CMS Finalized Visitation and Telemedicine
January 4, 8:00am-9:30am MST; Course: NGD1719
CMS has recently proposed two major changes to the hospital conditions of participations (CoPs) on visitation rights, healthcare surrogates and telemedicine, teleradiology, and teleinterpretive services. These proposed changes affect all hospitals that receive Medicare reimbursement including CAHs. This webinar will go into detail the proposed changes and help equip hospitals to understand these changes and tips to comply.
Joint Commission Infection Control Standards
January 5, 11:00-1:00MST
This program will cover in detail the Joint Commission infection prevention and control chapter and contrast CMS hospital CoP related infection control standards. Even hospitals that are not Joint Commission accredited should consider attending this program to help assess infection control risks and functions of their infection control plan/program. This program will discuss important hot issues such as the focus on appropriate sterilization of equipment, scopes, flash sterilization, cleaning between patient use of glucose meters and single use lancet devices. Hospitals should have a point of care testing policy and safe injection practices policy. It will cover single use vials and when multi-dose vials may be used.
Chargemasters for Critical Access Hospitals – Part 1
January 13, 12:00-1:30 MST; Course: CCMA1375
Critical Access Hospitals are cost-based reimbursed so those coding, billing and associated reimbursements differ from PPS hospitals. The coding and billing process along with the chargemaster and development of the cost-report are critical. A different philosophical approach to the chargemaster is needed with due consideration to CMS coding and billing requirements.
The cost to participate in any of these webinars is $225. For registration and further information please contact Katie at katie@instruct-online.com or 319.626.3295.
