Events
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued many citations related to the
governing board, specifically contract management. The governing board of a hospital
oversees contracted services and ensures compliance with standards set forth by accrediting
bodies. This presentation will cover all contract requirements for hospitals under the CMS
Conditions of Participation and those accredited by the Joint Commission and DNV-GL.
This webinar will discuss the changes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
made to the infection control standards in 2019 as well as the interpretive guidelines
developed in July 2022.
Attendees will learn how hospitals can comply with the regulation, including verifying
qualifications of the infection preventionist, having a hospital-wide antibiotic stewardship
program, and following nationally recognized infection control standards.
Additionally, this webinar will discuss the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
procedures for cleaning and disinfecting reusable medical devices, along with resources for
training. The Joint Commission standards on the Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP) will be
briefly discussed.
Any hospital that accepts Medicare reimbursement must comply with the Centers & Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation (CoPs). The patient rights CMS CoPs manual has the highest number of deficiencies for hospitals.
This webinar will cover the CoPs Appendix A section on patient rights, which applies hospitals. Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Appendix W does not have a similar section. CAHs must provide a safe environment for patients.
Topics to be covered in this session include grievances, right to receive notice exercise of rights, informed consent, privacy, confidentially of medical records, directives, interpreters, abuse and neglect, plan of care, visitation rules, and support rights.
The 2024 MHA Healthcare Communications and Development Conference is set to take place on Monday, April 29, and Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at Chico Hot Springs.
Effective fundraising, marketing, and communications are vital to the success of your hospital. If your role is responsible for fundraising, marketing, digital engagement, communications/public relations, and/or business development, please join us.
The conference will help you achieve your goals by providing a learning environment with innovative ideas, tried and true methods, and new approaches. The two-day event will be filled with networking opportunities and educational content that will leave you feeling inspired with new connections and new tools to add to your professional toolbox.
This webinar will cover the nursing services section from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) manual. Many changes made to the hospital nursing chapter of the CoPs manual are still awaiting interpretive guidelines and survey procedures.
This program will discuss often cited areas of the CoPs manual regarding nursing care, including plans of care, staffing, policy changes, documentation, supervision, nursing leadership, verbal orders, and more. Nursing services have been cited over 8,900 times, according to the most recent report.
Other past changes to the nursing section include timing of medications, standing orders, plan of care, verbal orders, blood transfusions, IV medication, self-administration of medications, and drug orders.
This program will also reference the ever-changing non-discrimination regulations of Section 1557 and will briefly cover other sections of the manual that impact nursing.
The MHA Corporate Compliance Conference is designed to provide healthcare compliance professionals and their legal advisors with the knowledge and tools needed to maintain compliance programs, as well as enable a response to emerging regulatory developments.
The faculty is comprised of compliance professionals, members of the legal profession, and other experts.
Participants will learn from the real-life experiences of their peers and from others who dedicate themselves to ensuring that healthcare organizations continue to provide high-quality services while preventing and detecting violations of law.
The MHA Health Summit is the premier educational opportunity to jump-start member learning for a new season. This one-of-a-kind event will offer a trade show and a wide range of educational topics to include emerging health equity trends; population health and quality improvement best practices; advances in telehealth; rural health transformation; how to be an effective leader; the future of healthcare; and much more. We are now accepting abstract submissions and speaker proposals for this in-person event.
Visit the event website at http://mhahealthsummit.org/
Thank you for viewing“No Surprises Act” with Martie Ross and Kathy Reep from PYA. Below you will find links to some of the referenced materials to include the recording of this webinar.
Handouts and Resources:
PYA Healthcare Transparency Implementation Guides
CMS Requirements Related to Surprise Billing
Recording:
Click here to access the recording of this webinar.