WEBINAR: CAH CMS CoP 2020: Ensuring Compliance Pt. 1
Offered Through partnership with the Texas Hospital Association
About the Webinar
Every hospital should be prepared in case a surveyor showed up at your door tomorrow. This four-part webinar will cover the entire CAH CoP manual. It is a great way to educate everyone in your hospital on all the sections in the CMS hospital manual especially ones that applies to their department. Hospitals have seen a significant increase in survey activity by CMS along with an increase number of deficiencies. Common deficiencies and how to avoid them will be discussed. Hospitals will learn how to do a gap analysis to increase compliance.
There are many changes in 2020 from the 600 pages of CMS new discharge planning and Hospital Improvement Rules. These address requirements for the antibiotic stewardship program, access to medical records, QAPI, infection control, policy review every two years, emergency preparedness, credentialing of the dietician, quality and appropriateness of the diagnosis, four changes to the swing bed requirements, and more.
Learner Objectives
Part 1
- Describe that CMS requires that the board must enter into a written agreement if the hospital wants to enter into a telemedicine contract;
- Discuss that CMS has a list of emergency drugs and emergency equipment that every CAH must have;
- Recall that the length of stay in the CAH should not exceed 96 hours on an annual average basis; and
- Discuss recommendations to do a gap analysis to ensure compliance with all the hospital CoPs.
About the Speaker
Laura Dixon, J.D., RN has been a nurse attorney and consultant for more than 30 years. Currently, she is president of Healthcare Risk Education and Consulting, LLC in Denver, Colorado, where she provides consultation to clients on CMS regulations, risk and patient safety regulations. She was previously the Director, Patient Safety/Risk Management Facilities and Operations at COPIC. She was responsible for facility program for insureds and also planned and developed the annual Patient Safety/Risk Management Forum. Dixon also spent 14 years with The Doctors Company, Napa, CA; first as the Regional Patient Safety/Risk Manager - Colorado and then as the Director of the Department of Patient Safety, Western Region - Colorado. Among her many accomplishments, she developed and provided patient safety risk management services to over 5,000 existing and potential policyholders in 10 states; researched and developed patient safety risk management education programs; and planned and directed semi-annual regional meetings for western Patient Safety Department members.