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Learn how to avoid confusion in hospital anesthesia Medicare standards, reduce non-compliance risk, save departmental money, and much more with Cracking the Code: Understanding the CMS Hospital CoP Standards on Anesthesia a new guidebook from AHC Media.

Cracking the Code: Understanding the CMS Hospital CoP Standards on Anesthesia is authored by Sue Dill Calloway, who is the current President of Patient Safety and Health Care Consulting, and who has over 30 years of patient safety and healthcare education experience.  This new sourcebook covers the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Conditions of Participation Guidelines for anesthesia services.

This guidebook is the ONLY resource in the marketplace that gives in-depth information on Medicare’s hospital anesthesia compliance standards.  Inside this guidebook you will find:

• Ways to reduce risk of noncompliance, avoid confusion on managing staff, keep up with changing anesthesia standards, and much more!
• In-depth topics provided by Sue Dill Calloway.  Topics include:
  • Identification of who can administer anesthesia
  • Supervision requirements of CRNAs and anesthesiology assistants
  • Discussions on preanesthesia and postanesthesia assessments
  • Information to prepare you for your next survey by The Joint Commission, including the anesthesia tracer
• Detailed tables, charts and graphs on such subjects as CMS Conditions of Participation, compliance with Medicare anesthesia standards, protocol from Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, anesthesia documents from American College of Emergency Physicians, and more!
• Trend updates on Medicare standards
• Frequently Asked Question section from the CMS survey and certification memo

Objectives

• Cite CMS requirements for anesthesia care delivery
• Create policy and procedures consistent with CMS anesthesia care delivery requirements
• Review credentials of anesthesia care providers and assess consistency with CMS requirements

Healthcare professionals who will best benefit from Cracking the Code: Understanding the CMS Hospital CoP Standards on Anesthesia are Hospital Case Managers, Quality Managers, Hospital Compliance Managers, Hospital Risk Managers, CE Coordinators, Anesthesia Managers, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), Anesthesiologists, and others.

Formats

Upon payment this guidebook is immediately available as a downloadable PDF file. It is also available in a printed version.