May 26, 2010
Medicare & Medicaid Programs: Proposed Changes Affecting
Hospital & Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Conditions of
Participation (CoPs): Credentialing & Privileging of
Telemedicine Physicians & Practitioners
On May 26, 2010, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new telemedicine credentialing rule for hospitals that would allow
hospitals to rely on medical professional privileging information provided by another hospital. CMS noted in the proposed rule that the change was needed to ease the
burden of privileging reviews on smaller critical access hospitals and to address a point of conflict with The Joint Commission (TJC) relating to how TJC had permitted
hospitals to grant telemedicine practice privileges to distant-site professionals simply by virtue of both hospitals being accredited by TJC. CMS has planned to accept
comments on the proposed rule through July 26, 2010.
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