Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation

Format: Audio CD-ROM (includes presentation materials)
Estimated Duration: 120 minutes per session
Non-Member Price: $500
Member Price: $450

OVERVIEW

This three-part seminar recorded in November 2007 will help Critical Access Hospitals comply with specific problem areas in the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Conditions of Participation, including restraints, nursing care plans, legibility requirements, needed policies and procedures, nursing medication carts, drug storage, medication administration and emergency preparedness. Learn about the CoPs and what to do when a CMS or Texas Department of State Health Services surveyor arrives at your facility.

Chief executive officers, chief operating officer, chief financial officers, nurse executives, nurse managers, pharmacists, quality managers, risk managers, health care attorneys, health information management personnel, emergency department directors and infection control and compliance officers.

• Part I: Survey Protocol, Survey team and tasks
• Part II: Pharmacy policies, procedures and drug security requirements 
• Part III: Medical records, documentation and reports; informed consent and organ procurement notification requirements