Medicare Conditions of Participation and Joint Commission Standards

Format: Audio CD-ROM (includes presentation materials)
Estimated Duration: 90 minutes per part
Price: $550 for the three-part audioconference series


OVERVIEW

Keeping up with the ever-changing requirements of Medicare and the Joint Commission can be challenging for any hospital. Since February, CMS released updated requirements for History and Physical Examinations; Authentication of Verbal Orders; Securing Medications and Post-anesthesia Evaluations; Restraint/Seclusion Interpretive Guidelines; and the Conditions of Participation. In addition, the Joint Commission updates its standards twice per year. This three-part audioconference series, recorded in August 2008, compares and contrasts important new similarities and differences between CMS and Joint Commission requirements, with an emphasis on compliance strategies.

The series includes:

• Part One: Aug. 12. Overview of CMS and Joint Commission 2008 changes; differences in survey techniques; patient rights requirements and miscellaneous leadership requirements
• Part Two: Aug. 19. Overview of key differences between the Joint Commission Standards and the Medicare Conditions of Participation
• Part Three: Aug. 26. Newly revised CMS requirements related to restraints and seclusion vs. Joint Commission requirements; and newly revised CMS requirements related to patient grievances, a topic not specifically addressed by Joint Commission

Richard Kaine, M.D., is the director of consulting services for Quality Management Resources, Ltd., a nationwide consulting firm working with hospitals to achieve successful Joint Commission and Medicare surveys. Kaine has been certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, the American Board of Family Practice, the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians. He was in private practice for 12 years, and at various times he chaired the medical records committee, quality committee and utilization review committee; was chief of pediatrics and a member of the medical executive committee; and acted as the lead physician representative for his hospital’s Joint Commission surveys. Since 1988, Kaine has worked with hundreds of hospitals through his own company to achieve excellent survey results and improve patient care through an in-depth understanding of the Joint Commission standards and the Medicare Conditions of Participation.