267.000 RESIDENT PROGRAM CREDENTIALING/RECREDENTIALING

267.995          Enhanced Funding for Rural and Safety Net Residency Training Sites

The Medical Society of the state of New York will lobby the New York State legislature to enhance Medicaid funds allocated to rural and safety net hospital residency programs that serve rural communities to assist in their expansion of physician residency slots. (HOD 2024 – 110)

267.996:          Sudden Closure of Residency

MSSNY will urge the American Medical Association to advocate for the fair treatment of displaced residents from a hospital that closes or reduces a residency program by following these guidelines: (1)Work with the appropriate accrediting agencies to ensure that when there is a residency program reduction or closure, the sponsoring institution allows residents already in the program to complete their education, and honors the provisions of training commitments; and (2)Work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, American Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), AOL, and the appropriate specialty societies to ensure that where a residency program is reduced or closed, funding and resources are made available for relocation of the residents to new programs, in a manner that is minimally disruptive to the residents’ career and personal life.  (HOD 2013-173)

267.997           Final Credentialing for Physicians Who Have Preliminary Training or Transfer Training Programs and Graduate from the Final Residency Program:

MSSNY will work with the appropriate organizations in New York to streamline the credentialing process in this state so that credentialing forms, encompassing relevant information from any prior residency programs, are requested from the program which physicians completed their final residency training, the program that is in a position to provide a final recommendation about the physician’s qualifications and competencies to practice their chosen specialties.  (Council 11/19/09; Reaffirmed with amendment HOD 2019)

267.998       Timely Submission of Credentialing Materials by Residency and Fellowship Programs:
(HOD 2008-213; SUNSET HOD 2018)

267.999        Credentialing Materials:  Timely Submission by Residency and Fellow Programs:

MSSNY encourages:  (a) residency programs and fellowship programs to submit credentialing and verification data requested on behalf of their graduating residents to the requesting agency within thirty days of the request; and (b) the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to establish an accreditation standard for residency and fellowship programs calling for submission of credentialing and re-credentialing verification data requested on behalf of their graduating residents to the requesting agency within thirty days of the request.  (HOD 2007-201; Reaffirmed HOD 2017)