Nominations for a panel on development of potentially preventable hosptialization measures for home health agencies are due February 22. …and it’s free. The New Medicare Card Open Door Forum scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, January 23, 2018, has been postponed and will be rescheduled. Part 1 of this series reviewed the first two of eight steps to integrating effective speaking practices with other essential aspects of communication in order to provide quality care to residents with dementia, highlighting the importance of preparation. In Part 1 of this series we covered OSHA’s requirements for cleaning and disinfecting in a senior living facility. Part 2 will discuss guidelines that administrators should follow when training their housekeeping staff in sharps management. The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program submission deadline is extended to May 15, 2018, for CY 2017 data. For some federal health programs, a shuttered government means business as usual. On January 23, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and HHS announced a partnership to share data, data analytics tools, and best practices for identifying and preventing fraud, waste and abuse. New in the January issue of PPS Alert for Long-Term Care... Training strategies for accurate ADL completion Activities of daily living (often called ADLs) are basic self-care activities that are considered essential for day-to-day living. There are 11 activities that make up the ADLs: bed mobility, transfer, walk in room, walk in corridor, locomotion on unit, locomotion off unit, dressing, eating, toilet use, personal hygiene, and bathing. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. Monthly Inservice: Critical thinking skills Click here to subscribe to CNA Training Advisor and receive a new lesson plan every month, including course materials, a 4-page in-service, and a quiz targeted to address the unique needs, interests, and concerns of CNAs. Simplified Compliance: Education and Training Tools Is profit without census possible? The skill that all clinical care providers should be taught CMS estimates that this area of compliance will cost home health agencies the most in new CoP Four key actions for preventing theft in your facility | | Product Spotlight The Long-Term Care Administrator’s Boot Camp offers skilled nursing facility administrators a review of Medicare regulations and best practices for ensuring the provision of high-quality services, resident satisfaction, quality survey outcomes, and proper payments. Specifically, The Long-Term Care Administrator’s Boot Camp focuses on how Medicare regulations guide clinical and financial operations, and explains the role of the administrator in admissions, documentation, MDS, billing, coding, compliance and ethics, and quality improvement. This includes how to delegate appropriately, build the necessary infrastructure of quality improvement teams, analyze each facility’s resident population needs and risks, and implement effective systems and processes to achieve regulatory compliance. Administrators can expect to learn how to lead and manage facilities to regulatory compliance and to avoid survey issues, claims audits, and improper Medicare payments. |
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