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EMTALA & The On-Call Physician
During this presentation, our expert will outline one of the most problematic standards for hospitals from CMS: Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) regulations concerning On-call Physicians. The current CMS deficiency report found more than 2,600 EMTALA deficiencies, and 120+ of them were related to on-call physician issues. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have specific provisions related to insurers and EMTALA-covered patients. It is essential that every hospital and critical access hospital follow the federal law and CMS interpretive guidelines on EMTALA to guarantee uninterrupted reimbursements and avoid penalties.
Individual physicians can be fined and excluded from participating in any federal program and their license revoked by the state medical board. CMS and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) suggest that hospitals provide EMTALA on-call training for their physicians who are on call. Is your hospital and doctor training up-to date?
Make sure you have implemented the necessary P & Ps!
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Agenda topics:
- CMS guidelines | - Provider agreements | - EMTALA law |
- Relevant factors | - Policy & procedures | - OIG bulletins |
- Shared-call plans | - Maintaining on-call list | - False labor |
- Guidance memos | - Community-call plans | - Quality improvement |
- Response time | - Prospective payment system | - No-coverage periods |
- Follow-up care | - Beneficiary & family care | - OIG proposed changes |
- Certificate to transfer | - Poor practice examples | - Standard of care |
- Physician education | - CMS deficiency memo | And so much more! |
After this webinar participants will be able to:
About Your Speaker: Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Sue is a nurse attorney, medico-legal consultant and long-time educator for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare providers. She is a frequent speaker and is well known across the country in the areas of healthcare law, risk management, and patient safety. She has authored over 100 books and hundreds of articles. For AHC Media, she authored the book Cracking the Code: Understanding the CMS Hospital CoP Standards on Anesthesia.
Ms. Calloway received her Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, and Doctor of Jurisprudence from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. Additionally, she is certified in healthcare risk management by the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management and is the first in the country to be certified in CMS regulatory compliance.
Target Audience:
Anyone involved with or interested in compliance regulations and standards, including but not limited to: CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CMOs, CNOs, CE Directors, Department Directors, Quality Improvement Staff, Physicians, Nurses (all levels), Compliance Officers, CMS Liaisons, TJC Liaisons, Registration Staff, Safety Officers and Staff, Pharmacy Staff, Ethics Committee Members, Consumer Advocates, Risk Managers, Legal Counsel, Behavioral Health Staff, Psychiatry Staff, Social Workers, Discharge Planners, Case Managers, Hospice Staff and Regulatory Affairs Staff
Accreditation and Credit Designation:
Relias Learning, LLC, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Contact hours [2.00] will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion. California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP#13791.
Expiration:
This CE activity is valid until January 4, 2018, for both the live event and recorded (MP4) version.