CMS Hospital Improvement Act Proposed Changes: Nursing, Medical Records, Infection Control, Antibiotic Stewardship Program, Restraints, QAPI 2018

Topics

• Restraint five changes
• Patient Rights and Medical Records
• Physician Assistants (PAs) to order and evaluate
• Change from LIP to licensed practitioner (LP)
• OCR 2016 2 documents
• Right to access medical records
• Medical Records
• Non-discrimination
• Nursing Services and Outpatient Departments
• QAPI
• Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship

Who should Attend

• Chief nursing officer
• Pharmacist
• Infection preventionist
• Health information management
• Nurses
• Antimicrobial stewardship team members
• Chief medical officer
• Nurse educators
• Patient safety officers
• QAPI staff
• Physician assistants (pas)
• Regulatory and compliance officers
• Risk management
• Patient advocate
• Hospital legal counsel
• Nurse educators
• Board members
• MEC chair
• Anyone who is interested in the CMS 5-star rating system
• Anyone involved in implementing the hospitals cops