Which statement about FPPE and OPPE is true?

• A. FPPE evaluates ongoing performance.
• B. OPPE evaluates newly granted privileges.
• C. OPPE monitors ongoing performance to ensure quality and safety.
• D. FPPE and OPPE replace the standard credentialing process.

Answer: (C)

Understanding FPPE and OPPE helps: FPPE is used when privileges are first granted or reprivileged, focusing on establishing competence for the specific privileges. OPPE is an ongoing process that continuously monitors a clinician’s performance across all granted privileges to safeguard quality and patient safety. Because of that, the statement that OPPE monitors ongoing performance to ensure quality and safety is the accurate one. FPPE does not cover ongoing performance, and it isn’t about newly granted privileges—that role belongs to FPPE. These evaluations don’t replace the standard credentialing process; they supplement it to inform continued privileging and quality oversight.