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One in five patients discharged from a hospital experience an adverse event within 30 days, often leading to emergency department trips and readmissions. Research suggests that up to 75% of these readmissions could be preventable, saving hospitals $528 million in Medicare reimbursement.

This program will cover CMS proposed discharge planning standards, Discharge Planning Worksheet, Project Re-Engineered Discharge (RED), and mandatory changes implemented in the IMPACT Act. Our expert will recommend strategies for preventing readmissions, discuss CMS' Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, and provide evidence-based tools and initiatives hospital employees can implement to prevent readmissions.

 

What can your hospital do to prevent readmissions?

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After this webinar participants will be able to:

1. Explain the ‘teach back’ method and how it can be used to reduce hospital readmissions.
2. Discuss the importance of sending a discharge summary to the primary care physician before the first post-hospital visit.
3. Outline methods for hospitals to reduce unnecessary readmissions.

Agenda topics:

- Discharge recommendations	- Medication reconciliation	- Admission assessments
- 5 new discharge requirements	- IMPACT Act	- Discharge planning standards
- Project RED	- Discharge planning worksheet	- Readmissions & payment
- Hospital penalties	- Readmission reduction programs	- ACA drop in readmissions
- Transfer form requirements	- Patient protection	- Value-based purchasing
- Affordable Care Act	- Partnership for patient resources	- CMS program & requirements
- Improvement opportunities	- Readmission monthly newsletters	- Initiatives to reduce readmissions
- GAO report	- Evidence-based tools & studies	And so much more!

 

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 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.

Relias Learning is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Relias Learning designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Expiration:

This CE activity is valid until December 1, 2018, for both the live event and recorded (MP4) version.