CMS Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Hospital Conditions of Participation
This program will cover the entire CMS Radiology and Nuclear Medicine standards that hospitals must adhere to. Even though CMS rewrote all the hospital conditions of participation in radiology and nuclear medicine in 2015 some hospitals are still struggling to comply. If a surveyor showed up at your door tomorrow would you be able to demonstrate compliance with the multiple changes? Every hospital that accepts Medicare or Medicaid must comply with these regulations and interpretive guidelines.
This program will cover the MRI requirements. Some many policies and protocols are now required. This program will help hospitals understand all the radiology and nuclear medicine conditions of participation to help prevent receiving a deficiency.
Objectives:-
- Recall that CMS rewrote has radiology and nuclear medicine provisions in the hospital CoP manual
- Discuss that there are several policies and procedures required for radiology by CMS
- Describe that the hospital must have diagnostic radiology services that meet standards of care and standards of practice
- Recall that an order is needed for any radiology or nuclear medicine test
Who Should Attend?
- Radiology department director
- Radiology medical director
- Radiology staff
- Patient safety officer
- Risk manager
- Compliance officer
- regulatory affairs officers
- Chief operating officer
- Chief medical officer (CMO)
- Emergency department physicians
- Clinic physicians
- Physicist
- Education department staff
- Chief nursing officer
- Hospital legal counsel
- Any person in charge to ensure compliance with CMS guidelines on radiology and nuclear medicine.
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