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Part One: Tuesday, Jan. 13 (10 a.m.-noon ET)  

Part Two: Tuesday, Jan. 20 (10 a.m.-noon ET)  

Part Three: Tuesday, Jan. 27 (10 a.m.-noon ET)  

Part Four: Tuesday, Feb. 3 (10 a.m.-noon ET)  

Part Five: Tuesday, Feb. 10 (10 a.m.-noon 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 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.

Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) must comply with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) located in Appendix W in the manual. This five-part webinar series will cover the majority of the CAH CoPs manual. The regulations and interpretive guidelines serve as the basis for determining compliance.

There were multiple changes and new regulations for CAHs in 2020, and new United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) regulations on patient rights and obstetrical care in 2025. However, most of the new tag numbers do not include interpretive guidelines or survey procedures. The most recent major changes were additions to the regulations from HHS for patient rights, additions for integrated systems and emergency services, specifically related to obstetrical care.

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

Part Two:

• Explain the responsibilities of the pharmacists that include developing, supervising, and coordinating activities of the pharmacy

• Describe the benefits and requirements for CAH to utilize Compounding Pharmacies
• Recall the requirements for security and storage of medications, medication carts, and anesthesia carts
• Discuss the requirement for dietary to meet the nutritional needs of patients and requirements of a dietitian 

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.