On Wednesday, May 9th, CMS released new regulations that introduced a
variety of changes in the hospital and health system setting including
"broadened the concept of “medical staff” and have allowed hospitals the
flexibility to include other
practitioners as eligible candidates for the medical staff with hospital
privileges to practice in the hospital in accordance with State law.
All practitioners will function under the rules of the medical staff.
This change will clearly permit hospitals to allow other practitioners
(e.g. APRNs, PAs, pharmacists) to perform all functions within their
scope of practice. (CMS has) required that the medical staff must
examine the credentials of all eligible candidates (as defined by the
governing body) and then make recommendations for privileges and medical
staff membership to the governing body."
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