CMS & The Joint Commission Standards on Informed Consent Ensuring Compliance

Another distance learning opportunity brought to you by MHA

Program Overview

This program will discuss the current CMS hospital CoP informed consent requirements and the 2010 Joint Commission informed consent standards. The CMS requirements for critical access hospitals will also be addressed.

Objectives include:

• Discuss strategies for compliance with CMS and The Joint Commission Standards.
• List the components of informed consent for CMS and The Joint Commission.

See brochure (pdf) for specific session details.

AUDIENCE

CEO, COO, CNO, OR Directors, HIM Directors, In & Outpatient Directors, TJC Coordinators, QI Directors, Risk Managers, Patient Safety Officers, and Compliance Officers

FACULTY

Sue Dill Calloway is a nurse attorney and is director of hospital patient safety for The Doctors’ Company. She has done many educational programs for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers. Sue has authored over 100 books and numerous articles. She is a frequent speaker and is well known across the country in the area of healthcare law, risk management, and patient safety.

The speaker has no real or perceived conflicts of interest that relate to this presentation and there will be no discussion of unlabeled uses of drugs/devices.

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