Compass Clinical Consulting’s Practice Leader for Accreditation and Regulatory Compliance, Ruth Elzer, RN, MS, will be speaking at seminars across the country this summer. Check out the following events for the most recent information regarding compliance with the standards of The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
For Quality Managers, Nursing Managers and Others:
Surviving the Joint Commission and CMS Survey Process
Today’s hospitals must juggle the evolving standards of both TJC and CMS to achieve regulatory compliance and provide quality patient care. This seminar, given by Compass Clinical Consulting Practice Leader for Accreditation and Regulatory Compliance, Ruth Elzer, RN, MS, explains how to prepare for both survey processes, focusing on the issues that hold the greatest risk for hospitals in 2010, and providing practical tips for achieving better survey outcomes. “Surviving the Joint Commission and CMS Survey Process” is being offered this June in Denver, CO, and New York, NY.
Important topics include:
- Surveys for 2010: TJC Updates and Challenges
- CMS and State Surveys: It’s Getting Tougher
- Managing Contracted Services
- Immediate Jeopardy: Passing TJC and Flunking CMS
- Top Compliance Nightmares
- Bonus Session: Weighing Accreditation Options: TJC, CMS, HFAP, DNV – This bonus session outlines the choices for accreditation to provide a neutral perspective on what is right for your organization.
The registration fee is $175 for individual registrants and $150 for two or more registrants from the same organization. This fee covers all handout materials, beverage breaks, and lunch. Click the links below for more information and to register for this event today!
University of Colorado Hospital
June 11, 2010
8:30-4:30pm
Register by June 4!
Rockefeller University Hospital
June 18, 2010
8:30-4:30pm
Register by June 11!
For Trustees and Senior Executives:
Western Regional Trustee Symposium:
Elevating the Standards of Hospital Governance
June 9-11, 2010
Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center
Denver, CO
The 14th annual Western Regional Trustee Symposium will continue its tradition of commitment to quality healthcare governance programming at an affordable cost. The program will offer strategies to enhance leadership, broaden awareness of current healthcare trends, examine “best practices” of successful healthcare governance, and present fresh approaches to standard healthcare governance concerns and business practices. Ruth Elzer will present, “The Board’s Role in Assuring Quality Healthcare.” Visit the event website for more information and to download the registration brochure.
