Catalog Number : ngd1676
Title : Federal Laws: What Every Healthcare Facility Should Know
Speaker : Sue Dill

Webplay Recording Date : 7-22-2015
Webplay Price : $ 125 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:

The Joint Commission leadership standard 01.07.01 requires that the board, senior managers, and leaders of the medical staff have knowledge needed for their roles. This includes information on laws and regulations. This program is to help hospitals comply with this standard. Healthcare reform has resulted in a number of changes in federal laws. In fact, healthcare has not seen this much change since the implementation of the Medicare program.

This program will cover important federal laws that every hospital should be aware of. It will provide information on how to locate a copy of the law and the importance of updating policies and procedures to be compliant with the federal laws. Failure to follow a federal law can be introduced into the courtroom to show that the hospital breached the standard of care and to imply negligent. This program will also discuss some of the many changes in federal regulations and interpretive guidelines by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the hospital conditions of participation which must be followed by every hospital that accepts Medicare or Medicaid.

Webinar Objectives:

• Discuss federal laws affecting healthcare including the federal EMTALA law that is also referred to as the antidumping law
• Recall that violation of a federal law may be used in the courtroom to show a breach of the standard
• Recall how to locate a copy of the various federal laws
• Discuss that the Joint Commission leadership standard requires that leaders have knowledge needed for their roles which includes information on laws and regulations
• Discuss that there have been many changes to the hospital conditions of participation

Target Audience

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, Nurse Educator, Nurses, Risk Managers, Compliance Officer, Hospital Legal Counsel, Emergency Department Manager, Nurse Managers/Supervisors, OB Nurse Manager, Joint Commission Coordinator, Quality Improvement Director, Consumer Advocates, Staff Nurses, Clinic Managers, Human Resource staff, Board Members, Policy and Procedure Committee, Patient Safety Officer, Policy and Procedure Committee members, Attorneys Practicing Healthcare Law, and anyone else involved with healthcare laws

Tentative Outline:

• Alcohol and drug records (42CFR Part 2)
• Healthcare Reform Laws
• HIPAA Updates September 23, 2013
• Born Alive Infant Protection Act
• CMS restraint standards
• Needle stick safety and prevention act
• OSHA Blood borne Pathogen Standard (OSHA)
  • OSHA hospital website
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) changes
• National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
  • Final rule to prevent duplicative reporting
• Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
• Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA)
• Right to Know Law
• Healthcare Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA)
• Safe Medication Devices Act (SMDA)
• Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)
• Organ Donation
• HIPAA Privacy (HIPAA)
• HIPAA Breach Notification Law
• Federal Stimulus Bill (ARRA or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) and Health Information for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)
• CMS Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs)
• CMS Federal Regulation and important changes to hospital CoPs
• Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)

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.