Legal Issues and Risk in Case Management

Activity description

This activity focuses on enhancing participants’ knowledge and skills in the legal and ethical aspects of healthcare coordination and communication. It will highlight the essential elements and requirements of a valid lawsuit and will address care coordinators’ ethical responsibilities regarding standards of practice, codes of conduct and ethical decision-making. Participants will review accurate documentation practices that ensure compliance and improve interprofessional communication and will come away with additional insights into navigating legal and ethical challenges they may encounter in their practice. 

Provided by
This activity is provided by Optum Health Education and Optum Advisory Services.

Commercial support
No commercial support was received for this activity.

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Target Audience

This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of case managers, nurses, social workers and other HCPs who have an interest in learning the legal and ethical aspects of healthcare coordination and communication.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Define the elements that are essential for a valid lawsuit.
  • Identify the ethical responsibilities of the care coordinator (case manager/social worker) as they relate to the standards of practice and code of conduct.
  • Improve communication through accurate documentation that complies with federal laws.
Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 ANCC - Nurses
  • 0.50 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 0.50 CCMC - General - Case Managers
  • 0.50 ASWB - Social Workers
Activity opens: 
08/02/2023
Activity expires: 
08/02/2026
Rating: 
0

Activity planners
Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Activity Manager
Optum Health Education

Lacy Johnson, MSN, RN, CNL, PHN
Senior Consultant - Education
Optum Advisory Services
Provider Clinical Practice

Keith Jones DNP, MSN, RN, CEN 
Education Manager, Optum Advisory Services
Provider Clinical Practice

Briana Sam, MS 
Senior Consultant, Instructional Designer
Optum Advisory Services
Provider Clinical Practice

Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.

The activity faculty and planners have no financial relationships to disclose.

 

Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.

Accreditation statement
Joint Provider LogoIn support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education and Optum Advisory Services. Optum Health Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.

Credit designation statements

Case managers
The Commission for Case Manager Certification has approved this program for a maximum of 0.50 clock hours for Certified Case Managers (CCM).

Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 0.50 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.

Social workers
ACE LogoAs a Jointly Accredited Organization, Optum Health Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 0.50 enduring continuing education credits.

Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization from which they wish to obtain credit.

Available Credit

  • 0.50 ANCC - Nurses
  • 0.50 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 0.50 CCMC - General - Case Managers
  • 0.50 ASWB - Social Workers
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