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August Webinar

Title: Top Compliance Issues for Off-Site Services
Time: 2PM(ET) 1PM(CT) 12N(MT) 11AM(PT)
Length: 1 - 1.5 Hours
Date: August 27, 2026

Description

Think offsite services don’t carry significant risks of non-compliance during a survey? Think again! There are compliance requirements embedded throughout the COP’ that directly affect outpatient / off-site services.
Join us for this highly informative webinar as we thoroughly review CMS expectations, identify problem areas, and discuss strategies for on-going compliance.
Register for the webinar online.

Your Webinar Host

Richard Curtis, RN, MS, HACP
Richard (Rick) Curtis is the Chief Executive Officer for CIHQ. Rick is nationally recognized as an expert on the Medicare Conditions of Participation and the CMS Certification & Survey Process. As CEO, he successfully guided CIHQ in becoming the nation's 4th CMS approved deeming authority for acute care hospitals as well as critical access and inpatient psychiatric hospitals.
Rick's clinical background is in critical care nursing with a focus in cardiovascular and trauma service lines. He has held both clinical and executive management level positions in Quality, Risk, Education, Infection Control, and Regulatory Compliance.
Rick is a regular speaker at numerous state and national conferences on the CMS Survey & Certification Process and is host of CIHQ's popular monthly webinars addressing key compliance challenges in today's environment.
Rick is nationally certified in healthcare accreditation and serves as Chair of the Board of Examiners for the Healthcare Accreditation Certification Program (HACP). Rick has a degree in Nursing with a master’s degree in health services administration.
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