Webinar: Ligature Risks & Inpatient Suicide Prevention – CMS CoPs & TJC Compliance
Protect Patients from Self-Harm in Clinical Settings
Join us for a webinar focused on suicide prevention and ligature risk reduction in healthcare settings, where timely recognition and patient safety are critical.
Even in structured clinical environments, patients experiencing suicidal ideation or acute distress may be at risk without early identification and appropriate safeguards. This training provides practical tools to recognize warning signs, respond effectively, and support prevention efforts across inpatient units, emergency departments, and critical access hospitals.
Participants will also learn to identify environmental ligature hazards and understand how the physical environment can unintentionally contribute to risk, along with practical strategies to improve safety and communication among care teams.
Key Topics:
- CMS Conditions of Participation requirements for suicide prevention and ligature risk mitigation
- Updated interpretive guidance related to patient rights and physical environment safety
- Identification and management of ligature risks in clinical settings
- Suicide risk screening, assessment, and escalation protocols
- Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals related to behavioral health and patient safety
- Survey readiness strategies, including documentation, training, and environmental rounding practices
PRICING
MHA Member Facility $175
Non-Member Facility $275
This registration fee is a per-facility charge, meaning individuals from the same facility location (city) may attend at no additional cost. However, sharing login credentials with individuals at a differing location will generate an additional registration fee. This balance will be billed to the facility.
Chief Medical Officers, Chief Nursing Officers, Compliance Officers, Emergency Department Personnel, Joint Commission Coordinators, Medical Records Professionals, Quality Improvement Personnel, Risk Management Professionals, Legal Counsel.
By attending this webinar, you will:
- Identify that CMS has two tag numbers outlining requirements to reduce ligature risks and prevent suicide among patients with suicidal ideation.
- Describe CMS expectations for staff education during orientation, when policies change, and at least every two years.
- Summarize recent updates to CMS guidelines related to patient safety and ligature risk.
- Explain The Joint Commission recommendations for both psychiatric and non-psychiatric units.
