This course will provide specialized training for designated Infection Preventionists, who are responsible for the infection prevention and control program at their skilled nursing center or assisted living community. REGISTRATIONS for IPCO MUST be done by the individual who will be taking the course, under their individual login. Registrations CANNOT be done by another person or under another person’s login.

This briefing will provide a high-level overview of the more than 700-page final rule.

This session will present an overview of the key changes to put you in the “driver’s seat” for success with compliance.

Part 2 Discharge to Community: Creating Seamless Transitions

Later this month, CMS will begin using staffing data from the Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) in the calculation of Five-Star ratings posted on Nursing Home Compare. This webinar will explain these changes and the impact they will have on your nursing center’s Staffing Star rating. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.

Preparing for the New Survey Process and Requirements of Participation Phase 2

NOTE: All resources in this module are not accessible until members 1) Click the log in button in the upper right hand corner and enter your AHCA username and password. (Follow the directions on the bottom of the sign-in page if you can't remember) 2) Click on the register button to gain FREE access to all the Five-Star resources. 3) Click on the products to view them. Be sure to click and view the webinar on the right. We hope you benefit by using these products. Cheers, The ahcancalED Team

On Thursday, February 9th, from 1 – 2PM EST, AHCA, with guest speaker Jocelyn Montgomery, RN, and Director of Clinical Affairs at the California Association Health Facilities, will hold a webinar on the new emergency preparedness final rule impacting Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF), Nursing Facilities (NF) and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID).

​AHCA staff and member experts will provide a technical overview, as well as technical insights into, CMS’ Resident Classification System Version 1 (RCS-1). The proposed patient characteristics-based system is a fundamental departure from the current Resource Utilization Group Prospective Payment System (RUGS IV). AHCA staff and member experts will discuss the overarching RCS-1 goals and features. Presenters also will discuss each new component as well as likely alternations in SNF operations required to deliver services in the proposed system should it be implemented.

This presentation provides an introductory overview of the new Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) payment model that will be implemented on October, 1, 2019 (Fiscal Year 2020). Specifically, the current Resource Utilization Groups, version IV (RUG-IV) per-diem case-mix payment model, which is based on resident characteristics and therapy utilization, will be replaced by a Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), which is based solely on resident characteristics. This represents the most significant change in how SNFs are paid since the SNF PPS was first implemented in October 1998. This presentation describes the motivations for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to change the SNF PPS payment model, the basic design of the PDPM payment model, the specific patient assessment payment drivers and their impacts on payment rates, and the AHCA member support activities to help members prepare for PDPM implementation.