New CMS Rule on Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging      
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
1:00-2:30 pm Eastern 
This webinar is brought to by the Regulation, Accreditation, and Payment Practice Group, and is co-sponsored by the Medical Staff, Credentialing, and Peer Review Practice Group

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Effective July 5, 2011, physicians, practitioners, hospitals, and companies providing telemedicine services can utilize new, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-endorsed credentialing and privileging process with the goal of decreasing the administrative and financial burdens currently experienced by telemedicine providers.

This webinar will cover the following elements of the new CMS rule on telemedicine credentialing and privileging:

• Continuing discretion of the "providing" hospital to rely on credentialing and privileging practices and processes of the "distant-site telemedicine entity";
• Types of organizations that qualify as a distant-site telemedicine entity;
• Intersection with The Joint Commission's telemedicine standards;
• Required elements of the written agreement between the "providing" hospital and the distant-site telemedicine entity;
• Practical implications of the shift in the credentialing and privileging processes to the distant-site telemedicine entity, including medical staff bylaws and related credentialing policies; and
• Continuing licensure obligations relevant to the "providing" hospital's jurisdiction and updates generally on licensure portability efforts.   

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Faculty

Alexis Slagle Gilroy, Esquire
Partner
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Washington, DC

Robin Locke Nagele, Esquire
Principal
Post & Schell PC, Philadelphia, PA
 
Betsy Ranslow, MS, OTR/L (Moderator)
Director, Stakeholder Engagement and State Policy Division
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC