WEBINAR: Critical Access Hospital CoPs, Part IV of IV
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Conditions of Participation 2019: Ensuring Compliance - Part IV of IV
Course Curriculum
The CMS regulations and interpretive guidelines serve as the basis for determining compliance. In this four-part webinar, you will learn details about the CoPs and what to do when a surveyor arrives at your facility. Additionally, every section in the CAH hospital manual will be discussed, including updates and changes for 2019.
During part 4 of 4, our speaker will review CoP sections on radiology, contracted services, emergency procedures, visitation, rehabilitation, medical records, surgical and anesthesia services, organ procurement and CAH swing beds.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, the participants will be able to:
1. Explain the informed consent elements required by CMS.
2. Describe the requirements for history and physicals for CAHs.
3. List what must be contained in the operative report.
4. Discuss what CAHs must do to comply with the requirements for notification of the organ procurement (OPO) agency when a patient expires.
5. Discuss the CMS patient rights that are afforded to patients in swing beds.
6. Describe the hospital visitation policy where patients must be informed.
Target Audience
Anyone involved with compliance regulations and standards, including, but not limited to, CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CNOs, physicians, nurses, quality improvement staff, risk managers, pharmacy staff, dietitians, compliance officers and legal counsel, ethics committee members, consumer advocates, TJC liaisons, safety officers, behavioral health and psychiatric staff, and case managers.
Faculty
Sue Dill Calloway has been a nurse attorney and consultant for more than 30 years. Currently, she is president of Patient Safety and Healthcare Education and Consulting and was previously the chief learning officer for the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation. She has conducted many educational programs for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers. Sue has authored over 100 books and numerous articles. She is a frequent speaker and is well known across the country in the area of health care law, risk management, and patient safety. Sue has no real or perceived conflicts of interest that relate to this presentation.