May 29, Sacramento
May 30, San Ramon

Overview

   This aThisThis pConsent law is challenging. So many rules. So many exceptions to the rules. So many laws that must be considered before deciding the right course of action. 

Often you must decide quickly, too. Will you operate? Should you call law enforcement? Can you release this information? There’s much at stake and serious repercussions for making the wrong call. But then someone has to make the call — and likely it’s you.

This year’s seminar will arm you with the knowledge and critical thinking skills to make tough decisions with confidence.  Expert faculty will bring you up to speed on the latest issues and challenge your thinking with case scenarios of common, but complicated, situations.

Free Consent Manual

All attendees will receive a free copy of CHA’s 2013 Consent Manual. From basic principles to specific procedures, the Consent Manual is your one-stop resource for all legal requirements related to patient consent for medical treatment, release of medical information, reporting requirements and more. Learn exactly what the law requires and what you need to do to comply. To learn more, visit www.calhospital.org/consent.

Agenda

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Applying HIPAA/HITECH laws to everyday situations

• Business associates and breach scenarios
• Meeting “minimum necessary” — clinical staff, billing, BAs
• Patient access to e-PHI — how to operationalize
• Notice of Privacy Practices and decision-making tools

Reporting data

• Adverse events — protections for reported information
• HAIs, HACs, Medi-Cal PPCs — separating POA and hospital-acquired infections/conditions
• Loss of payment, gain of liability for ongoing care costs
• Disease registries — mandated vs. voluntary, disclosure rules
• Research and studies — patient-identifiable health information

The expanding role of non-physician practitioners

• Blood transfusions, PICC lines and more — who obtains patient consent
• Nurse practitioners, PAs, midwives, etc. — obtaining consent, performing procedures
• Care advocates, doulas — what is permitted, dealing with staff
• Scope of practice — supervision, documentation
• Counter signatures and reimbursement issues

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Hosted Luncheon

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
New laws and updates — what’s new for 2013

• Immunizations — parents with new forms, provider responsibilities
• Minors and restrictions on release of information
• Newborn screening requirements for congenital heart disease
• Child safety seats — more information to parents

Critical thinking on consent issues

• Managing the disruptive or violent patient
• Social media/filming — smile, you’re on YouTube
• Explants and ownership, biohazard waste issues 
• Identity theft — when patients aren’t who they claim to be
• Coroner, public health requests for information
• Off-label device use and patient notification, liabilities
• Where’s my stuff? — when patient property goes missing
• 5150s — holding patients who cannot be transferred
• And much more …

Faculty

Peggy Nakamura, RN, MBA, JD, DFASHRM, CPHRM, is vice president, chief risk officer and associate counsel for Adventist Health. In this role, she oversees a comprehensive risk management department and the Adventist Health enterprise risk management program, including self-administered/self-insured programs in workers’ compensation, professional, general and managed care liability. (All seminars)

Suzanne van Hall, JD, has more than 25 years of experience in health care law, with expertise in consent, medical staff issues and hospital-physician relationships. She gained practical, frontline experience working at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. (San Diego, Ontario, Pasadena seminars)

Susan Penney, JD, is director of risk management for the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) clinical enterprise, including UCSF’s Medical Center and Medical Group, San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF Fresno. Previously, Ms. Penney served as legal counsel for California Medical Association and as an attorney in private practice. (Costa Mesa, San Ramon, Sacramento seminars)

Sites

 May 16 — Costa Mesa
Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa
3050 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 540‐7000

May 29 — Sacramento
Sacramento Convention Center
1400 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 808-5291

May 30 — San Ramon
San Ramon Marriott
2600 Bishop Drive
San Ramon, CA 94583
(925) 867-9200

Tuition/CEs

Members $330 (CHA member hospitals, CHA associate members and government agencies)
Nonmembers $550 (Limited to: Non-hospital health care providers, clinics, post-acute facilities, and consultants, insurance companies, law firms and other entities that serve hospitals.)

Education programs and publications are a membership benefit and are not available to non-member California hospitals.

Tuition includes CEs, lunch, course materials and a free copy of CHA’s updated 2013 Consent Manual.

Cancellation Policy/Late Payment: A $50 non-refundable processing fee will be retained for each cancellation. Cancellations must be made in writing seven or more business days prior to the scheduled session and faxed to (916) 552-7506 or e-mailed to education@calhospital.org. No refunds will be made after these dates. Substitutions are encouraged. Please note: payment is due on or before program. Payments not received by the seminar date will be subject to a 10% late fee. In the unlikely event the program is cancelled, CHA will fully refund paid participants within 30 days.

Special Accommodations or Questions: If you require special accommodations pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, or have other questions, please call (916) 552-7637.

Continuing Education

Full attendance at the educational session is a prerequisite for receiving professional continuing education. Attendees must sign in at the seminar and, when required, include their state bar or professional license number. CE certificates will be e-mailed.

Compliance — Compliance Certification Board (CCB) has approved
this program for 6.6  Compliance Certification Board (CCB) Continuing Education Units in one or more of the following areas: Application of Management Practices for the Compliance Professional; Application of Personal and Business Ethics in Compliance; Written Compliance Policies and Procedures; Designation of Compliance Officers and Committees; Compliance Training and Education; Communication and Reporting Mechanisms in Compliance; Enforcement of Compliance Standards and Discipline; Auditing and Monitoring for Compliance; Response to Compliance Violations and Corrective Actions; HIPAA Privacy Implementation. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by CCB of the program content or the program sponsor.

Health Care Executives — CHA is authorized to award 5.5 hours of pre-approved ACHE Qualified Education Credit (non-ACHE) for this program toward the advancement, or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program wishing to have the continuing education hours applied toward ACHE Qualified Education credit should indicate their attendance when submitting application to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification.

Health Information — This program has been approved for 5 continuing education unit(s) for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) in the following core content categories: Technology: 1, Management Development: 1, External Forces: 1, Privacy and Security Hours: 2.

Legal — CHA is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This activity has been approved for 5.5 hours of MCLE credit.

Nursing — Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP #11924, for 6 Contact Hours.

Risk Manager — This meeting has been approved for a total of 5.5 contact hours of Continuing Education Credit toward fulfillment of the requirements of ASHRM designations of FASHRM (Fellow) and DFASHRM (Distinguished Fellow) and towards CPHRM renewal.

Social Work — This course meets the qualifications for 5.5 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CEP #1735. 

Free Manual

All attendees will receive a free copy of CHA’s 2013 Consent Manual, the industry’s premier resource on consent and related health care law. From basic principles to specific procedures, the Consent Manual is your one-stop resource for all legal requirements related to patient consent for medical treatment, release of medical information, reporting requirements and more. Learn exactly what the law requires and what you need to do to comply.

If you are unable to attend the seminar, but would like to purchase the manual, go to www.calhospital.org/consent.