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Friday, September 13, 2019

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New Networking Event: Post-Acute Care Forum

This event is specifically designed for decision-makers at skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies (Manager, Director, Owners/Operators, or VP), who have projects in the pipeline and are actively sourcing solutions. Apply Here

Home Health and SNFs

Home Health and SNF CMS call recording now available

Home Health Call: Audio Recording and Transcript An audio recording, transcript, revised presentation, and clarification are available for the August 21 Medicare Learning Network call on the Home Health Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM): Operational Issues. Learn information to help your agency prepare to implement billing changes for the PDGM on January 1, 2020. SNF Value-Based …

Skilled Nursing Facility

Hurricane Dorian stirs up the age-old debate: Should you stay or should you go in a natural disaster?

When a hurricane strikes, SNFs, along with the rest of the population in coastal regions, are often issued mandatory evacuations. In 2012, researchers at PBS studied the effects evacuations had on SNF and nursing home residents in the weeks after hurricanes. In the study, To Evacuate or Shelter in Place: Implications of Universal Hurricane Evacuation …

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Monthly In-Service: September issue of CNA Training Advisor

Understand the plan of care. Get the latest issue to receive a new lesson plan, including course materials, a 4-page in-service, and a quiz targeted to address the unique needs, interests, and concerns of CNAs.

Post-Acute

Pain Management: CDC Conversation Starters for Patients and Their Doctors

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released four new fact sheets that encourage patients and doctors to discuss pain management options and the potential risks of opioid medication. Information includes: What patients can expect if they are taking opioids Guidance on safer use Prompts for a doctor-patient discussion of treatment goals and plans …

Home Health

Background checks for long-term workers needs more attention from states

Several states are running behind on implementation of a national background check program covering home health agencies and hospice providers, among others. Only two out of 11 states that concluded their participation in the program in 2017 and 2018 implemented all the requirements, according to a report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The report contends the …

PPS Alert for Long-Term Care

PDPM Preparedness: Enhance your pre-admission process prior to PDPM with these 7 tips

The pre-admission process will take on an entirely new level of importance once Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) goes into effect on Oct. 1, 2019.