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This session of the PDPM Master Class Series will review how daily clinical, Medicare, and Triple Check meeting processes can be updated to ensure ongoing resident-centered assessment and identification of changes under PDPM. Best practices for review of newly admitted residents, incorporating IPA considerations, Interrupted Stay tracking, and assurance of continued skilled need will be emphasized along with ensuring clean claims through an effective pre-submission review process.

The goal of Careers in Aging Week (CIAW) is to bring awareness to the numerous career opportunities available in long term care and aging services. 

This session will review the increase in ADL help, the ability to move independently worsened, and improvement in function quality measures that impact the Quality Measure component of the Nursing Home Compare Five-Star Quality Rating System. During the session, we will review how these measures are calculated and how they impact your overall Five-Star Quality Rating. The session will focus on best practices for reducing and preventing decline in ADL status and improving this quality measure using a QAPI framework with emphasis on reduction of common MDS coding errors and implementation of a facility specific Five-Star road map action plan. 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the April 27-29 NNFA/NALA/NAHHA/LPNAN Spring Convention in Kearney will not be held. However, the NHCA team is currently working to deliver its contents in a virtual format. Watch for details soon on how to participate in the virtual convention!

This session of the PDPM Master Class Series will review essential competencies for PDPM success including, but not limited to, ICD-10 coding, Section GG assessment, and MDS coding with special focus on nursing clinical competencies to identify, assess, and manage Nursing and NTA conditions and services. Suggested processes for evaluating facility level of competency in certain areas will be reviewed. Creating effective staff development processes for initial and ongoing education, skills development, and cross-training to avoid gaps in competency related to employee turn-over will be emphasized.

The assisted living administrator training consists of 30 actual classroom hours and is divided into two sessions. The classroom content will cover topics generic to all administrators in assisted living. Part one focuses on regulatory, staffing, nutrition, and care services.

The assisted living administrator refresher consists of 18 actual classroom hours. The classroom content will cover topics generic to all administrators in assisted living. This refresher is part of the five-day Assisted Living Administrator Training.

The total training will be taught in two parts. Attendance at all days' sessions is required for completion of the training, which is designed for the person with primary responsibility for the social service program in a nursing facility. Part two will be held June 16-18, 2020.

This session will review the pressure ulcer quality measures that impact the Quality Measure component of the Nursing Home Compare Five-Star Quality Rating System. During the session, we will review how these measures are calculated and how they impact your overall Five-Star Quality Rating. The session will focus on best practices for reducing pressure ulcers to improve pressure ulcer quality measures using a QAPI framework with emphasis on reduction of common MDS coding errors and implementation of a facility-specific Five-Star road map action plan. 

This program is directed toward owners, operators, administrators, directors of nursing, and restorative nurses in nursing facilities only. Participants will understand why restorative nursing is necessary and how restorative services can make a definite and distinct impact on almost every area of your facility's quality, care, and culture.

In an age where the fast acquisition of knowledge and skills is critical, you must be able to train an administrator-in-training (AIT) or mentor quickly and well without decreasing your own or your staff’s productivity. This program will offer nursing home administrators information to assist them as preceptors for AITs and/or mentors.

This program is directed toward restorative nurses and restorative nursing assistants and will cover regulations, job description, medical terminology, and documentation set-up and requirements. The restorative program, with examples and demonstrations, will be explored in depth.

This program offers the nurse in an executive leadership role in a nursing facility vital information related to their position. Topics and critical issues include understanding the role; leadership and management training; problem solving; and staffing issues including levels of staffing, requirements, and team work. Documentation, regulations, and survey are also included.

This training is appropriate for charge nurses - RNs and LPNs in nursing facilities.

This session of the PDPM Master Class Series will review regulatory requirements related to Baseline and Comprehensive care planning with focus on developing effective person-centered care plans that address complex care and services provided. This webinar will focus on ensuring appropriate care plan development related to the resident’s SNF admitting diagnosis and PDPM Clinical Category, comorbid conditions, and skilled services provided to promote positive resident outcomes and support coding decisions on the initial Medicare assessment.

This is part two of the training and consists of 12 actual classroom hours. The classroom content will cover topics generic to all administrators in assisted living.

This training is designed for administrators in nursing facilities and assisted living facilities. Twelve hours CE available.

Part two of the full training. The training is designed for the person with primary responsibility for the social service program in a nursing facility. Attendance at all days' sessions is required for completion of the training.