Events Schedule

Start your year off right by exploring Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) with accreditation expert Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD. This four-part webinar series will explore challenging standards of the CAH CoPs and will discuss practical compliance strategies for your organization. Be prepared the next time a surveyor arrives at your facility!

The first webinar will focus on:

• A brief overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) websites and resources;
• Survey protocol; and
• CAH CoPs regulations and interpretive guidelines, including the following “hot topics:”
  • CAH licensure;
  • Advanced directives;
  • The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act;
  • Length of stay/observation stay (the “two-midnight rule”);
  • And swing beds/the number of beds.

For more information, including a content outline, please visit the registration page.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoP) manual require hospitals to protect and promote patient rights. What does this mean for your day-to-day operations?

When it comes to the 542-page CoP manual, you can never be too knowledgeable. This fast-paced five-part webinar series, accreditation expert Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD, will ensure you fundamentally understand the sections on patient rights, restraint and seclusion. Explore challenging standards, identify proposed and updated standards and guidelines, and learn practical compliance strategies to help you comply with the CoPs in 2019.

The second webinar will cover:

• Compliance strategies for challenging standards like health literacy, restraint and seclusion, informed consent, and grievance policies;
• Standards with high deficiency rates; and
• Recent CMS guidance on hot topics, including ligature risks, weapons and visitation rights.

For more information, including a detailed content outline, please visit the registration page.

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It’s time to refresh your knowledge on the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Conditions of Participation (CoPs). In this four-part webinar series, accreditation expert Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD. will help ensure you’re prepared the next time a surveyor arrives at your facility.

This webinar will focus on three broad areas within the CAH CoP Manual: the Physical Plant and Environment chapter, pharmacy regulations, and Dietary and Nutrition Services standards.

For more information, including a detailed content outline, please visit the registration page.

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Is your hospital fully equipped to comply with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoP) manual?

This fast-paced five-part webinar series with accreditation expert Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD, will boost your knowledge of requirements for nursing and pharmacy. Explore challenging standards, identify proposed and updated standards and guidelines, and learn practical compliance strategies to help you comply with the CoPs in 2019.

The third webinar will explore:

• Challenging standards;
• Interpretive guidelines;
• Proposed changes; and
• Compliance strategies from the Nursing and Pharmaceutical Services CoP chapters.

For more information, including a detailed content outline, please visit the registration page.

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Need practical strategies to continue compliance with the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Conditions of Participation (CoPs)? Don’t miss this webinar series featuring accreditation expert Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD.

Join Dill Calloway for examination of challenging standards from several areas of the CAH CoP manual: Infection Control, Safe Medication, Patient Services, Outpatient Services, Lab and Nursing. You will also learn about proposed revisions to the CMS infection control worksheet and explore Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration.

For more information, including a detailed content outline, please visit the registration page.

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Given the current environment, it’s never too soon to improve your knowledge of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoP) manual.

Take advantage of this fast-paced five-part webinar series with accreditation expert Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD. Explore challenging standards, identify proposed and updated standards and guidelines, and learn practical compliance strategies to help you comply with the CoPs in 2019.

The fourth webinar in the series will focus on:

• Medical staff role and responsibilities;
• Hospital quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) requirements;
• Radiological services;
• Laboratory services and the Look-Back Program;
• Food and dietetic services;
• Utilization review; and
• Physical environment and maintenance.

For more information, including a detailed content outline, please visit the registration page.

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Start your year off right by exploring Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) with accreditation expert Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD. This four-part webinar series will explore challenging standards of the CAH CoPs and will discuss practical compliance strategies for your organization. Be prepared the next time a surveyor arrives at your facility.

During this webinar, Dill Calloway will review Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) CAH CoP sections on radiology, contracted services, visitation, rehabilitation, medical records, surgical and anesthesia services, organ procurement, and long-term care services (i.e., swing beds).

For more information, including a detailed content outline, please visit the registration page.

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If a surveyor from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) showed up at your hospital tomorrow, would you be prepared?

This webinar series will improve your understanding of the 542-page CMS Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoP) manual. Accreditation expert Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD will share her experience and knowledge help you comply with the existing, new and proposed CoPs in 2019.

This last webinar in the five-part series will explore key concepts within:

• Infection control;
• Discharge planning;
• Organ, tissue and eye procurement;
• Surgical and anesthesia services;
• The integration of inpatient and outpatient services outpatient orders;
• Emergency services; and
• Rehabilitation and respiratory services.

For more information, including a detailed content outline, please visit the registration page.

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IHA’s Quality Advocacy Showcase is an opportunity to share with legislators how Illinois hospitals and health systems are improving care across the state. The event is central to IHA’s state advocacy efforts. The showcase, in its fourth year, spotlights the role of Illinois’ hospital community as committed stewards of patient care working hard to improve outcomes.

IHA will produce one 30-by-42-inch poster per facility for the event at no cost to members. Earlier this year, 91 hospitals and health systems participated in our 2018 showcase, creating tremendous energy in the Capitol along with our impressive display of posters. Join us this year so we can put on an even bigger event.

Choose one of the following categories for your project submission:

• Behavioral Health
• Care Coordination
• Infection Prevention
• Opioid Stewardship — new for 2019
• Patient Safety
• Social Determinants of Health — new for 2019
• Workplace Safety

We’ve also added an “Other” category for 2019 if your chosen project does not fit into any category above.

Project Submission Deadline: Friday, Feb. 8

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Hospital gift and resale/thrift shops are the key elements of fundraising for auxiliaries and volunteer organizations. This workshop is designed to offer you an opportunity to hear and learn from retail experts and from each other by blending presentations with networking opportunities. Plan to bring a team from your hospital and spend the day receiving key information, getting your questions answered, and obtaining the tools and motivation to move your shops forward.

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Dive into the complex world of Medicare regulations with peers, expert faculty and a nationally recognized curriculum. In this two-day program, you will learn how to maintain regulatory compliance by understanding complex federal rules and appropriately managing patient status. Through a combination of lectures, class discussions and hands-on exercises, this course will examine patient status and the role of the UR committee within the larger context of Medicare rules for coverage, billing, coding and payment. You will also learn how to obtain correct Medicare reimbursement.

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Dive into the complex world of Medicare regulations with peers, expert faculty and a nationally recognized curriculum. In this two-day program, you will learn how to maintain regulatory compliance by understanding complex federal rules and appropriately managing patient status. Through a combination of lectures, class discussions and hands-on exercises, this course will examine patient status and the role of the UR committee within the larger context of Medicare rules for coverage, billing, coding and payment. You will also learn how to obtain correct Medicare reimbursement.

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