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Health Care Policy

Health Care Policy. WAMSS Fall Conference Judy Warmuth Wisconsin Hospital Association. Physician Duty to Report. Stat. § 448.115, now requires a physician to promptly report, in writing, to the MEB another physician if:

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Health Care Policy

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  1. Health Care Policy WAMSS Fall Conference Judy Warmuth Wisconsin Hospital Association

  2. Physician Duty to Report Stat. § 448.115, now requires a physician to promptly report, in writing, to the MEB another physician if: • The other physician is engaging or has engaged in acts that constitute a pattern of unprofessional conduct. • The other physician is engaging or has engaged in an act that creates an immediate or continuing danger to one or more patients or to the public. • The other physician is or may be medically incompetent. • The other physician is or may be mentally or physically unable safely to engage in the practice of medicine or surgery. To encourage reporting and also protect reporting physicians, the new law prohibits the reporting physician from being held civilly or criminally liable or be found guilty of unprofessional conduct for reporting another physician.

  3. Peer Review-QIA On February 1, 2011, the Wisconsin Health Care Quality Improvement Act (WHCQIA) went into effect. The act effects a number of changes to Wisconsin law which generally broaden protections for health care providers, including: • Strengthening, clarifying, or providing protections against the use of quality improvement investigations and conclusions. • Protecting health care providers who openly and honestly aid regulatory agencies in their good work. • Maintaining unintentional medical errors as a matter for civil, not criminal, courts

  4. Physician Re-licensure Survey • As part of the current re-licensure process, physicians are asked to complete a workforce survey. • Physicians may bypass the survey to complete licensure • Physicians may re-enter the process after licensure to complete the survey. • Recommended by MEB and WMS. • Takes 7 to 10 minutes to complete.

  5. WHA Physician Workforce White Paper • Currently most difficult to recruit positions for hospitals • Projected demand • Strategies • Additional medical school, expansion of current programs, other models. • Additional residencies • Increased recruitment/admission of Wisconsin residents

  6. Legislative possibilities • Apology Bill (AB 147, SB 103) • Delivery of Prescription Drugs (AB245, SB 180) • Changes to Technical College Board Membership • Certification of Surgical Technologists • Licensure of Dietitians • Definition of Advanced Nurse Practice

  7. Administrative Rules • RAD 1-5 Radiographer Rules • RL 8 Fingerprint Criminal Background Check for Physicians • MED 8 Physician to Physician Assistant Ratio • NUR 3 Changes to RN Licensure by Endorsement • MED 10 Physician Conduct

  8. Other related topics • Expedited Regional Physician Licensure by Endorsement Project • Employee Flu Immunization • ICD 10 • MEB Activities • MOL, • Boundary Issues, • Alcohol and other drugs. • Advanced Practice Nurses

  9. Questions and Conversation

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