WEBINAR: CMS CoPs for Hospitals: 2019 Update Part V
Course Curriculum
This five-part webinar series will cover the entire Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) manual. This is a great way to educate employees in your hospital on the sections of the CMS hospital manual that apply to their departments. Every hospital that accepts Medicare or Medicaid must be in compliance with these regulations and interpretive guidelines.
Part 5 of this series will concentrate on infection control and 2019 proposed changes, discharge planning, organ, tissues and eye procurement, surgical and anesthesia services, outpatient services and proposed changes, emergency services and rehabilitation and respiratory services.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, the participants will be able to:
1. Discuss the many infection control policies.
2. Explain how patients that are referred to home health and long-term care facilities must be given a list of these available facilities and that this should be documented in the medical record.
3. Discuss how all staff must be trained with regard to hospital policy on organ donation.
4. Identify specific post anesthesia assessment requirements that have to be documented in the medical record.
5. Identify the finalized discharge planning worksheet.
Target Audience
Anyone involved with compliance regulations and standards, including, but not limited to, CEOs, CMOs, CNOs, physicians, nurses, quality improvement and risk management staff, infection control staff, performance improvement coordinators, emergency department staff, pharmacy, laboratory and medication management staff, emergency preparedness staff, 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 areas of health care law, risk management, and patient safety. Sue has no real or perceived conflicts of interest that relate to this presentation.