Ever been confused about what standards and guidelines apply to informed consent?

If so, this program will discuss the current CMS hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and The Joint Commission standards on informed consent requirements. It will cover the changes made to the CMS interpretive guidelines on October 7, 2011 and when a competent patient and the patient representative must both sign the informed consent.

Sign up for this 90-minute webinar where nurse attorney Sue Dill Calloway will clarify the myriad of rules on informed consent as well as the differences between CMS and The Joint Commission on this standard. 

Learning Objectives:

• List the 3 separate sections in the CMS Hospital CoP interpretive guidelines that deal with informed consent
• Explain why hospitals and critical access hospitals have a separate guideline from CMS on informed consent
• Describe the six minimum requirements that are now mandatory to be in the informed consent form for surgery done at a hospital that receives Medicare reimbursement
• Discuss the applicable CMS and accreditation standards that should be reflected in the hospital’s policies and procedures
• Identify the list of procedures and tests that require an informed consent under federal regulations

Target Audience:

• Compliance officers
• Chiefs of medical staff and Medical staff coordinators 
• Chief nursing officers (CNO)
• Nurse educators, nurse directors and nurse managers 
• COO, Chief administration officers, CEOs and Executives
• Patient safety officers (PSO)
• Hospital legal counsel
• Risk Managers and Chief Risk Officers 
• PI directors 
• Directors of health information management (HIM)
• Joint Commission coordinators 
• Directors of anesthesia 
• Ethics Committee and others responsible for compliance with hospital regulations

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 25, 2012