Did you know that CMS has recently issued 75 pages of proposed changes?

There were many changes by CMS over the past year that it has been difficult for many hospitals to keep up with such as anesthesia changes, visitation, advance directives, patient rights, IV medication, pharmacy, blood and blood products, telemedicine, and respiratory and rehab.

Make sure you do not miss this 90-minute webinar where nurse attorney Sue Dill Calloway will cover all of the changes and proposed changes to the hospital conditions of participation (CoPs). CMS activities for both complaint surveys and validation surveys have increased and a hospital does not want to be found out of compliance. This is a must attend, mandatory program that every hospital should attend!

Learning Objectives:

• Recall the anesthesia changes including what must be documented in the pre-anesthesia and post-anesthesia evaluations
• Discuss the mandatory requirements that nurses must be trained on concerning IV medications and blood and blood products
• Describe the new CMS law and interpretive guidelines on telemedicine
• Discuss why CMS issued 34 pages of changes on visitation which amended informed consent, plan of care, and advance directive requirements

Target Audience:

• CEO
• Chief Operating Officer
• Chief Nursing Officer
• Chief Risk Officer
• Risk Management
• Compliance Officer
• Regulatory Officer
• Joint Commission liaison
• Pharmacy Director
• Pharmacist
• Rehab and Respiratory Director and staff
• Patient Safety Officer
• OR Manager
• Anesthesia Director
• Anesthesiologist
• Staff Nurses
• Nurse Managers
• Nurse Educator
• Anyone involved in ensuring compliance with the CMS Hospital Conditions of Participation

Level: All levels 

Meet Your Expert:

Sue Dill Calloway is a nurse attorney and medical-legal consultant. She has done many educational programs for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers. She has spoken internationally on patient safety, risk management, legal, regulatory, and CMS and Joint Commission issues. She has authored over a thousand articles and a hundred books including a book on the Compliance Guide to the Joint Commission, CMS Patient Rights Standards and a book on 2009 Joint Commission Leadership and many books on nursing law and nursing law and ethics.  

Her associate degree is from Central Ohio Technical College and Ohio State University. Her BA, BSN in Nursing, MSN in nursing (summa cum laude) and JD degree (law degree with honors) are from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

Accreditation Statement:

AHC Media is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Credit Designation:

This activity has been approved for 1.5 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 14749, for 1.5 Contact Hours.

Sponsor:

The sponsor of this educational activity is AHC Media.

Refund Policy:

If you are not able to attend for any reason, please notify us as soon as possible. Webinar cancellations received prior to the start time of the webinar are fully refundable. If you prefer, you may substitute an upcoming webinar for the one you originally registered for.

Recorded: Wednesday, January 11, 2012