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June 6-7, 2012
Doubletree Hotel
Anaheim / Orange County
Orange, CA
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June 5-6, 2012
Doubletree Hotel
Anaheim / Orange County
Orange, CA
Pre-Summit Workshops
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Session 1A
Richard Curtis, RN, MS, HACP
The CMS Validation Survey – How to Survive

Does the thought of a CMS Validation Survey terrify you? It doesn’t need to. Take the mystery – and the fear – out of the federal survey process. Join our Executive Director, Rick Curtis, as he explains what happens, and how to prepare. You’ll not only leave this workshop knowing more about what to expect, you’ll leave confident in preparing for and surviving the experience!
Session 1B
Coleen O’Connell, RN, BSN
Home Health Accreditation – The Basics

If your organization has a hospital-based or free-standing home health/hospice agency, then this workshop is for you. Join our home health specialist, Coleen O’Connell as she provides a thorough orientation to accreditation and certification standards in this area. If you’re responsible for regulatory compliance, then you need to know the basics of what happens in a home health/hospice survey. You’ll get that….and more!
Session 2A
Traci Burgkwist BA, RCP, HACP
Hospital Regulatory Update

To be for-warned is to be for-armed! Get the latest information on changes to the CMS Conditions of Participation for Acute Care Hospitals and Joint Commission standards. Join our senior consultant, Traci Burgkwist, for this information packed workshop. Caution: This is a fast-paced workshop. Fasten your seatbelts!
Session 2B
Lori Swasey, BA, BSN, MS, HACP
Outpatient Clinics & Acute Care Hospitals – When Worlds Collide!

Hospital-based provider clinics are one of the fastest growing entities in the United States. Integration is a huge challenge and the myriad of compliance issues don’t make the job any easier. Join Lori Swasey, Director of Accreditation & Regulatory Affairs at Maine Medical Center as she shares the formula for success. They made it all work!
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