Course Curriculum

This webinar will review in detail the CMS hospital anesthesia hospital conditions of participation (CoPs) that all hospitals that accept Medicare patient must follow. Deep sedation is considered anesthesia so this standards can affect care provided in places like the emergency department, radiology, GI lab, pain clinic or any other place deep sedation is provided. This includes use of Propofol.  The number of deficiencies for the anesthesia tag numbers will be discussed. Our presenter also will address what anesthesia policies are required and what must be documented by the anesthesia provider during surgery. Comes hear about the CMS anesthesia guidelines and standards from a speaker who wrote the book on how to comply with these standards.

Speaker: 
Sue Dill Calloway
President, Patient Safety and Health Care Education and Consulting
 

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.

The speaker has no real or perceived conflicts of interest that relate to this presentation.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

1.     Discuss the CMS policies and procedures related to anesthesia services.

2.     List what CMS requires be documented in the intra-operative record by the anesthesia provider.

3.     Identify the CMS requirements that must be documented in the post-anesthesia evaluation.

4.     Explain how CRNAs can be supervised by an anesthesiologists and/or operating surgeon unless a state exemption is obtained.

5.     Discuss the requirements for the pre-anesthetic assessment and how it must be done within 48 hours of the time the first drug is given to induce anesthesia.

6.     Describe how the post anesthesia assessment must be done within 48 hours of the time the patient is sent to recovery (CAH must be done before the patient leaves the hospital).