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Tuesday, July 15

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.

This webinar will discuss Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which applies to all hospitals (including Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)) and other healthcare providers such as physician offices and nursing homes. The law addresses nondiscrimination, required signs and notices, interpreters, a civil rights law for healthcare providers, and more. Section 1557 forbids discrimination based on sex, race, color, national origin, age, and disability and is the first law to prohibit discrimination based on sex in covered health programs and activities.

This program will discuss case law regarding several issues of importance to hospitals and changes by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR).

Attendees will also learn about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recognition that there were no prohibitions in the hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) on gender identities, which can be a barrier to seeking care. While CMS decided not to include the law in two separate places within the CoPs, CMS can refer any issue to the OCR.

This program will provide resources and information to help meet the education requirements to ensure your employees understand and abide by this law.

• Recite that hospitals are required to post a sign regarding nondiscrimination.
• Explain that the hospital must have a sign with 15 taglines (17 in 4 states and D.C.), notifying patients of the right to an interpreter at no cost.
• Recall that the Office of Civil Rights is the main enforcer of Section 1557.
• Discuss the process that hospitals must have for patients who want to file a grievance related to discrimination.

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.