Registration/Price This series is complimentary for all GHA members.

The fee is $295 for non-members.

Speaker

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

Course Curriculum

Any hospital that accepts Medicare reimbursement must comply with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation (CoPs). The patient rights section of the CMS CoPs manual has the highest number of deficiencies for hospitals.

The information from this webinar applies to all hospitals, Acute or Critical Access, and will cover the CoPs Appendix A section on patient rights.

This session will address grievances, the right to receive notice of patient rights, exercise of rights, informed consent, privacy, confidentiality of medical records, safety, advance directives, interpreters, abuse and neglect, plan of care, visitation rules, and support person rights.

Continuing Education Credits 

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. 

By attending CMS Hospital CoPs on Patient Rights Standards Webinar offered by Georgia Hospital Association, participants may earn up to 1.5 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.