Session Title:  Deep Dive Into Federal Regulations in a Year: §483.12 Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation

Target Audience: Department Heads, Administrators, Social Services, Nursing Leadership

Presented By:

• Shelly Maffia, MSN, MBA, RN, LNHA, QCP, CHC, CLNC, CPC

Course Description:

This session will provide an overview of the Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation regulations at §483.12, with an emphasis on the review the most commonly cited Freedom Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Requirements. Strategies to avoid citations related to Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation will be emphasized through discussion of: Actual citation examples, Strategies for successfully managing the survey process & understanding the critical element pathways used to guide surveyor investigations, & Implementing survey preparedness activities to prevent Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation citations.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify the regulatory requirements related to Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
2. Identify survey procedures that describe how Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation requirements are reviewed for compliance during the annual survey process
3. Identify examples of how Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation are commonly cited in the long-term care survey process
4. Explain strategies for incorporating survey preparedness related to Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation into facility QAPI processes

Nurses:  The Kansas Healthcare Association is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing.  This offering is approved for 1.5 contact hour applicable for RN and LPN relicensure (KSBN LT0030-0338)

Administrators: This course is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit hours for Kansas licensed adult care home administrators by the Kansas Department Aging and Disability Services.  KDADS Health Occupations Credentialing sponsorship number LTS-A0001.

Operators:  This course offering is approved for 1.5 continuing education clock hour for the Kansas registered operators in the core area of Resident Care by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. KDADS Health Occupations Credentialing Approved Sponsorship number: LTS-A0001.

Social Workers: This course is approved for 1.5 hour of continuing education hours for Kansas licensed Social Workers by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board.  Approval number: 17-006.

Dietitians: This course is approved for up to 1.5 continuing education clock hours for Kansas Licensed Dietitians by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. KDADs Health Occupations Credentialing Approved Sponsorship Number: LTS-A0002.

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