WEBINAR: Critical Access Hospital CMS Conditions Part 1
Critical Access Hospital CMS Conditions of Participation 2019: Ensuring Compliance
Course Curriculum
The annual favorite is back in a four-part format to review recent changes in each section of the Critical Access Hospital CMS Conditions of Participation manual. The webinars 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. The October 2018 changes rewrote all the swing bed regulations. They also now contain the swing bed interpretive guidelines and survey procedures which are under Appendix PP. Changes were made to the survey process and procedures. This program will also discuss the proposed changes in 2019 in the Hospital Improvement Rule, which includes the requirements to have an antibiotic stewardship program, medical records, QAPI, nursing, and more.
Learning Objectives
Part I
• Describe that CMS requires that the board must enter into a written agreement if the hospital wants to enter into a telemedicine service;
• 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.
Speaker
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, J.D., 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 the chief learning officer for the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation. Prior to her current role, she was the director of hospital patient safety for The Doctors' Company and OHIC Insurance Company. She has led many educational programs for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers. Ms. Dill has authored more than 100 books and numerous articles, is a frequent speaker, and well known across the country in health care law, risk management, and patient safety.