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Credentialing, Contracting, Licensing Timeline and Benefits and Parking Application Requirements

Credentialing, Contracting, Licensing Timeline

Due/Completion Date
Action Required
March 17, 2008 Program determines which residents and fellows it will be hiring, as well as which residents and fellows will be continuing at UMMC in their program
March 25, 2008 New and Returning Resident Communication Process
  1. Program Liaison submits the information about these candidates and continuing residents and fellows on the  Resident/Fellow Data File  using these Instructions.

    The completed Resident/Fellow Data File is forwarded to the Compliance Manager of Graduate Medical Education electronically at jjohns@umm.edu and the Medical Staff Services Representative listed on Attachment E.

  2. Program Liaison  provides only the  "New" (Column V) residents and fellows listed with the Medical Staff Services website address. "New residents and fellows are required to complete the credentialing application, employee health assessment form, and other documents contained on the Medical Staff Services website. They must complete the forms and return them to Medical Staff Services, EXCEPT FOR THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH ASSESSMENT FORM- which the resident or fellows should keep.

  3. Terminating and Graduating Resident Communication Process:
  4. A separate payroll file will be provided to each department/program requesting they identify those residents and fellows who will be terminating or graduating from the program and the dates of the action. This file should be returned to the  Compliance Manager of Graduate Medical Education electronically at jjohns@umm.edu.
March 30, 2008

New Residents and Fellows without Internet Access

Program Liaison provides Medical Staff Services with  the name and address for any resident or fellow who is listed as "New" in Column V of the Resident/Fellow Data File , but who does not have access to the internet and thus the Medical Staff Services website.  Medical Staff Services will mail applications to those identified residents and fellows.

April 9, 2008

New Residents and Fellows Return of Medical Staff Documents

New residents and fellows are required to complete the credentialing application, employee health assessment form, and other documents contained on the Medical Staff Services website. They must complete the forms and return them to Medical Staff Services, EXCEPT FOR THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH ASSESSMENT FORM- which the resident or fellows should keep.

Medical Staff continues to provide information to the programs about any delinquent credentialing applications and forms that have not yet been returned.

May 4, 2008

Returning Residents and Fellows

Program Liaison submits the following information on its Returning residents and fellows (as per Column V):

The contract for each Returning resident and fellows should be attached to their licensing documentation and forwarded to:

Office of Graduate Medical Education
110 S. Paca Street, Room 08-N-121

The licensing  and contract information will be forwarded to the Medical Staff Services Office by the Graduate Medical Education Department for further processing. An executed copy of the contract will be returned to the Program Liaison and the Resident/Fellow.

May 14, 2008

New Residents and Fellows

Program Liaison submits the following information on its New residents and fellows (as per Column V):

The contract for each  New resident and fellows should be attached to their licensing documentation and forwarded to:

Office of Graduate Medical Education
110 S. Paca Street, Room 08-N-121

The licensing  and contract information will be forwarded to the Medical Staff Services Office by the Graduate Medical Education Department for further processing. An executed copy of the contract will be returned to the Program Liaison and the Resident/Fellow.

Feedback on Contract and Licensing Statuses

Graduate Medical Education Office continues to notify Program Liaison of any outstanding contracts, licensing paperwork, and any other data needs that are outstanding.

Benefits and Parking Application Requirements

Parking

Residents and fellows are designated to park at the Pratt Garage, which is opened 24 hours per day and 7 days a week. Please inform new and current residents that they need to complete and submit to you their application each June.  This application process is available online on the University of Maryland Baltimore Parking and Commuter Services website. Please use the instructions for accessing the website.

Please follow the instructions and go to the log-in prompt at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Parking and Commuter Services website. Approval of parking privileges for residents and fellows may be completed online or by visiting the Parking and Commuter Services office.

Residents and fellows who are leaving the program must surrender their parking pass and hang tags prior to departure to the Program Liaison.  Exit vouchers are available through the parking office at UMB to help with this transition.  Please contact the House Staff Billing or Web Support Contact to request Exit Vouchers.  Those passes that are not surrendered when the resident or fellow leaves the program will continue to be billed to the department. 

Parking and Commuter  Services

Office Location/Hours

622 W. Fayette Street
2nd Floor (Pearl Garage)
(410) 706-6603
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (M-F)

House Staff Billing Contact

Wanda Ford
(410) 706-7748
wford@af.umaryland.edu

House Staff A/R Contact

Kathy Parkinson
(410) 706-6603
mparkinson@af.umaryland.edu

Web Support Contact

Deanna Jenkins
(410) 706-6603
djenkins@af.umaryland.edu

Medical Center Resident and Fellow Benefits

To ensure residents and fellows receive full Medical Center benefits, appropriate paper work must be completed and returned to Department of Human Resources at 110 South Paca Street, First Floor,unless otherwise instructed (e.g., HIPAA Training which will be done through UPI).

Please review the Summary of Resident's Benefits. Please remind residents and fellows of the policy for Making Health Plan Changes Outside of Open Enrollment.

Residents requesting to take medical or Family Medical Leave must complete the Leave of Absence Packet. For those request Family Medical Leave, please review the Family Medical Leave Fact Sheet. Both forms require Medical Centerintranet access. In addition to completing the forms, residents must contact the Human Resources Department at the address/number below. In some cases, the resident and fellow may also be required to notify Hartford Life, the disability carrier for the Medical Center.

Human Resources
110 S. Paca Street
First Floor
(410) 328-1794


This page was last updated on: July 18, 2008.