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           April 2, 2019 PDPM: Developing ICD.10 Expertise for Effective Coding of Clinical Categories and Non-Therapy Ancillary 1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. CST CLOSED CONTENT This 1.25 hour webinar will focus on best practices for ICD.10 coding accuracy in preparation for transition to the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM). OBJECTIVES At the conclusion of the webinar, the learner will: (1) Review diagnosis codes that will impact payment in the upcoming Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), (2)…

This training offers the specific knowledge to fulfill the role of social service in a nursing facility under 120 beds as defined in the state and federal requirements for nursing facilities/long-term care. Attendance to Part 1 and Part 2 are required to obtain full credit.

This 1.25-hour session will assist SNF providers in developing an effective implementation of competency-based staff development and training programs. A review of regulatory requirements regarding training and staff competency with an analysis of the associated Interpretive Guidance will be discussed. Tools to assist the facility team in monitoring assessing staff competency will be discussed.

The assisted living administrator training consists of 30 actual classroom hours. The classroom content will cover topics generic to all administrators in assisted living.

This education program is designed as a refresher for any individual in an administrator/director/manager position in an assisted living facility.

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

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 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. Participants will understand why restorative is necessary and how restorative services can make a definite and distinct impact on almost every area of a facility’s quality, care and culture. Participants will learn how to deliver a restorative nursing program that keeps the facility in compliance with federal law and state surveys and promotes keeping residents at their highest functional level physically, mentally and psychosocially. Specific training will be provided on integrating the multidisciplinary team with restorative services for carryover of services into everyday life and activities. Each participant will also have a take home, open-book skills test with skills demonstration sign-off.

This 1.25-hour webinar will review strategies for successfully managing rehabilitation programs through the shift in reimbursement from a focus on therapy service time delivered to the patient driven payment model which emphasizes resident characteristics. Content will explore meeting and justifying Medicare skilled service requirements, considerations for contract therapy terms and service delivery under PDPM, consumer expectations for rehabilitation, potential areas of future medical review, and interdisciplinary collaboration for quality outcomes. Guidance regarding preparing for payment model changes while maintaining an effectively functioning therapy program will be provided. An action planning tool will be shared with participants.

This assisted living administrator refresher consists of 12 actual classroom hours. The classroom content will cover topics generic to all administrators in assisted living.
This education program is designed as a refresher for any individual in an administrator/director/manager position in an assisted living facility.

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

This 1.25-hour session will assist SNF providers in understanding the new requirements related to Infection Preventionists. This session will review the regulatory requirements regarding Infection Preventionists and emphasize the analysis of essential duties and requirements related to this new position.

The ICD-10-CM program will provide instructions in assigning ICD-10-CM codes to diagnoses using the ICD-10-CM code book, exercises to assure participants understand how to utilize the ICD-10-CM code book, and information regarding documentation requirements.

Whether you are a new nursing facility administrator or sharpening your skills, this program is designed to deliver a range of key information that you need to help shape success in your operation. The Nursing Facility Administrator Intensive will include information and discussion on the facility survey process, risk management practices, abuse and neglect reporting, employment practices, collections tools, resident assessment, financial survivability, and root cause analysis. Other key items will include identifying where to access the necessary resources to navigate new initiatives such as the Quality Reporting Program, Patient-Driven Payment Model, Five-Star Quality Rating, and Payroll-Based Journal Staffing.

FACILITATOR Heath Boddy, President and CEO, Nebraska Health Care Association, Lincoln, Nebraska.