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This 1.25 hour webinar will review best practices to decrease potential billing errors and promote accurate reimbursement for PDPM claims through internal interdisciplinary auditing processes. Key roles of interdisciplinary team members in completion of a collaborative triple check process and key data collection, billing, and monitoring process pertinent to PDPM will be emphasized.

AUDIENCE: Owners and corporate teams, directors of nursing, assistant directors of nursing, nurse managers, nursing home administrators, nursing staff and leaders, quality assurance directors, medical records, MDS staff, therapy staff, and business office and finance in nursing facilities.

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This program will discuss the most common life safety deficiencies for long-term care and assisted living facilities in Nebraska and the minimum required inspection, testing, and maintenance activities that need to be performed on a facility’s fire protection systems to meet requirements of NFPA 101, 2012 edition.

While attending the Quality Award Training, participants will examine the requirements and complete the AHCA/NCAL Bronze National Quality Award Application for award or renewal award. Participants will leave the workshop with completed applications.

While attending the Quality Award Training, participants will examine the requirements and complete a draft of the AHCA/NCAL Silver National Quality Award Application for award or renewal award. Participants will leave the workshop with a draft version of the application.

This program is directed toward owners, operators, administrators, directors of nursing, and restorative nurses. 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.

This 1.25 hour webinar will focus on skilled nursing documentation requirements and best practices as it relates to the new Medicare payment model, PDPM. The webinar will include review of skilled level of care criteria with an emphasis on skilled nursing services and documentation to support the skilled stay.

AUDIENCE: MDS nurses, directors of nursing, assistant directors of nursing, nurse managers, nursing home administrators, and nursing staff and leaders in nursing facilities.

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.

The assisted living administrator refresher consists of 18 actual classroom hours. The classroom content will cover topics generic to all administrators in assisted living.

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 1.25 hour webinar will review end-stage lung diseases treatment options. Symptom management for dyspnea, cough and sputum production, chest pain, wheezing, infections, and hemoptysis will be discussed. Social and socioeconomic factors, caregiver burden, and societal costs will be emphasized.

AANAC’s Resident Assessment Coordinator-Certified (RAC‑CT®) is the distinguishing characteristic of an expert in resident assessment. AANAC’s RAC-CT program has long set the national standard for skilled nursing facility PPS and MDS education. In this program, you will immerse yourself in clinical assessment and care planning, completion of MDS, and the regulatory body surrounding the RAI/MDS process.

This 1.25 hour webinar will focus on MDS coding accuracy and review processes to ensure appropriate reporting of information and supportive documentation under the new Medicare payment model, PDPM. The webinar will include review of steps for assessment and coding tips for certain MDS items with an emphasis on supporting coding decisions through documentation and auditing data prior to assessment submission.

AUDIENCE: MDS nurses, directors of nursing, assistant directors of nursing, and nursing home administrators in nursing facilities.

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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 one hour webinar will cover important topics for hospice providers including payment changes, state and federal regulatory updates, OIG recommendations, important information on opioid use, and additional hospice resources.

AUDIENCE: This webinar is appropriate for administrators, social services, nurses, direct care staff, and owners in hospice agencies.

There are new state regulations that require all licensed practical nurses to complete an IV therapy eight-hour didactic course prior to Oct. 31, 2021. All LPNs must complete the training to maintain an active Nebraska license, regardless of whether they will be performing IV therapy in their work setting. This course meets the didactic portion of the new requirement and counts toward the annual continuing education requirement for an LPN license. LPNs who have been previously licensed as LPN‑Cs or graduated after May 1, 2016, have already fulfilled the new requirements and do not need to complete the didactic and skills training.

The Nebraska Health Care Foundation is a proud sponsor of the award-winning Now What? series on NET. The series was created to educate the diverse communities about the different types of dementia and various issues, and to provide information and resources to families, caregivers, and health care providers. 

Series host and Co-producer Dr. Anna Fisher convenes conversations with caregivers, providers, policy makers and resource agencies to explore and create a more comprehensive, collaborative model of health care that keeps the focus on the people impacted by these conditions.

There are new state regulations that require all licensed practical nurses to complete an IV therapy eight-hour didactic course prior to Aug. 24, 2022. All LPNs must complete the training to maintain an active Nebraska license, regardless of whether they will be performing IV therapy in their work setting. This course meets the didactic portion of the new requirement and counts toward the annual continuing education requirement for an LPN license. LPNs who have been previously licensed as LPN‑Cs or graduated after May 1, 2016, have already fulfilled the new requirements and do not need to complete the didactic and skills training.

This introductory session of the PDPM Master Class Series includes an in-depth discussion of the importance of developing and implementing key skilled nursing facility (SNF) policies and procedures to ensure compliance under PDPM. Participants will gain insight into areas where PDPM specific policies and procedures are recommended with a focus on facility processes that promote consistently accurate, patient-driven data collection methods, assessment practices, interdisciplinary team collaboration for coding, and quality oversight mechanisms. This session will provide guidance on suggested areas of SNF policy development with examples of effective process considerations and policy language for PDPM risk areas including the Interim Payment Assessment (IPA), Interrupted Stay rule, and Therapy Delivery under PDPM.