Advance Directives: Ensuring Compliance with CMS and TJC — Virtual Event

Audience

chief medical officers, chief nursing officers, compliance officers, emergency department personnel, TJC coordinators, medical records staff, quality improvement personnel, risk managers and legal counsel

The following program content was provided by the speaker.

Overview

Advanced care planning involves making decisions about the care that patients want to receive if they become unable to speak for themselves. Both the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and The Joint Commission have requirements on advance directives for hospitals. The federal Patient Self-Determination Act addresses advance directives, and compliance is mandatory. It has been shown that better end-of-life care can reduce hospital readmissions.

This virtual event will discuss the CMS hospital Conditions of Participation and TJC standards on advance directives to help hospitals ensure compliance.

Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

• • describe the CMS CoPs requirements for advance directives for hospitals
  • identify TJC standards on advance directives
  • explain what is required under the Patient Self-Determination Act
  • discuss which patients must and should be given information on the hospital’s advance directive policies

Speaker

Laura A. Dixon, JD, RN, CPHRM, most recently served as the Director of Risk Management and Patient Safety for the Colorado Region of Kaiser Permanente. Before joining Kaiser, she served as the Director, Facility Patient Safety and Risk Management and Operations for COPIC from 2014 to 2020. In her role, Dixon 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. Before joining COPIC, she served as the Director, Western Region, Patient Safety and Risk Management for The Doctors Company in Napa, Calif. In this capacity, she provided patient safety and risk management consultation to the physicians and staff for the western U.S. As a registered nurse and attorney, Dixon holds a Bachelor of Science from Regis University in Denver; a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Drake University College of Law in Des Moines, Iowa; and a registered nurse diploma from Saint Luke’s School Professional Nursing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado and California.

This educational activity is provided by MHA Health Institute in collaboration with Georgia Hospital Association.