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During this session, you will hear from Michelle Day, who is the National Workforce Solutions Director at Equus. Learn how you can engage in this apprenticeship partnership as a long term care provider, and get your pressing questions answered. This webinar is available to AHCA/NCAL provider members only. Registration to attend the live webinar is limited. The webinar will be recorded and available for access after the live event.
AHCA/NCAL has partnered with Equus Workforce Solutions to offer long term care apprenticeship programs. The goal is to get more people engaged in the long term care profession as it battles a workforce crisis. The AHCA/NCAL and Equus collaboration will help to support the development and expansion of Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) that can potentially impact our long term care provider members and those they serve in the future.
During this session, you will hear from Michelle Day, who is the National Workforce Solutions Director at Equus. Learn how you can engage in this apprenticeship partnership as a long term care provider, and get your pressing questions answered.
Also hear directly from providers, Tina Sandri of Forest Hills of DC and Mark Klyczek of Virginia Health Services, on their experiences around apprenticeship programs and the innovative work they have underway on the workforce side.
Be sure to pass this webinar offering along to anyone in your center/s that might be interested in attending this event (HR, business office, nursing home administrators, etc.), which will be recorded if you can’t make it.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the many RAP benefits include building a pipeline of skilled workers, gaining workers with customized skills, and enhancing employee retention and employer reputation.
- Learn how to get an apprenticeship program underway with Equus.
- Get your pressing questions answered around apprenticeship programs and how they benefit both the employer and worker alike.
- Hear directly from a provider perspective on apprenticeship programs and how they work
This webinar is available to AHCA/NCAL provider members only, held on Tuesday, August 23rd, from 12-1pm ET.
Registration to attend the live webinar is limited. The webinar will be recorded and available for access after the live event.
Email educate@ahca.org if you need assistance with registering.
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Understanding the scoring percentages in your feedback report is important in reading and grasping the comments offered by Quality Award Examiners. Please register for this short video that will assist in translating and understanding the comments in your feedback report.
Understanding the scoring percentages in your feedback report is important in reading and grasping the comments offered to Quality Award Examiners. Please register for this short video that will assist in translating and understanding the comments in your feedback report.
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All Back to the Basic: How to Read My Silver Feedback Report materials subject to this copyright may be photocopied or distributed for the purpose of nonprofit or educational advancement. The use, photocopying, and distribution for commercial purposes of any of these materials is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of American Health Care Association.
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Hear from a company that focuses solely on foreign recruiting for health care providers, a skilled immigration attorney and long term care providers actively in this space. In addition, hear about the efforts AHCA/NCAL has been leading to address the immigrant visa processing backlog from COVID-19.
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) team, along with experts in recruiting international workers, will be hosting a virtual session on employing international workers, including nurses. Are you interested in potentially recruiting overseas or having trouble doing so for health care workers? This webinar will help you better understand the process, while getting your pressing questions answered. Hear from a company that focuses solely on foreign recruiting for health care providers, a skilled immigration attorney and long term care providers actively in this space. In addition, hear about the efforts AHCA/NCAL has been leading to address the immigrant visa processing backlog from COVID-19.
This webinar is for AHCA/NCAL members only.
Speakers:
- Dana Ritchie, Senior Director of NFP & Constituent Services at AHCA
- Sherry Neal, Partner/Immigration Attorney at Hammond, Neal & Moore (HNM)
- Kara Murphy, President at PRS Global
- Christopher Schmidt, President/C.E.O. of Schmidt Wallace Healthcare
Follow the Instructions Below to Register:
- To avoid technical problems, use Google Chrome.
- Members will need to log in using their existing email and password first.
- Once you are logged in to the website you will be able to register by clicking the green register button at the top of the page.
- If you have forgotten your password click here.
- If you are new to the site, you can create an account here. Answer all fields on the create an account page- especially locating your company name. You can search by name or zip code. After creating an account, you will be able to register for the webinar.
Need further assistance? Email educate@ahca.org
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This course is aimed at reinvigorating your passion for long term care by providing you with tools and resources you can immediately use to decrease your perceived stress levels and help your team members do the same to aid with staff retention. Self-care is essential and is the key to self-managing stressful situations. If you are not taking care of yourself first, how can you be expected to take care of others.
Working in post acute and long term care is incredibly rewarding. It is also stressful due to the demands and pressures that are faced on a daily basis. The workforce crisis and COVID-19 have exacerbated this stress creating even more challenges for those who work in long term care. This course is aimed at reinvigorating your passion for long term care by providing you with tools and resources you can immediately use to decrease your perceived stress levels and help your team members do the same to aid with staff retention. Self-care is essential and is the key to self-managing stressful situations. If you are not taking care of yourself first, how can you be expected to take care of others? It is time to put yourself first! Mindfulness-based stress reduction learned in this training can help put self-care back into your daily routine and support you in doing what you do best.
Course Objectives:
- Identify what stress is.
- Identify why we fail at self-care.
- Examine the importance of self-care.
- Describe the mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program.
- Discuss how to use the MBSR program to improve staff retention, resiliency, and improve job satisfaction.
- Describe how to establish a MBSR program peer support group.
- Discuss the sustainability of MBSR programs.
- Identify which MBSR program strategy you can implement today to decrease your stress.
Presenter: Pamela Truscott, MSN/Ed, DNS-CT, QCP, RAC-CT, CDP, Director, Clinical and Regulatory Services
Cost:
$199 for AHCA/NCAL members
$249 for non-members
Additional discounts are available for groups 26+
3.50 NAB CEs and 3.0 CEs through the Iowa Board of Nursing are available upon course completion.
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All Improving Staff Resiliency and Retention: An Action Plan that Works materials subject to this copyright may be photocopied or distributed for the purpose of nonprofit or educational advancement. The use, photocopying, and distribution for commercial purposes of any of these materials is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of American Health Care Association.
Please use Google Chrome for the best user experience.
One individual can purchase multiple registrations for more participants by adding them to their cart during the checkout process. Please note, for this option to work, every participant will need to have an ahcancalED account first.
To add several participants, please click the green button in the cart that says:
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You will then be able to search for more than one participant using their email address. If the person making payment should not have access to the course, then you can remove yourself by clicking the red "remove" button by your name.
*Payment Tip: The price of the training will be based on each registrant’s member type (member or non-member). please be sure when you are paying with a credit card the bill-to and shipping address are the same*
If you need assistance, please email educate@ahca.org
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- Non-member - $249
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Self-care is absolutely essential and is the secret to surviving stressful situations. If you are not taking care of yourself first, how can you be expected to take care of others. It is time to put yourself first!
Long term care facilities are incredibly stressful environments. Working with people can be stressful. The staffing crisis and COVID-19 have exacerbated the stress creating even more challenges for those who work in long term care. This session is aimed at reinvigorating your passion for long term care by providing you with tools and resources you can immediately use to decrease your perceived stress levels and help your team members do the same. Self-care is absolutely essential and is the secret to surviving stressful situations. If you are not taking care of yourself first, how can you be expected to take care of others. It is time to put yourself first!
Learning Objectives:
- After attending this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify stressful situations within their environment.
- Employ stress reduction techniques that work.
- Decrease their overall perceived stress levels.
Presenter:
Pamela Truscott MSN/Ed, DNS-CT, QCP, RAC-CT, CDP
Cost:
$25 AHCA/NCAL Members
$65 Non-members
This 34-minute learning session does not come with CEs.
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All Self-Care: The Secret to Surviving! materials subject to this copyright may be photocopied or distributed for the purpose of nonprofit or educational advancement. The use, photocopying, and distribution for commercial purposes of any of these materials is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of American Health Care Association.
Please use Google Chrome for the best user experience.
One individual can purchase multiple registrations for more participants by adding them to their cart during the checkout process. Please note, for this option to work, every participant will need to have an ahcancalED account first.
To add several participants, please click the green button in the cart that says:
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You will then be able to search for more than one participant using their email address. If the person making payment should not have access to the course, then you can remove yourself by clicking the red "remove" button by your name.
*Payment Tip: The price of the training will be based on each registrant’s member type (member or non-member). please be sure when you are paying with a credit card the bill-to and shipping address are the same*
If you need assistance, please email educate@ahca.org
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The ERTC is intended to offer employers with a tax credit which can be used for wages when employees are furloughed during a government ordered shut-down. The initial version of the program was restrictive and had only limited eligibility. Changes made to the program by the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) expanded eligibility making more employers likely eligible and provided more clarity around interaction with Provider Relief Funds and Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans. This pre-recorded webinar provides an overview of the ERTC, important changes made by the CAA, and offers concrete action steps to explore your eligibility and leverage the ERTC. Also, AHCA is offering high level ERTC technical support via partner CPA firms. The webinar explains how to access this resource.
The ERTC is intended to offer employers with a tax credit which can be used for wages when employees are furloughed during a government ordered shut-down. The initial version of the program was restrictive and had only limited eligibility. Changes made to the program by the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) expanded eligibility making more employers likely eligible and provided more clarity around interaction with Provider Relief Funds and Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans. This pre-recorded webinar provides an overview of the ERTC, important changes made by the CAA, and offers concrete action steps to explore your eligibility and leverage the ERTC. Also, AHCA is offering high level ERTC technical support via partner CPA firms. The webinar explains how to access this resource.
This webinar is available to AHCA/NCAL members only.
Follow the Instructions Below to Register:
- To avoid technical problems, use Google Chrome.
- Members will need to log in using their existing email and password first.
- Once you are logged in to the website you will be able to register by clicking the green register button at the top of the page.
- If you have forgotten your password click here.
- If you are new to the site, you can create an account here. Answer all fields on the create an account page- especially locating your company name. You can search by name or zip code. After creating an account, you will be able to register for the webinar.
Need further assistance? Email educate@ahca.org
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Revenue Cycle Management Academy - Ensuring Accurate & Appropriate Payment
Who Should Register: Billing/Accounts Receivable Staff, Staff with Revenue Cycle Management Roles, Administrators
As reimbursement models move away from fee-for-service and toward value-based reimbursement, managed care, and more complex patient characteristic-based methodologies, ensuring your billing and/or accounts receivable staff have clear and consistent claims submission and claims follow-up guidance is critical. Without such structure, SNFs may receive less than the appropriate and accurate payment amounts as well as overall revenue targets. Developing Revenue Cycle Management processes will help facilities coordinate clinical and administrative functions necessary for successful revenue cycle management systems and improve patient outcomes while saving time and lowering administrative costs.
In this Revenue Cycle Management Academy, will learn about topics such as claims submission, third-party follow-up, securing prior authorization, strategies to navigate managed care appeals processes, and best practices associated with coordinating with MDS coding leads.
- Learn how to implements systems to assure proper and timely payment from all payers.
- Learn about the attributes of a high-performing RCM Team.
- Learn How to Use AHCA’s Medicare Advantage reimbursement management tools.
Additional RCM webinars will be offered throughout 2022 for all RCM Academy registrants. Topics will include deep dives on Medicare Advantage, Accountable Care Organizations, Personal/Resident Responsibility, and re-orienting you’re A/R Office for a Managed Care Dominated Market.
Unlimited 2022 Facility Staff Access
NO NAB CEs OFFERED
Price $1,000
Facilities will use one individual's login to access the material or set up a small meeting space and broadcast to other staff.
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All Revenue Cycle Management Academy: Facility Registration materials subject to this copyright may be photocopied or distributed for the purpose of nonprofit or educational advancement. The use, photocopying, and distribution for commercial purposes of any of these materials is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of American Health Care Association.
How To Access the Webinar:
Revenue Cycle Management Academy participants can log in to their course to access the live webinar and/or listen the subsequent recording. These additional 2022 webinars are bonus content and not mandatory to receive the CEs offered upon successful completion of the RCM Academy curriculum.
Not Yet Registered for RCM Academy…If you would like to view this webinar and have access to the entire RCM Academy curriculum and bonus RCM webinars throughout 2022, you can enroll at RCMacademy.ahcancal.org. AHCA’s Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Academy online training program takes a holistic interdisciplinary approach toward SNF revenue management. RCM Academy helps develop concrete strategies to secure earned dollars and to “stay paid” when thinking about managed care payment recoveries. RCM Academy helps SNFs: Prepare for the eventual phase down of COVID-related government assistance Stabilize and better manage a predictable revenue flow relative to overhead Stay paid when considering Medicare Advantage Plan payment recovery trends.
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Webinar number two will focus on identifying PHM opportunities and taking action. Participants will hear from IOs currently involved in PHM provide insight on their reasons for participating, impacts to their core business, challenges and successes.
Webinar number two will focus on identifying PHM opportunities and taking action. Participants will hear from IOs currently involved in PHM provide insight on their reasons for participating, impacts to their core business, challenges and successes. From this webinar participants will be able to:
- Describe the experiences of IOs in PHM models
- Explain how to identify opportunities for participation in their own markets and take action
- Discuss the potential benefits and challenges of IO participation in PHM
Speaker: Jill Sumner, VP Population Health Management, AHCA/NCAL
This webinar is available to AHCA/NCAL members only. The webinar will be recorded.
Follow the Instructions Below to Register:
- To avoid technical problems, use Google Chrome.
- Members will need to log in using their existing email and password first.
- Once you are logged in to the website you will be able to register by clicking the green register button at the top of the page.
- If you have forgotten your password click here.
- If you are new to the site, you can create an account here. Answer all fields on the create an account page- especially locating your company name. You can search by name or zip code. After creating an account, you will be able to register for the webinar.
Need further assistance? Email educate@ahca.org
© 2022 American Health Care Association. All rights reserved.
All Population Health Management (PHM): The Path to Independent Owner (IO) Participation: Webinar 2 materials subject to this copyright may be photocopied or distributed for the purpose of nonprofit or educational advancement. The use, photocopying, and distribution for commercial purposes of any of these materials is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of American Health Care Association.
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Revenue Cycle Management Academy - Ensuring Accurate & Appropriate Payment
Who Should Register: Billing/Accounts Receivable Staff, Staff with Revenue Cycle Management Roles, Administrators
As reimbursement models move away from fee-for-service and toward value-based reimbursement, managed care, and more complex patient characteristic-based methodologies, ensuring your billing and/or accounts receivable staff have clear and consistent claims submission and claims follow-up guidance is critical. Without such structure, SNFs may receive less than the appropriate and accurate payment amounts as well as overall revenue targets. Developing Revenue Cycle Management processes will help facilities coordinate clinical and administrative functions necessary for successful revenue cycle management systems and improve patient outcomes while saving time and lowering administrative costs.
In this Revenue Cycle Management Academy, will learn about topics such as claims submission, third-party follow-up, securing prior authorization, strategies to navigate managed care appeals processes, and best practices associated with coordinating with MDS coding leads.
- Learn how to implements systems to assure proper and timely payment from all payers.
- Learn about the attributes of a high-performing RCM Team.
- Learn How to Use AHCA’s Medicare Advantage reimbursement management tools.
Additional RCM webinars will be offered throughout 2022 for all RCM Academy registrants. Topics will include deep dives on Medicare Advantage, Accountable Care Organizations, Personal/Resident Responsibility, and re-orienting you’re A/R Office for a Managed Care Dominated Market. These additional 2022 webinars are additional content and not mandatory to receive the CEs offered upon successful completion of the RCM Academy curriculum.
6.75 NAB CEs awarded upon successful completion of the program:
Price:
$350 AHCA/NCAL members
$650 Non-members
© 2022 American Health Care Association. All rights reserved.
All Revenue Cycle Management Academy materials subject to this copyright may be photocopied or distributed for the purpose of nonprofit or educational advancement. The use, photocopying, and distribution for commercial purposes of any of these materials is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of American Health Care Association.
Group Discounts Available for Individuals from the Same Facility or Corporate office: $300 per person
Email educate@ahca.org for more information.
Please use Google Chrome for the best user experience.
One individual can purchase multiple registrations for more participants by adding them to their cart during the checkout process. Please note, for this option to work, every participant will need to have an ahcancalED account first.
To add several participants, please click the green button in the cart that says:
.
You will then be able to search for more than one participant using their email address. If the person making payment should not have access to the course, then you can remove yourself by clicking the red "remove" button by your name.
*Payment Tip: The price of the training will be based on each registrant’s member type (member or non-member). please be sure when you are paying with a credit card the bill-to and shipping address are the same*
If you need assistance, please email educate@ahca.org
How To Access the Webinar:
Revenue Cycle Management Academy participants can log in to their course to access the live webinar and/or listen the subsequent recording. These additional 2022 webinars are bonus content and not mandatory to receive the CEs offered upon successful completion of the RCM Academy curriculum.
Not Yet Registered for RCM Academy…If you would like to view this webinar and have access to the entire RCM Academy curriculum and bonus RCM webinars throughout 2022, you can enroll at RCMacademy.ahcancal.org. AHCA’s Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Academy online training program takes a holistic interdisciplinary approach toward SNF revenue management. RCM Academy helps develop concrete strategies to secure earned dollars and to “stay paid” when thinking about managed care payment recoveries. RCM Academy helps SNFs: Prepare for the eventual phase down of COVID-related government assistance Stabilize and better manage a predictable revenue flow relative to overhead Stay paid when considering Medicare Advantage Plan payment recovery trends.
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The first webinar in this two-part series focuses on setting the stage, reviewing the fundamentals of Population Health Management and its significance for Independent Owners.
The first webinar in this two-part series focuses on setting the stage, reviewing the fundamentals of Population Health Management and its significance for Independent Owners. From this webinar participants will be able to:
- Describe what population health management is and its significance for IOs
- Identify the foundations of PHM and their application across models
- Explain the parallels between current IO practices and quality metrics and those in PHM
Speaker: Jill Sumner, VP Population Health Management, AHCA/NCAL
This webinar is available to AHCA/NCAL members only.
Follow the Instructions Below to Register:
- To avoid technical problems, use Google Chrome.
- Members will need to log in using their existing email and password first.
- Once you are logged in to the website you will be able to register by clicking the green register button at the top of the page.
- If you have forgotten your password click here.
- If you are new to the site, you can create an account here. Answer all fields on the create an account page- especially locating your company name. You can search by name or zip code. After creating an account, you will be able to register for the webinar.
Need further assistance? Email educate@ahca.org
© 2022 American Health Care Association. All rights reserved.
All Population Health Management (PHM): The Path to Independent Owner (IO) Participation: Webinar 1 materials subject to this copyright may be photocopied or distributed for the purpose of nonprofit or educational advancement. The use, photocopying, and distribution for commercial purposes of any of these materials is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of American Health Care Association.
Live Webinar #2 on June 24th at 1 pm ET | REGISTER HERE
Webinar number two will focus on identifying PHM opportunities and taking action. Participants will hear from IOs currently involved in PHM provide insight on their reasons for participating, impacts to their core business, challenges and successes. From this webinar participants will be able to:
- Describe the experiences of IOs in PHM models
- Explain how to identify opportunities for participation in their own markets and take action
- Discuss the potential benefits and challenges of IO participation in PHM
This webinar is available to AHCA/NCAL members only. The webinar will be recorded.
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