OasisLMS

Tuesday, August 19 (10-11:30 a.m. ET) 

Laura A. Dixon, BS, JD, RN, CPHRM

Laura A. Dixon served as the director of risk management and patient safety for the Colorado Region of Kaiser Permanente. Prior to joining Kaiser, she served as the director, facility patient safety and risk management and operations for COPIC from 2014 to 2020. In her role, she provided patient safety and risk management consultation and training to facilities, practitioners, and staff in multiple states.

Dixon has more than 20 years of clinical experience in acute care facilities, including critical care, coronary care, peri-operative services, and pain management. Prior to joining COPIC, she served as the director, Western region, patient safety and risk management for The Doctors Company in Napa, California. In this capacity, she provided patient safety and risk management consultation to the physicians and staff for the western United States

As a registered nurse and attorney, Dixon holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Regis University, RECEP of Denver, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Drake University College of Law, Des Moines, Iowa, and a Registered Nurse Diploma from Saint Luke’s School Professional Nursing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  She is licensed to practice law in Colorado and California.

This speaker has no real or perceived conflicts of interest that relate to this presentation.

Advanced care planning involves patients making decisions about the medical care they will receive should they become unable to speak for themselves. Hospitals must follow certain requirements for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to comply with regulations and standards. Hospitals must also comply with The Patient Self Determination Act, which requires hospitals to inform patients of their rights under state law regarding medical care decisions. Additionally, it has been shown that better end-of-life care can reduce readmissions.   

This webinar will discuss the CMS hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) on advance directives to help hospitals ensure compliance.  

At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:

• Describe the CMS Conditions of Participation requirements for advance directives for hospitals.
• Explain what is required of hospitals under the federal law called the Patient Self Determination Act.
• Discuss which patients must and should be provided with information on the hospital’s advance directive policies the CMS CoP hospital manual.  

The Georgia Hospital Association Research & Education Foundation is an approved provider of nursing home administrator credits as a professional trade association in long term care under Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 393-13-.02, (1) (a).  Approved for 1.5 contact hours.