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Part One: Thursday, Jan. 15 (10 a.m.-noon) 

Laura A. Dixon


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 of 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, perioperative 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 five-part webinar series will cover the major sections of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) manual, Appendix A.

Every hospital that accepts payment from Medicare and Medicaid must comply with the CMS CoPs. Facilities with deemed status accredited by the Joint Commission (TJC), HFAP, CIHQ, and DNV Healthcare must also follow these regulations.

The series will address infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship, QAPI, medical record services, dietary, utilization review, emergency services, surgical services, anesthesia, PACU, medical staff, nursing services, lab, rehabilitation, radiology, respiratory, physical environment, pharmacy, organ and tissue procurement, patient rights, and discharge planning.

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

Part Five:

• Discuss that CMS requires many policies in infection prevention and control.
• Recall that patients referred to a post-acute care provider (PAC) must be given a list in writing of those available and this must be documented in the medical record.
• Describe that all staff must be trained in the hospital’s policy on organ donation.
• Recall that the post-anesthesia assessment items that CMS requires to be documented in the medical record.
• Explain the new Condition of Participation for obstetrical services, including required staff training, equipment and provisions, equipment and organization.

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 2 contact hours. 

 

By attending Acute Care Hospital Conditions of Participation, Five-Part Webinar Series offered by Georgia Hospital Association, participants may earn up to 2 ACHE Qualifying Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation. Attendees who wish to have the hours applied toward ACHE Qualifying Education credit must self-report their participation by logging into their MyACHE account and selecting ACHE Qualifying Education Credit.

If you need assistance with registration, please contact the education department at education@gha.org or 770-249-4529.