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Catalog Number : ncd2000
Title : Emergency Services: Complying with the CMS Hospital CoPs
Speaker : Sue Dill

Duration : 90 minutes

Webplay Recording Date : 8-9-2017
Webplay Price : $ 150 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:

This webinar covers the hospital CoPs that affect the emergency department. This section discusses staffing requirements, provision of services both on and off-campus, EMTALA, required policies and procedures, training requirements, medical director requirement, and compliance with standards of care. It will also discuss the requirements for restraint and seclusion, grievances, and protocols.

Target Audience

Emergency Department Physicians, nurses, mid-level providers (such as PA and NP) and staff, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, Compliance Officer, Patient Safety Officer, in-house legal counsel, Risk Managers, Director of Regulatory Compliance, Nurse Supervisors, and anyone who is responsible to ensure compliance with the hospital conditions of participation

Webinar Objectives:

  • recall that CMS has a section in the hospital CoP manual on emergency services
  • discuss that CMS requires the emergency department to have specified policies and procedures
  • describe that there are restraint and seclusion standards that staff must follow
  • explain what is required if the patient files a grievance

Webinar Agenda/Outline:

  • Introduction
  • Location of the manual
  • Survey memos
  • Access to complaint data
  • EMTALA
  • Required policies
  • Hospitals without emergency departments
  • Staff training
  • Transport policies
  • On-campus and off-campus responsibilities
  • Medical Staff and emergency procedures
  • Meeting needs of patients
  • Following standards of care
  • ACEP and ENA
  • QAPI
  • Lab, x-ray, medical records, surgery responsibilities
  • Qualified medical director required
  • Equipment and supplies
  • Staffing
  • Restraint and seclusion
  • Grievance
  • Protocols

    Contact Hours:

    • Nursing participants: Instruct-online has approved this program for 2.4 contact hours, Iowa Board of Nursing Approved Provider Number 339.
    • All other participants: Must attend the entire Webinar and complete a Webinar critique to receive a 2 Hour Attendance Certificate for each program.

    Refund Policy:

    Full tuition is refunded immediately on request if the participant has not been sent the program materials and instructions. Once the instructions (including access codes) have been sent, a full refund will be issued only after the program runs and it is verified that the participant did not access the program.