CPCS Credentialing and Privileging Practice Test

PSV requirements refer to the procedures for verifying the qualifications of the professional staff before granting privileges, and these procedures should be spelled out in the medical staff bylaws or the credentials manual. Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program explicitly requires that these documents include PSV processes, detailing how physician and allied health credential verification is performed, reviewed, and documented. This explicit inclusion ensures a consistent, documented standard for credential verification that underpins sound privileging decisions. The other accrediting bodies address credentialing and privileging in broader terms or focus on governance and quality areas without mandating PSV in the bylaws or credentials manual in the same explicit way.