Gain a better understanding of the current CMS regulatory environment by listening to this 90-minute audioconference. This program features helpful tips and tools to ensure your facility is up to speed and ready for survey.
1. Demonstrate awareness of the current CMS regulatory environment
2. Recognize what’s new with the CMS survey process
3. Identify Interpretive Guideline revisions and how they’ll affect your survey
4. Develop strategies to comply with the top CMS regulatory issue
AGENDA
I. Current regulatory environment
i. Deemed status and CMS oversight
ii. Increase in frequency of complaint validation surveys
iii. Validation surveys
II. Revisions to Interpretive Guidelines
i. History and physical
ii. Verbal orders
iii. Medication security
iv. Postanesthesia evaluations
III. CMS to no longer pay for “Never Events”
i. New rule goes into effect in October 2008
ii. Eight conditions
IV. Focus and simplify: Addressing common CMS challenges
i. “Never Events”
ii.Updates to the history and physical examination
iii.Quality assessment and performance improvement condition of participation
iv. High-risk / high-alert medications
V. Question & Answer Session
BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET!
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive these helpful “takeaways” provided within your materials pack:
- The Frustrating 5%
- Approaching Black Box warnings
- Model restraint and seclusion policy
- Policy on accessing medications
These materials are provided with PDF links.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Claude (Bud) Pate, REHS, serves as vice president for content and development at The Greeley Company. He is a nationally recognized expert in patient flow and in hospital and health system regulation and accreditation with more than 25 years experience in high profile problem solving.
Mr. Pate is a regular speaker at national conferences with popular presentations on a wide range of topics, including The Joint Commission and CMS rules and requirements, mitigating hospital overcrowding by improving patient flow, patient safety and root cause analysis, and a host of other hospital and medical staff issues. He has six publications currently in print, including two books about patient flow, two about quality systems, and two dealing with Joint Commission readiness.
Mindel Spiegel, MD, MPH is a consultant for issues in state licensing and federal certification of healthcare facilities. For over 16 years, Dr. Spiegel was medical consultant for the Los Angeles Region of Licensing & Certification. In that capacity she provided oversight responsibility for and supervision of surveyors in acute care hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals, ambulatory surgery and long term care facilities. Dr. Spiegel participated in surveys of these facilities and served as faculty in training programs for state and federal surveyors. She has also done presentations for CAMSS, the Institute for Medical Quality, and many hospital medical staffs.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Survey coordinators, quality directors, directors of nursing, patient safety directors, physician leaders, risk managers
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase option for HCPro audioconferences, we are pleased to offer another option, an audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or an Audio on-demand of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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