DOH Proposes Regulation to Reduce Medical Staff Recertification Burdens
The New York State Department of Health has proposed a regulation General Hospital Medical Staff Recertification.pdf (ny.gov) that would increase to 3 years from 2 years the time period for hospital medical staffs to recredential their staff physicians. The proposed regulations align with a recent change by the Joint Commission to revise its credentialing and privileging standards applied to its Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Ambulatory Surgical Center, Critical Access Hospital, and Hospital accreditation programs, as well as a position statement adopted by MSSNY at its 2023 House of Delegates. Comments in support can be sent to Katherine Ceraolo at the NYS Department of Health at [email protected].
