint	Commission’s	standards	outline	criteria	that	
must	be	considered	as	a	part	of	the	credentialing	
process,	including,	among	other	factors,	voluntary	
and	involuntary	termination	of	medical	staff	
membership,	and	voluntary	or	involuntary	limitation,	
reduction,	or	loss	of	clinical	privileges.
	
	

a.	 True
b.	 False

Take this quiz online and receive your
results immediately!
Click the SYNERGY Quizzes link in the
Headlines section of www.namss.org.


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Synergy - September/October 2013

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Synergy - September/October 2013

Synergy - September/October 2013
Contents
Editor’s Column
President’s Column
The Intersection of Credentialing and Peer Review: How Much Information Is Enough?
The Medical Staff’s Role in a Provider-Based Facility
Paperless Agenda Versus Less Paper
CMS Grants the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) Deeming Authority
National Organization Seeks to Imp rove Process with NAMSS PASS™
MS 01.01.01 – One Year Later: Did You Make It? Did You Survive?
NAMSS News
Happenings
Consultants Directory
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Synergy - September/October 2013 - Cover2
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 1
Synergy - September/October 2013 - Contents
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 3
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 4
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 5
Synergy - September/October 2013 - Editor’s Column
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 7
Synergy - September/October 2013 - President’s Column
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 9
Synergy - September/October 2013 - The Intersection of Credentialing and Peer Review: How Much Information Is Enough?
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 11
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 12
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 13
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 14
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 15
Synergy - September/October 2013 - The Medical Staff’s Role in a Provider-Based Facility
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 17
Synergy - September/October 2013 - Paperless Agenda Versus Less Paper
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 19
Synergy - September/October 2013 - CMS Grants the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) Deeming Authority
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 21
Synergy - September/October 2013 - National Organization Seeks to Imp rove Process with NAMSS PASS™
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 23
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 24
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 25
Synergy - September/October 2013 - MS 01.01.01 – One Year Later: Did You Make It? Did You Survive?
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 27
Synergy - September/October 2013 - NAMSS News
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 29
Synergy - September/October 2013 - 30
Synergy - September/October 2013 - Happenings
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