CMS Hospital Restraint and Seclusion: Navigating the Most Problematic CMS Standards and Proposed Changes Recorded Webinar | Laura A. Dixon | From: Mar 23, 2021 - To: Dec 31, 2021 |
Do you know the recent change made in restraints by CMS, effective November 29, 2020? CMS changes the term from LIP (licensed independent practitioner to LP (licensed practitioner).
This allows hospitals to allow PAs to write orders for restraints in states where they were considered to be dependent practitioners. The changes will be discussed in detail.
Did you know that the number one area of deficiencies in the CMS CoP is regarding restraints? CMS issued a memo summarizing all of the deficiencies against hospitals which is updated quarterly. This program will discuss the most problematic standards in the restraint section. If a CMS surveyor showed up at your hospital tomorrow would you be prepared? Does your staff understand all 50 pages of the CMS interpretive guidelines?
Did you know any physician or provider who orders restraint must be trained in the hospital’s policy? Did you know that both CMS and Joint Commission require hospital staff to be educated on restraint and seclusion interpretive guidelines on an annual basis? This program can be used to help hospitals meet this requirement. CMS also says that restraint training must be on-going so you cannot just provide training at orientation and forget about it. Did you know that CMS has ten pages of training requirements?
This program will discuss the requirements for an internal log and what must be in the log for patients who die in one or two soft wrist restraints. It will include what must be documented in the medical record also. It will also discuss the new electronic reporting requirements for patients who die in restraints and within 24 hours of being in a restraint.
As discussed, Restraint and Seclusion is a hot spot with both CMS and the Joint Commission and a common area where hospitals are cited for being out of compliance. The restraint policy is one of the hardest to write and understand in healthcare today.
CMS has issued interpretive guidelines on restraint and seclusions for hospitals. This program will simplify and take the mystery out of that 50-page restraint and seclusion interpretive guidelines. It will provide a crosswalk to the Joint Commission standards. Avoid the restraint nightmare now and let us take the mystery out of these confusing regulations by attending this program.
Every hospital that accepts Medicare patients will have to comply with the interpretive guidelines even if the hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission, HFAP, CIHQ, or DNV Healthcare. Hospitals will need to make sure their policies and procedures comply with these.
Joint Commission and CMS both require restraint training to staff. There is also a requirement that physicians and anyone who writes an order for restraints will have to be educated on the hospital’s policy. The guidelines explain the training requirements for the RN doing the one-hour face-to-face visits for patients who are violent and or self-destructive. There are basically 21 rules covered by the CMS interpretive guidelines.
The Joint Commission standards on restraint and seclusion will be the reference and are now closer in the crosswalk. Patient safety is at risk and patients have been injured or died from improper restraint usage.
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Laura Dixon served as the Director, Facility Patient Safety and Risk Management and Operations for COPIC from 2014 to 2020 where she provided safety and risk management consultation and training to facilities, practitioners, and staff in multiple states. Ms. Dixon has more than twenty years of clinical experience in acute care facilities, including critical care, coronary care, peri-operative services, and pain management. She served as the Director, Western Region, Patient Safety and Risk Management for The Doctors Company, Napa, California. Laura holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Regis University, RECEP of Denver, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Drake University College of Law, Des Moines, Iowa, and a Registered Nurse Diploma from Saint Luke’s School Professional Nursing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado and California.