Synergy - January/February 2015 - 15

industry feature

Katherine (Katie) Markowski Dru
is an associate in the litigation
department of Hooper, Lundy &
Bookman. Ms. Dru's practice
comprises a wide range of matters
on behalf of hospitals, medical
staffs, and other health care providers, and involves
many areas relevant to health care law, including
managed care litigation, California's Health and
Safety and Insurance Codes, ERISA, HIPAA, and
medical staff law.

Jennifer A. Hansen is partner at
the San Diego Office of Hooper,
Lundy & Bookman. Her practice
includes representation of
hospitals, medical staffs, nursing
homes, physicians, pharmacies,
and other healthcare providers and suppliers in a
wide range of matters, including general litigation,
medical staff law, managed care litigation,
physician licensing, reimbursement, regulatory,
and long term care issues. Ms. Hansen has served

as counsel in multiple medical staff hearings and
has defended physicians in numerous
administrative hearings before the Medical Board
of California. She has represented hospitals, long
term care facilities and adult residential facilities in
challenges to citations and deficiencies issued by
the Department of Public Health and the
Department of Social Services. Ms. Hansen has
arbitrated and resolved a variety of cases for
healthcare providers in dealings with health plans
and insurance companies.

NAMSS CE QUIZ: Weighing the Options of Appointing NonPhysician Practitioners to the Medical Staff See worksheet on page 32.
1. The May 12, 2014 revision to 42
C.F.R. § 482.22(a) (Revised CoP)
clarified that while a hospital's
medical staff must be composed
of doctors of medicine or
osteopathy, the medical staff also
may include other categories of
physicians ("Other Physicians")
and non-physician practitioners
("Other Practitioners") eligible
for appointment to the medical
staff under state law, including
scope-of-practice laws.
a. True
b. False
2. Under the Revised CoP a hospital's
,
medical staff must include doctors
of podiatric medicine and doctors
of optometry.
a. True
b. False
3. Under the Revised CoP, a
hospital's medical staff may, in
accordance with state law,
include doctors of dental surgery
or dental medicine, doctors of
podiatric medicine, doctors of
optometry, chiropractors, and
clinical psychologists.
a. True
b. False
4. Under the Revised CoP, nurse
practitioners and physician

assistants must be appointed to
the medical staff, in accordance
with state law.
a. True
b. False
5. Under the Revised CoP, a
hospital's medical staff may, in
accordance with state law,
include physician assistants,
nurse practitioners, clinical nurse
specialists, certified registered
nurse anesthetists, certified
nurse-midwives, clinical social
workers, clinical psychologists,
and registered dieticians or
nutrition professionals.
a. True
b. False
6. The CoPs trump state law
regarding which Other Physicians
and Other Practitioners may be
appointed to the medical staff.
a. True
b. False
7. It is undebatable that a medical
doctor is always most qualified
to assess a patient's nutritional
status and design and implement
a nutritional treatment plan in
the most timely manner possible.
a. True
b. False

8. Medical staffs should consider
the amount of MD/DO
supervision or oversight required
for Other Physicians and Other
Practitioners when evaluating
whether to appoint them to the
medical staff.
a. True
b. False
9. Even if an Other Practitioner
is privileged as part of the
medical staff, an MD or DO still
must manage and coordinate
patient care provided by
Other Practitioners if The Joint
Commission accredited
the hospital.
a. True
b. False
10. The Revised CoP mandates
creating new classes of medical
staff membership.
a. True
b. False

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