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Q&A: Reporting Clinical Privileges Actions
A physician member of a hospital medical staff applied for an expansion of clinical privileges. Although the physician met all threshold criteria established by the hospital for the expanded privileges, the physician's department head and the medical staff credentials committee recommended denial of the request for expanded clinical privileges based on their assessment that the physician did not have the clinical competence to perform the additional tests and procedures sought. The hospital's governing body reviewed the case, affirmed the findings and recommendations, and denied the physician's request for reasons relating to professional competence. Does the denial of a request for expanded clinical privileges have to be reported to the NPDB?
Yes. The action must be reported to the NPDB because the denial of expanded privileges was the result of a professional review action and adversely affected the clinical privileges of the physician for longer than 30 days.
