Hospital Privileging Application Checklist
Three documents and three sheets that score each requested privilege against its own case-volume threshold, and compute whether waiting alone clears a shortfall.
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Requirement Register by Facility
One row per privilege, never per department
Illustrative preview. Each requested privilege carries its own threshold, window and reference requirement.
| Privilege | Threshold | Window | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Why one row can't cover four privileges
Two privileges in the same department routinely carry different case-volume thresholds and different lookback windows under the facility's own bylaws. Resolving them as one blended line loses exactly the distinction the credentials committee applies anyway.
Remaining columns: References Required, Reference Recency Limit, Source Document, Verified Against Bylaws.
Every hospital privileging checklist for this query lists the same four categories: application form, case logs, references, primary source verification. All correct, and none resolved to where it matters. A privileging application is not one approval. It is one approval per requested privilege, and a facility's own bylaws set the case-volume threshold, the lookback window, and the peer-reference recency requirement separately for each one under 42 CFR 482.22(c)(6). A checklist that says "case logs" once treats four requested privileges as needing identical evidence, and under most bylaws they don't.
So the Requirement Register by Facility resolves at the privilege level, and where a threshold is a rolling lookback, the Case Volume Evidence sheet computes something a static list cannot. It shows whether the applicant's recent case rate is actually closing the gap, or whether the window's own churn is holding it flat as old cases roll off nearly as fast as new ones arrive. The National Practitioner Data Bank query runs on a separate clock entirely, every two years, whether or not the facility's own reappointment review is on time.
Dr. Priya Osei requested four GI privileges at a fictional facility, Thornwell Regional Medical Center. Three cleared immediately: 187, 164 and 58 logged cases against 50-case thresholds. The fourth, therapeutic ERCP, sat at 61 against a 75-case, 24-month rolling threshold. Rolling that window forward six months at her historical rate moved the total to just 62, since the oldest quarters drop off almost as fast as new ones enter. Clearing 75 within six months needs close to double her historical rate, not more time.
What's in the pack
Requirement Register by Facility
One row per requested privilege, never per department, with that privilege's own case-volume threshold, lookback window, and reference count and recency limit, sourced from the facility's own bylaws.
Case Volume Evidence
Scores logged cases against each privilege's own threshold, and for any rolling-window shortfall, computes the rate needed to actually clear it rather than reporting the gap and stopping there.
Renewal Calendar
Tracks the reappointment date, the National Practitioner Data Bank query date and any privilege-specific re-verification as three separate rows, so a delayed reappointment review is never mistaken for cover on the query clock.
Application Packet
Groups requested privileges by ready and not-ready rather than treating one shortfall as a reason to hold the whole request, and states the specific gap on any line that isn't ready yet.
Case Log Summary
The quarter-by-quarter arithmetic behind any rolling-window shortfall, including the projected total if the applicant's rate holds steady and the rate that would actually close it.
Reference Request Letters
Drafted per privilege against that privilege's own recency requirement, and tracks each candidate's most recent direct observation of the applicant performing the specific procedure, in months.
How to use it
- 1
Open in River, or download it
Open the pack in River and let the agent score your case logs against the facility's criteria, or download the blank Word and CSV files and work through them on your own.
- 2
Send the bylaws criteria and the request list
The exact privileges being requested, and whatever the bylaws or the privilege delineation form state about the threshold, window and references for each one.
- 3
Send case logs and reference candidates
From every facility where the applicant has performed each procedure, plus who can confirm direct, recent observation of that specific work.
- 4
Read the register per privilege, not blended
Which lines are ready today, which are short, and on a rolling window, whether waiting closes the gap or the case rate itself has to rise.
Frequently asked questions
Is this template free?
Yes. Download the three documents and three sheets as Word and CSV files with no signup and no card. "Edit with AI" is a separate, optional path for practices and applicants who want the agent to build the register from their own bylaws and case logs. The rest of the library is at the template library.
What format are the downloaded files?
Word documents (.docx) for the Application Packet, the Case Log Summary and the Reference Request Letters, and CSV (.csv) for the three registers, zipped into one download. They open natively in Word, Pages, Google Docs, Excel, Numbers and Sheets.
Why does the register resolve per privilege instead of per department?
Because that is how the facility's own bylaws set the criteria. 42 CFR 482.22(c)(6) requires bylaws to include criteria for privileges and a procedure for applying them, and two privileges in the same department routinely carry different thresholds. Blending them loses the distinction the credentials committee will apply anyway.
Why doesn't waiting alone fix a rolling case-volume shortfall?
Because a rolling window drops old cases off the back at close to the same pace new ones enter, so a flat case rate produces a flat trailing total no matter how long you wait. The sheet computes the rate that would actually clear the threshold and compares it to the applicant's recent rate.
Does this replace payer credentialing?
No. Payer enrollment and hospital privileging are separate processes with separate document sets, and this pack covers privileging specifically. The provider credentialing checklist covers the payer side, and renewals on both run on their own dates tracked in the recredentialing tracker.
How is the NPDB query different from the reappointment date?
They are two separate clocks. 45 CFR 60.17(a) requires a hospital to query at initial application and again every 2 years regardless of the facility's own reappointment cadence. A hospital that skips the query is presumed to know whatever the NPDB holds on that practitioner.
Find out which requested privilege is actually short, and by how much
Download the blank pack as Word and CSV files, or open this exact pack in River and let the agent score your case logs against the facility's own thresholds.
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