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The Home Care Association of Colorado presents

“Wound Care: Legal Issues”

Presenter:

Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq.
Health Care Attorney & Consultant

An Overview...

Many regulators of providers, including The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and state licensure organizations, are serious about taking action against substandard wound care. Private attorneys representing patients and/or their families are more likely to initiate lawsuits based on substandard wound care than they were in the past. Practitioners, therefore, face a number of potentially problematic areas related to wound care that may result in regulatory action and/or private lawsuits. These areas include:  liability for adverse payment decisions, liability for substandard wound care, fraud and abuse, decertification/loss of licensure, disciplinary proceedings against individual practitioners, liability for termination of services/abandonment, and criminal prosecution. The purpose of this presentation is to educate providers about legal risks associated with wound care and to provide practical strategies for avoiding liability associated with this type of care.

Objectives:

• List four requirements necessary to prove negligence;
   

• Describe two common types of negligence related to wound care;
   

• Identify one type of fraud and abuse related to wound care, and
   

• List three requirements necessary to prove abandonment.

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This is how it works...
Complete the Registration Form for your agency and return to HCAC no later than October 16th. Registered locations will be sent an email confirmation on Monday, October 20th, with dial-in information, confirmation number and a web link to download handout materials and/or resources. 

On the day of the conference, simply join the call by dialing the toll-free number and giving your agency name and the confirmation number. Gather your staff and listen via speakerphone to the presentation, follow along with the handouts and participate in live, interactive Q&A.

PLEASE NOTE: Registration fees are based on each dial-in connection; multiple call-ins from your agency will be charged. We are unable to accommodate more than one agency per call-in.

Certificates of attendance will be mailed after evaluations are received.

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Save time and travel costs and include all staff members who will benefit from this timely topic!                    

• HCAC Member Agency – $149 per call-in
• Non-Member Agency – $249 per call-in

This fee includes one dial-in connection. Additional fees will be charged if there are multiple dial-ins. Written requests for refunds received on or before October 16th, 2008, will receive a 50% refund less a $50 processing fee. Fees are non-refundable after this date. There are no refunds for no-shows.

Please complete the Secure On-line Registration Form and submit your registration electronically to HCAC.

You can also download a printable registration form in PDF and fax it to the HCAC at 303-694-4869.

A confirmation with dialing information and handout materials will be emailed to all registered agencies on Monday, October 20th.

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