Webcast: The Legal and Regulatory Perspectives on Language Access in Health Care
Providing language access to health care is more than just a good idea – it is required.
Date: Thursday, May 14
Time: 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET
Duration: 90 minutes
Panel Participants
Bruce Adelson, Esq.
CEO/Attorney at Law
Federal Compliance Consulting, LLC
Mark Albrecht
Field Director
Surveyor Management and Development
Accreditation and Certification Operations
The Joint Commission
Cynthia E. Roat, MPH (Moderator)
National Consultant
Language Access in Health Care
Topics for Discussion
Please join us as
Bruce Adelson, formerly of the Department of Justice Office
for Civil Rights, and
Mark Albrecht, Field Director of Surveyor Management
and Development at The Joint Commission, share their insight into:
- What is required under current law
- How enforcement of Title VI and the ADA is likely to change under the Obama administration
- What The Joint Commission surveyors look for regarding language services
- How the new CLAS standards being developed could impact your organization
Who Should Attend?
- Leaders of language services who want to improve the coverage,
proficiency, and utilization of the language support resources they deliver.
- Healthcare administrators concerned with improving patient care, controlling
costs, ensuring regulatory compliance, and improving operational efficiency.
- Heads of nursing and medical staff impacted by the inability to effectively
communicate with patients who don't speak English.
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