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CPHRM Legal and Regulatory 2014

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Statutory law   enacted by congress and approved by the president (PSQA, EMTALA, COP)  
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Administrative law   Regulations and rules developed and implemented by a federal or state agency to provide direction for carrying out the purposes of the Acts it oversees (how to implement EMTALA, COP)  
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Patient Self-Determination Act   provide written info to all adult patients on admission; comply with state law regarding pt rights; document in MR; do not condition the provision of care on execution of advance directive; educate staff and community  
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Types of Advance Directives   Living Wills and Power of Attorney  
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Advance Directives vs. DNR   Advance Directives come from patient vs. DNR is physician’s order  
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Rescinding of DNR orders   may be rescinded for surgical interventions  
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Capacity   normally determined by physician; patient must be able to understand the nature of the situation and the consequences of the decision and are able to communicate the wishes to the caregiver  
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Outcome of Quinlan Case   established ethics committee and led to creation of advanced directives  
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Outcome of Cruzan Case   Developed Patient Self Determination Act  
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Outcome of Stamford Case   Theory of “battery” resulted  
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Outcome of Schlinder Case   Withdrawal of life support; Support of patient’s wishes  
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Ethics Committee decisions   nonbinding; consultative only  
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Informed consent basic elements   disclosure of nature and purpose; probable risks and benefits; risks and benefits of alternatives; risks and benefits of foregoing; opportunity for questions and understandable answers; opportunity to make decision free of coercion and undue influence  
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Battery vs Negligent Consent   battery is intentional and does not require proof of harm; negligent consent is unintentional that requires injury  
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CoP   provides minimum health and safety standards providers must meet for Medicare and Medicaid certification  
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CoP Nursing Mandated reporting   reporting blood transfusion reactions, adverse drug reactions, and medication errors  
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HACs   CMS Hospital Acquired Conditions: retained objects; air embolism; blood incompatibility; stage III and IV Pressure Ulcers; Falls and Trauma: Iatrogenic Pndumothorax; poor glycemic control; CAUTI; Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection; SSI; DVTl/PE  
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HCQIA   Health Care Quality Improvement Act: National Practitioner Data Bank provides conditional immunity from anti-trust suits against healthcare facilities and their medical staff that participate in peer review  
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NPDB reporting requirements   report payments of judgments or settlements within 30 days; actions taken which adversely affect privileges of physicians report within 15 days; disciplinary actions report within 30 days  
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HIPDB   Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank: clearinghouse for the reporting and disclosure of certain final “adverse actions” taken against health care practitioners, suppliers, and other providers in an effort to combat fraud and abuse  
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Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program domains   Clinical Process of Care; Patient Experience of Care; Outcome  
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Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program   Quality incentive program built on the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) measure reporting infrastructure  
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SMDA   Safe Medical Device Act: Gathers information regarding safety of medical devices, including reports about adverse incidents associated with their use (including user error)  
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SMDA required to report vs. exempt   Reports: Hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, outpatient diagositc, nursing homes, home care agencies, ambulance providers, rehab/psych facilities; Exempt: Physicians’ offices, etc  
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SMDA what and when to report   Death to manufacturer and FDA within 10 days; serious injury to manufacturer (or FDA if manufacturer is unknown) within 10 working days; eMDR summary no later than January 1st  
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EMC   Emergency Medical Condition (under EMTALA) which includes psychiatric illness, including alcohol and drug intoxication  
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Criteria for discharging unstable patient   patient refuses treatment or requests transfer; hospital does not have capability; physician certifies that benefits of transfer outweigh the risks  
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EMTALA Mandatory Reporting   required to report suspected improper transfers within 72 hours  
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EMTALA Sanctions   termination of the hospital’s Medicare provider agreement or civil monetary penalties of up to 50K per violation  
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LTC Laws   Long Term Care Laws: requirements that an institution must meet in order to qualify to participate as a SNF (skilled nursing facility) in the Medicare program, and as a nursing facility in the Medicaid program  
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Child Abuse and Elder/Dependent Abuse Reporting Laws   need process in place to define who is allowed to do reporting  
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ADA Title III   Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities  
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ADA definition of disability   a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual  
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HITECH   Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act: promotes and advances the adoption of health information technology (HIT)  
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HITECH Breach Notification timeframe   within 60 days notify individual, post on home page, imminent misuse notice by telephone, written notice, if over 500 residents must provide to prominent media  
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act   Stark I, II, III – Anti self-referral law; deters fraud by prohibiting a physician from referring patients to an entity if the physician or a member of his immediate family has a financial relationship with the entity  
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RAC   Recovery Audit Program: to identify and correct Medicare improper payments through the detection and collection of overpayments and underpayments made on claims of health care services provided to Medicare beneficiaries  
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MMSEA   requires that liability insurers (including self-insurers), no-fault insurers, and workers’ compensation plans report specific information about Medicare beneficiaries  
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