This program will cover the CMS hospital surgery, PACU, and anesthesia standards.  Within these standards, CMS provides details on pre-anesthetic assessment, post-anesthesia evaluation and intra-anesthesia requirements. 

Do you have all the required policies required by CMS?  What surgical equipment is required?  Do not miss this 90-minute webinar where nurse attorney Sue Dill Calloway will provide guidance on what types of anesthesia services are subject to the requirements governing the administration of anesthesia and why hospitals will need to rewrite their policies and procedures and credentialing and privileging policies to reflect these new requirements.  Come learn the answers to these questions and many more!

Learning Objectives:

• Recall what policies and procedures are now required by CMS related to anesthesia services and in surgery.
• Describe what must be documented on the intra-operative record.
• Discuss the 48 hour requirements for the post-anesthesia evaluation of both inpatients and outpatients.
• Describe the policies and procedures required by CMS for the operating room in the hospital conditions of participation.  
• Explain what information must be included in the OR register by CMS in the hospital CoPs.

Target Audience:

• Chief of Anesthesia
• Anesthesiologist
• CRNAs
• Anesthesia Assistants
• Director of the OR and OR nurses/staff
• PACU Nurse Manager/PACU nurses
• Medical Credentialing Staff
• Patient Safety Officer
• Risk Manager
• Chief Nursing Officer
• OB Nurses and Nurse Director
• Joint Commission liaison
• Quality Improvement Director
• Regulation and Accreditation Director
• ED Directors
• Nurse Educator
• PI Director
• Compliance Officer
• GI Department Directors
• Anyone who is involved in assisting with cases of anesthesia and moderate sedation

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.

Participation:

Each listener participates in the continuing education activity by listening to the webinar and completing the online post test and evaluation.

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.

Recorded: Wednesday, September 7, 2011