No. CRICO will cover new privileges issued to existing providers with CRICO coverage. Institutions are not required to notify CRICO when existing CRICO-insured clinicians assume new privileges to support the COVID-19 crisis.
This includes CRICO-insured:
- Staff physicians
- Certified nurse midwives
- Fellows taking on staff level privileges
- Non-physician clinicians
In addition, we do not need to be notified of any existing residents with CRICO coverage:
- Rotating to another department within their existing institution or another CRICO hospital to perform the same duties, or
- Being used to provide support in other areas approved by their program leadership.
There will be no premium impact as a result of any of the above-referenced changes. If any of the newly enhanced crisis privileges are maintained following the end of the crisis, CRICO must be notified within 30 days.
We are relying on our members to ensure that any new privileges extended are appropriate based on clinicians’ education, scope of practice and training.