Webinar Overview:

Every hospital that accepts payment for Medicare and Medicaid patients must comply with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation (CoPs). The Interpretive Guidelines serve as the basis for determining hospital compliance. This informative seminar covers the changes to the Interpretive Guidelines, including the final guidelines that were issued October 17, 2008. In addition, it covers the Joint Commission changes that were issued based on the CMS hospital CoPs. The curriculum covers the impact of the changes on such areas as patient rights, quality assurance performance improvement (QAPI), medical staff, nursing services, medical records, pharmaceutical services, utilization review (UR), discharge planning, organ procurement, surgical, anesthesia, radiological and laboratory services, dietetic, nuclear medicine, emergency, rehabilitation, and respiratory services.

Target Audience:

• Chief Nursing Officers
• Nurse Managers/ Supervisors
• Compliance Officers
• Joint Commission Coordinators
• Legal Counsel
• Quality Improvement
• Risk Managers
• Staff Nurses
• Nurse Educators
• Patient Safety Committees
• Outpatient Directors
• Directors of Rehabilitation
• Dieticians
• Anesthesia and Surgery Staff
• Respiratory Therapy Directors

Webinar Objectives Include:

• Describe the CMS and Joint Commission standard for history and physicals including the requirement to be a H&P is on the chart before the patient goes to surgery
• Recall the TJC and CMS requirement for verbal orders including the requirement to have all verbal orders signed off, dated and timed within the required time frame
• Discuss how a physician must complete standing orders including initialing any changes, deletions or additions
• Describe the medical records requirements including the requirement of the six mandatory elements that must be in every consent form

Nursing Contact Hours/Attendance Certificates:

This course has been approved for 2.4 Iowa Nursing Contact Hours or 2 Attendance Hours. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.