Introduction

“Patients Over Paperwork”? The New CMS Rules and Their Impact on Your Patients and Policies

October 29, 2019 - 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (ET)

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Topic: “Patients Over Paperwork”? The New CMS Rules
Topic: and Their Impact on Your Patients and Policies

Faculty: Charlie Chulack and Joshua Hodges

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CMS has been busy over the last month issuing final rules for hospitals, critical access hospitals, and other organizational providers. The rules touch on the following:

- - histories and physicals;
  - autopsies;
  - infection control; and
  - swing beds to discharge planning and transfers of patients.

According to CMS, these initiatives are designed to place patients over paperwork. But there are many questions that need to be answered. For example:

- - Will the rules achieve their intended purpose?
  - What changes will you need to make to your policies and procedures?

Join Horty, Springer & Mattern attorneys Charlie Chulack and Joshua Hodges for this special audio conference “Patients Over Paperwork”? The New CMS Rules and Their Impact on Your Patients and Policies on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 for the answers to these questions and more.

Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives:

Describe the key provisions of the recent CMS rules with regard to requirements for hospitals, critical access hospitals, and other organizational providers;

List the discharge planning process and how a well-defined process assists in the coordination of patient care; and

Explain the revisions that need to be made to healthcare providers’ policies and procedures due to the recent CMS rules.

Education Credit

Instructions on how to obtain your Continuing Education certificate for audio conferences will be e-mailed to the contact person for your organization at the conclusion of each audio conference.

Category 1 CME

Joint Provider Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and HortySpringer Seminars. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CEUs Credit

Other health care professionals are awarded 0.1 continuing education units (CEUs), which is equal to 1 contact hour.

NAMSS Continuing Education Credit

This course has been approved for National Association of Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) continuing education credit and NAMSS hereby awards 1.0 NAMSS continuing education credits for participation in this activity. Accreditation of this educational content in no way implies endorsement or sponsorship by NAMSS.