Introduction - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is directly responsible for safety in the workplace with broad regulatory authority. In many cases the functions of OSHA are handed over to state governments for enforcement, making it difficult to generalize on all aspects of the regulations. However, this course will focus in on the elements of OSHA regulations specific to the handling of bloodborne pathogens and other areas of interest to medical practices. While this course will provide a broad understand of how OSHA regulations effect all small businesses and specifically medical practices … and what actions must be done to address specific requirements and implement an effective compliance program for the safety of physicians and staff.
This Practice Management Audiocast Presentation includes ...
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This Audiocast is of a recent Live Webconference presented by Economedix;
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Your registration fee covers the ability for you and your practice to view this presentation for one year along with various course handout materials;
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The ability for ACS Fellows and practice managers to e-mail follow-up questions to Economedix Practice Management Advisors for personalized responses;
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Co-Sponsors - The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and The Professional Association of Health Care Office Management (PAHCOM).
Course Objectives - Completion of this Practice Management Course will provide:
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A broad understanding of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s role in promoting the safety of the workplace and how it enforces it’s regulatory mandate;
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Knowledge of regulation specific to medical practices for the safe handling of bloodborne pathogens;
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An overview of Administrative Policies and Procedures necessary to be in compliance with these aspects OSHA;
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Methods for training staff on the handling of bloodborne pathogens and other aspects of OSHA compliance.
Accreditation - The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education to physicians.
Credits - The American College of Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. PAHCOM has pre-approved this educational activity for 1 CEU towards the PAHCOM CMM designation. To earn the credit, participants must complete the combination Evaluation / CME - CEU Form, that is included in the course materials, and FAX this form back within seven days following the date of the teleconference.
Faculty - The faculty for the course is Mr. Tom Loughrey, MBA, CCS-P. Mr. Loughrey is Chairman of Economedix and a noted practice management consultant to physicians, medical offices and medical societies. For over a decade, Mr. Loughrey has provided consulting services to the College as a part of the Consultant’s Corner at the annual ACS Clinical Congress and regularly is engaged by ACS to speak and teach at meetings and workshops throughout the country.
