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Optimal discharge planning prevents unnecessary readmissions and ensures hospitals comply with the CMS standards and receive reimbursements. This year, 2,573 hospitals forfeited $564 million from higher readmissions.

This program will cover the CMS proposed discharge planning process, which includes changes to the admission assessment, transfer form, discharge evaluation, and discharge instructions. Discharge Planning Worksheet, Project Re-Engineered Discharge (RED), and mandatory changes in the IMPACT Act will also be discussed. Our expert will recommend strategies for preventing readmissions, discuss CMS' Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, review CMS Blue Boxes on improving patient outcomes, and provide evidence-based tools and initiatives hospital employees can implement to prevent readmissions.

Optimize your hospital's discharge planning.

Call us at 800.688.2421 or add this event to your cart above.

 

After this webinar participants will be able to:

1. Explain the ‘teach back’ method and how it can be used to reduce hospital readmissions.
2. Discuss the importance of sending a discharge summary to the primary care physician before the first post-hospital visit.
3. Outline methods for hospitals to reduce unnecessary readmissions.
4. Explain how the Affordable Care Act reduces payments to hospitals that have a high rate of readmissions.

Discharge Planning:

- CMS memo & standards	- Issued transmittals	- Blue Box or advisory boxes
- Discharge planning evaluation	- Implementation & reassessment	- Patient evaluation
- Identifying discharge patients	- Rules for patient discharge	- CMS deficiency memo
- Transitional planning	- Community care transitions	And more!

 

Discharge Planning Worksheet:

- Intake form completion	- Inpatient & outpatient policies	- Medication reconciliation
- Readmissions within 30 days	- Self-care evaluation	- Patient interview & questions
- Inpatient discharge preparation	- Discharge screening process	- Legible discharge instructions
- Referrals & transfers	- 2018 changes	- Assessment of ADL
- Home medical equipment	- Feedback process	And there's more!

 

Your order includes:  

• Live attendance and a complimentary recording.
• One connection per order. Call 800.688.2421 for additional connections/locations.
• Participation in the live Q&A with the speaker following the presentation.
• Access to the specially created presentation handouts (approximately 48 hours in advance).

Your Speaker: Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD

Sue is a nurse attorney, medico-legal consultant and long-time educator for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare providers. She is a frequent speaker and is well known across the country in the areas of healthcare law, risk management, and patient safety. She has authored over 100 books and hundreds of articles. For AHC Media, she authored Cracking the Code: Understanding the CMS Hospital CoP Standards on Anesthesia.

Ms. Calloway received her Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, and Doctor of Jurisprudence from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. Additionally, she is certified in healthcare risk management by the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management and is the first in the country to be certified in CMS regulatory compliance.

Target Audience:

Anyone involved with or interested in discharge compliance regulations and standards, including but not limited to: CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CMOs, CNOs, CE Directors, Department Directors, Quality Improvement Staff, Physicians, Nurses (all levels), Compliance Officers, CMS Liaisons, TJC Liaisons, Registration Staff, Safety Officers and Staff, Pharmacy Staff, Ethics Committee Members, Consumer Advocates, Risk Managers, Legal Counsel, Behavioral Health Staff, Psychiatry Staff, Discharge Planners, Hospice Staff, Regulatory Affairs Staff, and anyone involved in discharge planning.