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11th hour PDPM Transition Guide
Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Event on 08/27/2019 at 3:00 PM (EDT)During this 90- minute live webinar, the presenters will discuss how providers can use a concise and downloadable 11th hour PDPM Transition Guide tool we developed to help providers answer these questions over the remaining days leading up to October 1. In addition, the presenters will share important recent PDPM implementation updates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) including: 1) Policy changes and clarifications discussed in the recently published SNF PPS FY 2020 Final Rule, 2) FAQs from the CMS August 8 SNF Open Door Forum call, and 3) Key PDPM-related MDS updates/clarifications discussed in the CMS August 13-14 SNF QRP/MDS/PDPM two-day provider training, and any other billing guidance issued by CMS prior to the webinar. There will be a Q&A period of approximately 30 minutes following the presentation. In addition to the downloadable 11th hour PDPM Transition Guide tool and webinar slides, AHCA will also post an on-demand recording of the live webinar as well as written Q&A responses to all questions submitted shortly after the live webinar.
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During this 90- minute live webinar, the presenters will discuss how providers can use a concise and downloadable 11th hour PDPM Transition Guide tool we developed to help providers answer these questions over the remaining days leading up to October 1. In addition, the presenters will share important recent PDPM implementation updates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) including: 1) Policy changes and clarifications discussed in the recently published SNF PPS FY 2020 Final Rule, 2) FAQs from the CMS August 8 SNF Open Door Forum call, and 3) Key PDPM-related MDS updates/clarifications discussed in the CMS August 13-14 SNF QRP/MDS/PDPM two-day provider training, and any other billing guidance issued by CMS prior to the webinar. There will be a Q&A period of approximately 30 minutes following the presentation. In addition to the downloadable 11th hour PDPM Transition Guide tool and webinar slides, AHCA will also post an on-demand recording of the live webinar as well as written Q&A responses to all questions submitted shortly after the live webinar.
Recommended Participants: SNF Administrators, Directors or Nursing, MDS Coordinators, Rehabilitation Directors, Billers, and other staff responsible for assessment of Medicare Part A SNF PPS residents.
Presenters:
Mike Cheek, Senior Vice President, Reimbursement Policy, AHCA and
Robin Hillier, Robin Hillier Consulting, LLC
Arbitration: tips and tools for implementing CMS’s recent final rule on arbitration
Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Event on 08/29/2019 at 2:00 PM (EDT)AHCA will host a webinar on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final arbitration rule on Thursday, August 29 at 2 pm ET. As a reminder, last month CMS issued the final rule that reverses the Obama-era ban on the use of arbitration agreements. This rule makes it very clear that we have the ability to use pre-dispute agreements, while at the same time adding provisions intended to make sure that residents and/or their representatives understand the agreements into which they are entering. Additionally, the rule prevents a facility from making the signing of an agreement a precondition of admission.
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AHCA will host a webinar on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final arbitration rule on Thursday,August 29 at 2 pm ET. As a reminder, last month CMS issued the final rule that reverses the Obama-era ban on the use of arbitration agreements. This rule makes it very clear that we have the ability to use pre-dispute agreements, while at the same time adding provisions intended to make sure that residents and/or their representatives understand the agreements into which they are entering. Additionally, the rule prevents a facility from making the signing of an agreement a precondition of admission.
Speakers:
Mark Reagan, Managing Shareholder, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC
James Segroves, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
Sexuality and the Resident With Dementia
Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Event on 09/10/2019 at 2:00 PM (EDT)This session provides a shared human and clinical perspective on how to approach matters of sexuality for all residents, but with focused considerations for those with dementia or other special needs. The matters of consent, capacity and resident education will be addressed. Suggested approaches will be offered for care planning for issues involving suspected sexual abuse, cases of unwanted sexual contact or contact in circumstances where one or both parties lack capacity to consent.
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This session provides a shared human and clinical perspective on how to approach matters of sexuality for all residents, but with focused considerations for those with dementia or other special needs. The matters of consent, capacity and resident education will be addressed. Suggested approaches will be offered for care planning for issues involving suspected sexual abuse, cases of unwanted sexual contact or contact in circumstances where one or both parties lack capacity to consent.
Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the regulatory requirements relative to Residents’ Rights for privacy, dignity and choice in matters of sexual expression;
- Create policy and procedure that supports compliance and quality care, addresses capacity and the special considerations for residents with dementia, mental illness or other cognitive or intellectual deficit; and
- Develop staff education and training programs that ensure sensitivity and appropriate accommodation of the human need for sexual expression.
Intended Audience: Appropriate to all staff, with a concentration on the clinical care team
Speaker: Barbara Speedling, Quality of Life Specialist
Barbara Speedling (Moderator)
Quality of Life Specialist
Barbara Speedling Personally dedicated to the creation of meaningful, satisfying lives for all those who rely on another’s care
An inspirational and motivational speaker, Barbara is an author, educator and management consultant at the forefront of person-centered care.
An innovator with more than 30 years of practical experience within the adult care community, she is the expert providers turn to when they want to ensure that the services they provide meet not only the physical needs of their residents, but their emotional and psychosocial needs as well.
Working from a core belief in the dignity and individuality of all people, Barbara has helped countless adult care communities implement her unique training and education programs that:
- Improve the quality of care for those living with Alzheimer’s disease
- Bring better quality of life to such residents, as well as to those who live with disease-related dementia, a mental illness, or a brain injury
- Encourage staffers to use newly developed cultural empathy to form better relationships with those in their care
- Offer new strategies for promoting harmony among increasingly diverse, younger and assertive populations
- Open new pathways to maintaining regulatory compliance
- Support leadership and organizational development
In addition to her degree in healthcare administration, Barbara is an accomplished musician and artist. She uses those talents to develop new and creative ways of reaching out to those who are cognitively diminished. She was also certified in 2015 by Dr. Susan Wehry as a Master Trainer for the OASIS education program for improved care of residents with dementia.
The author of two books devoted to common sense advice for meeting the holistic needs of an increasingly diverse and challenging community, both Why is Grandma Screaming and Toward Better Behavior: Yours Mine & Everyone Else’s are now widely distributed to staff members at community, residential and long-term care facilities across the country and in Canada.
Blessed with boundless energy and tireless enthusiasm, Barbara also volunteers in her free time to offer caregiver education and support to families who need it most. Through her affiliations with local artists and musicians in her native New York City, she also arranges therapeutic music, dance and wellness programming that improves the quality of life for local seniors.
Week One of PDPM – “One-Time” Transitional Policies
Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Event on 09/17/2019 at 3:00 PM (EDT)During this 90- minute live webinar, the presenters will discuss details related to unique challenges providers will face during the SNF PPS transition period from the RUG-IV to PDPM. Many of these are related to “one-time” transitional policies for residents receiving Part A services under RUGs in September and transitioning to PDPM on October 1. Specific topics to be discussed include: 1) Handling RUG-IV assessments and billing for late September admissions expected to extend into October; 2) Use of the 5-Day PDPM assessment versus the Transitional IPA Assessment during week one in October; 3) Interrupted stay policy during week one in October; 4) Assessment considerations for payers that may have continued with RUG-III or RUG-IV payment models (i.e. Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, VA); and 5) Strategies to troubleshoot and resolve payment challenges should they occur. AHCA will also post an on-demand recording of the live webinar as well as written Q&A responses to all questions submitted shortly after the live webinar.
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Step 1
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Use your user name and password that you would use for LTC Trend Tracker or the AHCA NCAL website.
Don’t have an account or can’t remember?
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Once you are in and can see your name in the upper left hand corner, you are ready to go!
Step 2
From the home page click on a category (Resources, Training, Webinars or On-Demand Training) For this demonstration, let’s try Webinars- Upcoming Live.
On the “upcoming webinars” page go to a product in which you are interested. Click the green REGISTER button.
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Need further help? Email us at educate@ahca.org
We’ll walk you through it.
During this 90- minute live webinar, the presenters will discuss details related to unique challenges providers will face during the SNF PPS transition period from the RUG-IV to PDPM. Many of these are related to “one-time” transitional policies for residents receiving Part A services under RUGs in September and transitioning to PDPM on October 1. Specific topics to be discussed include: 1) Handling RUG-IV assessments and billing for late September admissions expected to extend into October; 2) Use of the 5-Day PDPM assessment versus the Transitional IPA Assessment during week one in October; 3) Interrupted stay policy during week one in October; 4) Assessment considerations for payers that may have continued with RUG-III or RUG-IV payment models (i.e. Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, VA); and 5) Strategies to troubleshoot and resolve payment challenges should they occur. AHCA will also post an on-demand recording of the live webinar as well as written Q&A responses to all questions submitted shortly after the live webinar.
Presenters: Mike Cheek, Senior Vice President, Reimbursement Policy, AHCA and Dan Ciolek, Associate Vice President, Therapy Advocacy AHCA
