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It is vital that every hospital, critical access hospital, home health agency, inpatient rehab facility, skilled nursing facility, and long-term care hospital is in compliance with the IMPACT Act and related discharge planning standards. Our expert will explain how these rules and regulations affect transfer forms, discharge evaluation forms, discharge instructions, discharge summaries, medication reconciliation standards, and much more.

How is your organization addressing these changes?

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After this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. List the 5 items that are now mandatory for discharge instructions.
2. List the 5 topics in the standardized assessment required by the IMPACT Act.
3. Describe what the transfer form requires.

Agenda topics:

IMPACT ACT

- History of the IMPACT Act	- Four options for post-acute providers	- Determining appropriate setting
- Functional status & changes	- Skin integrity & changes	- Medication reconciliation
- Standardized assessment	- Common standards & definitions	Can you believe there's even more?

Proposed Changes to Discharge Planning CoPs

- Discharge planning worksheet	- Relationship to the IMPACT Act	- Hospital readmission prevention
- Patient goals & preferences	- Identifying discharge needs	- New transfer form requirements
- Discharge planning evaluation form	- Medication side effects	And there's 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 the IMPACT Act, including but not limited to: CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CMOs, CNOs, CE Directors, Quality Improvement Staff, Physicians, Nurses (all levels), Board Members, Clinic Managers, Outpatient Directors, Compliance Officers, CMS Liaisons, TJC Liaisons, Registration Staff, Safety Officers and Staff, Ethics Committee Members, Consumer Advocates, Risk Managers, Legal Counsel, Discharge Planners, Case Managers, Hospice Staff and Regulatory Affairs Staff.