WEBINAR: Contracted Services: CMS Hospital CoP Standards
Contracted Services: Ensuring Compliance with the CMS Hospital CoP, Joint Commission and DNV Standards
Course Curriculum
Contracted services have been under scrutiny by TJC, CMS and DNV and the reason the CMS and TJC require hospitals to have a process in place to evaluate contracted services. The evaluation ensures staff compliance with the provisions contained in the contract regulations, including standards with oversight from the hospital Board. Whether the hospital uses its own employees or contractors, the hospital is liable for evaluating contracted services to ensure patients receive the highest quality care.
This webinar will cover contract requirements for hospitals accredited by TJC, the CMS hospital CoPs for contracts, TJC’s contract tracer, CMS and TJC telemedicine standards, and the standards for hospitals accredited by DNV GL.
Learning Objectives
1. Discuss the contract standard in the Joint Commission leadership chapter.
2. Discuss the section in the CMS hospital conditions of participation (CoPs) that sets forth requirements for contracted services.
3. Explain how the same level of care is required whether the hospital provides the services directly or through contracted services.
4. Identify the CMS requirement that explains how the Board has to make sure contract services are reviewed as part of the Quality Assurance (QA) and Performance Improvement (PI) process.
5. Explain how hospitals accredited by Det Norske Veritas Healthcare (DNV) must also follow their contract management standards.
Speaker
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 & Consulting. She was previously the chief learning officer for the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation.