WEBINAR: Critical Access Hospital CoPs, Part II of IV
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Conditions of Participation 2019: Ensuring Compliance - Part II of IV
Course Curriculum
Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) hospitals must comply with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for CAH. The CMS regulations and interpretive guidelines serve as the basis for determining compliance. In this four-part webinar, participants will learn CoPs details what to do when a surveyor arrives at their facility. Additionally, every section in the CAH hospital manual will be discussed. This includes updates and 2019 proposed changes added in October of 2018.
Part II of IV, our speaker will describe pharmacist responsibilities, including development, supervision and coordination of pharmacy activities. She will review what the requirements of a CAH are to monitor and inspect, then ensure outdated drugs are not available for patient use. Sue will also discuss requirements for security and storage of medications, medication carts and anesthesia carts. She will review requirements for do not use abbreviations and sound alike/look alike drugs. She will also examine various changes to the CoPs including, but not limited to dietary and nutrition services, physical plant and environment, maintenance, fire inspections staffing, physician responsibilities and supervision, patient admissions and transfers.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this program, the participants will be able to:
1. Explain the responsibilities of the pharmacists with regard to developing, coordinating and supervising pharmacy activities.
2. List the CAH requirements that prevent the use of outdated drugs with patients.
3. Discuss the requirements for security and storage of medications, medication carts and anesthesia carts.
4. Identify the requirements to have a do-not-use list of abbreviations and review of sound alike/look alike drugs.
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, dieticians, compliance officers and legal counsel, ethics committee members, consumer advocates, TJC liaisons, safety officers, behavioral health and psychiatric staff, case managers and other interested staff.
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.