The CMS Restraint and Seclusion: Navigating the Most Problematic of all of the CMS Standards 2016

Key Topics

• CMS requirements on all physicians and others ordering restraint with relation to education on the hospital policy
• CMS restraint requirements about what hospitals need to document in internal log if patients die within 24 hours with having two soft wrist restraints on
• Specific CMS things that need to be documented in the medical record for the one hour face to face evaluation on patients who are violent and or self-destructive
• CMS restraint education requirements for staff

Who should Attend

Attendees with job titles such as:

• Compliance officer
• Nurses with direct patient care
• Chief of medical staff
• Chief nursing officer
• Nurse Educator
• COO
• ED physicians
• ED nurses
• Risk manager
• Medical staff coordinator
• Senior leadership
• Patient safety officer
• Risk Manager
• Hospital legal counsel
• PI director
• Chief Risk Officer
• Nurse managers
• Joint Commission coordinator
• Chief medical officer
• Quality director
• Compliance officer
• Security guards
• Accreditation and regulation staff and others responsible for compliance with hospital regulations
• Chief risk officer