Poll question: Does your organization have different controlled substance screening requirements for contracted practitioners versus non-contracted practitioners (i.e. traditional medical staff members)?

November 19, 2009 | Emily Berry | Comments 1

Poll question: Does your organization have different controlled substance screening requirements for contracted practitioners versus non-contracted practitioners (i.e. traditional medical staff members)?

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Filed Under: practitioners (general)

Tags: substance abuse

About the Author: Emily Berry is an associate editor at HCPro in the credentialing market. In addition to managing information on CRC she writes the Briefings on Credentialing newsletter and the Credentialing Resource Center Connection weekly email newsletter. A native of Ohio, she graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland before moving east to attain her MS degree in journalism from Boston University.

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Anne Roberts | Dec 2, 2009 | Reply

Yes! This is an issue that we have discussed several times. All employee’s and contracted staff (traveling nurses, transplant teams, etc.) are required to undergo drug screening prior to employment/initiation of their contract. This is currently not a requirement for medical staff members. We have a policy that applies to all staff (including medical staff) that the organization can test for cause at any time, however, there are no initial screening requirements for medical staff members. I would be interested in hearing whether other organizations have discussed/challenged this different standard.