Webinars & other education opportunities

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

Eastern & Caribbean Region

invites you to attend a complimentary Zoom webinar on:

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Topics to be covered:

• A brief introduction of OCR & the HIPAA Security Rule
• Recent cybersecurity guidance from OCR and security incident trends
• Common security rule compliance issues
• Recent compliance resolution agreements
• Best cybersecurity practices for covered entities & business associates

If you have specific questions you would like addressed during the webinar, please forward them to pattie@hcanj.org no later than December 5.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88073718595?pwd=YbgMBlsfhd4oK7ngC3RbDNrO3O9MIa.1

Meeting ID: 880 7371 8595 Passcode: 122395

New CMS SNF VBP measures effective 10/1/2023 will determine Medicare Part A rates beginning 10/1/2025. Understand the new skilled nursing value-based purchasing changes now or start writing your excuses for losing future Medicare reimbursements.

LEARN HOW:

• CMS calculates VBP measures, risk adjustment, facility score, and payment adjustment.
• CMS will apply the incentive payment multiplier.
• to use a SNF VBP prediction calculator to estimate the financial impact of quality measures on Medicare Part A revenue.
• adopting best practices now helps avoid Part A  payment penalties and can boost future incentive payments.

AHCA/NCAL members: $40

Non-members: $80

Questions? Email educate@ahcancal.org

Participants must complete all training modules and successfully pass quizzes and a final test with a grade of 80 or above to receive a certificate of completion from AHCA, valid for 3 years.

The AHCA/NCAL Infection Control Certificate Program features two main areas.

Five eLearning modules that provide basic knowledge in the following areas:

1. Infection Prevention and Control for All Staff
2. Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
3. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
4. Hand Hygiene
5. COVID-19: PPE Guidance for Use

Five eCompetencies^TM with evidence-based digital checklists that allow evaluators to confirm step-by-step knowledge and competency for:

1. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Applying and Removing
2. Handwashing
3. Surgical Face Mask: Application and Removal
4. N95 Respirator Application and User Seal Check

Cleaning and Disinfecting Environmental Surfaces

Skilled nursing care providers improve the lives of the residents they care for in a number of ways, including improving their functional outcomes and independence. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), the IMPACT Act, and CMS all called for the development of functional improvement measures based on the self-care and mobility sections of the Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool. Maintaining or improving mobility and self-care abilities is important to healthy aging and maximizing independence. This course provides specialized training for those who are interested in improving functional outcomes, improving quality, and improving services. It will advance the knowledge, skills and attitudes by providing a wide array of learning tools and resources to meet the needs of various staff and departments.

Course Objectives:  Upon completion the learner will be able to:

1. Recognize the role centers play in improving functional outcomes of residents.
2. Define how functional outcomes directly impact quality of care.
3. Consider best practices to incorporate into everyday care in centers.
4. Identify tools to improve functional outcomes.
5. Review the restorative nursing program’s impact on functional outcomes.
6. Review of activities and other programs in the center that can impact functional outcomes.

Nurses, CNAs, therapists, activities staff and others responsible for improving functional outcomes will learn from this course.

The program is flexible and can be completed in one sitting or one module at a time.

The training is delivered in five modules, including:

• Module 1 – Explores the connection between functional outcomes and person-centered care, and how utilization of evidence-based pragmatic programs leads toward continuous improvement.
• Module 2 – Reviews the regulations related to functional outcomes including the CMS Requirements of Participation and how functional improvement impacts reimbursement.
• Module 3 – Covers best care coordination practices for short- and long-stay patients, including coordinating with therapy processes, and provides an overview of effective restorative nursing programs.
• Module 4 – Closely examines care practice application and what individuals can do to increase function, team engagement and concludes with a discussion of various quality initiatives that lead to better outcomes.
• Module 5 – Reviews the tools and resources needed to further functional outcomes improvement approaches to person-centered care.

Program Fees:

$199 AHCA/NCAL Member

$650 Non-member

6.5 NAB CE credits for administrators and 6.0 contact hours for nurses through the Iowa Board of Nursing.

Interested in group registration? Learn more here

There is roughly 1 CE per topic.

Topics include:

• Holistic Person-Centered Care Planning
• Getting Older is not for the Weak: An Evidence-Based Approach for Improving Mobility*
• Effective Care Transitions at Admission and Discharge*
• Trend Tracker and Other Sources to Monitor Quality Impact of PDPM*
• Identifying and Managing Residents with Complex Nursing and NTA Needs*
• Restorative Nursing and Skilled Maintenance Nursing and Therapy*
• Medical Director’s Role in the SNF PDPM World*
• It’s Called the Patient Driven Payment Model for a Reason*

Program Fees:

$150 AHCA/NCAL Member

$650 Non-member

*CEs available now

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the healthcare industry to its core.  Infection prevention and control practices have been challenged at every corner.  This course will review how COVID-19 spreads, how to track and report the illness including the regulatory requirements for infection prevention and control.  It will review the basics of infection prevention and control practices and will look at the future of infection prevention and control.  The course will describe the process for cohorting and utilizing testing to inform cohorting practices.  It will look at how to conduct self-assessment processes to continually evaluate and improve the infection prevention and control program in long term care centers.  Lastly, the course will review the process and necessity of screening practices and notifications to residents, families, and their representatives including the importance of communication.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the biology and spread of COVID-19
• Explain the regulatory requirements
• Discuss tracking illness & reporting to States/NHSN
• Identify steps for monitoring staff use of PPE, TBC, & handwashing
• Describe the process of cohorting
• Discuss using ICAR to conduct self-assessment
• Explain the process and necessity for screening visitors
• Discuss notifying residents, families, & resident representatives
• Review infection prevention and control in the post-COVID-19 world

3.0 NAB approved CEs and 3 contact hours for nurses through the Iowa Board of Nursing will be awarded upon successful completion of the quiz.

Intended Audience:

Nurses, Administrators, Nursing Home Leadership/Management (Clinical & Non-Clinical Leaders)

Cost:

$199 AHCA/NCAL members

$249 general public/ non-members

This four-module course is designed to improve person-centered care for post-acute care (short stay) residents under the PDPM payment system.  Since the PDPM model was a wholesale shift in payment and delivery, initial training mechanisms focused on the new system components. Now that those immediate change needs have been adopted, education and training on best practices for implementing person-centered care should be reviewed to fully adopt CMS’s vision for the PDPM model. This course will define person-centered care and show how it is a key feature in PDPM and when implemented can improve care practices that lead to better patient outcomes.

Designed to be appropriate for all facility staff, the first 3 modules can be done as a team or individuals.  The final module consists of role-specific course content for either administrators, clinical professionals (Nursing/Rehab therapies), Nursing Assistants, or other essential facility staff.  The presentation modules and accompanying fact sheets, and either team exercise or case studies, are designed to promote team application of the concepts into their clinical practice and to elevate person-centered care throughout the organization.

Course Objectives:  Upon completion, the learner will be able to:

1.  Recognize how person-centered care is the core of the PDPM payment model.

2.  Define the core components of person-centered care.

3.  Consider best practices to incorporate person-centered care into everyday interactions and care plans for short-stay residents.

4.  Identify tools to assess person-centered care practices.

5.  Review the key components of teamwork and communication required for person-centered care.

6.  Review of activities and other programs that can impact facility-wide adoption of person-centered care.

Cost:

$350 AHCA/NCAL Members

$650 Non-members

Discounts are available when registering five or more individuals.

Continuing Education:

5.25 NAB approved CEs are available upon completion and 4.0 contact hours for nurses through the Iowa Board of Nursing.

Need assistance? Email educate@ahca.org

The workforce crisis and COVID-19 have exacerbated the demands and pressures faced by staff creating even more challenges for those who work in long term care. ahcancalED is launching two new trainings focused on self-care and resiliency to help long term care staff cope with the stresses they face.

Self-care is an essential and purposeful staff retention strategy. The mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques taught in these two courses net tangible results and support employees in what they do best – caring for others

• Improving Staff Resiliency and Retention: An Action Plan that Works is an in-depth course that provides the tools and resources needed to decrease stress levels and help other team members do the same. 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.

3.50 NAB CEs and 3.0 contact hours through the Iowa Board of Nursing.

$199 for AHCA/NCAL members and $249 for non-members.

• Self-Care: The Secret to Surviving! is an abbreviated course meant for frontline staff struggling with daily work and life stresses. The session includes an interactive quiz to help individuals measure their stress levels followed by strategies that can be individualized to cope with that stress. Managers and supervisors are encouraged to make this course available to staff members experiencing stress and to use it as preventative tool to help employees cope with stress.

$25 for AHCA/NCAL members and $65 for non-members. This 34-minute learning session does not come with CEs.