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All facilities accredited by TJC, AOA, CIHQ, and DNV Healthcare must adhere to the CMS CoPs. This 525-page manual contains interpretive guidelines, policies, procedures, and standards that must be followed for all providers treating patients hospitals or any hospital-owned departments.

Part I of the series will cover the CMS survey process, memos, medical records, medical staff and board, telemedicine, contracted serivces, and more.

If a CMS surveyor showed up in your hospital today, would you be prepared?

Call us at 800.688.2421 or add this event to your cart above.

 

Agenda Topics:

- Revised worksheets	- CMS Required education	- Order sets
- Infection control	- Proposed changes	- Standing orders
- Discharge planning	- Survey protocols	- Safe opioid use
- Outpatient service	- Board requirements	- Credentialing & privileges
- Integrated medical staff	- Appraisal of Medical staff	- Substance abuse law
- Emergency services	- TJC tracer on C&P	- Care of patients
- Contracted services	- Medical staff by-laws	- Telemedicine
- Confidentiality of records	- Informed consent	- Verbal orders
- Authentication	- Signature stamps	- Legibility requirements
- Content of records	- Organization and staffing	- 2017 proposed changes
- Legibility requirements	- 2017 medical record changes	And more!

 

After this webinar participants will be able to:

1. Describe where to locate a copy of the current CMS CoP manual.
2. Summarize the proposed changes in the IMPACT Act.
3. Discuss the importance of a current history and physical for any patient undergoing an elective surgery.
4. Review why all verbal orders must be signed off with the corresponding date and time.
5. Explain new and revised standards, regulations, and laws put forth by CMS, TJC and the federal government.
6. Evaluate compliance requirements and penalties.

Your order includes:  

• Recording of the presentation.
• Access to the specially created presentation handouts.

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, Quality Improvement Staff, Physicians, Nurses (all levels), Board Members, Clinic Managers, Outpatient Directors, Lab Directors, 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.