UPDATE: This blog has been updated 8/16/19. Please see below for details.
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PDPM Implementation Intensive: Advanced PDPM Skill Building Workshop
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Seminar Details:
Seminar Title: PDPM Implementation Intensive: Advanced PDPM Skill Building Workshop
Event Dates and Locations:
6/25/19 – Indianapolis, IN
Registration Closed.
7/18/19 – Louisville, KY
Registration Closed.
7/25/19 – Schaumburg, IL
Registration Closed.
8/15/19 – Nashville, TN
Registration Closed.
Continuing Education: 6.0 hours CE (NAB approved, KY board of nursing, PT, OT, SLP)
Instructional Level: Intermediate-Advanced, Contact Hours: 6.0
Course Description:
This 6-hour live event will address advanced skills required for successful implementation of the Payment Driven Payment Model for Skilled Nursing Facility reimbursement effective October 1, 2019. Emphasis of this session will be on moving beyond the fundamentals of the model to facility applications for successful operations, clinical systems, and best practices for a smooth transition. Interdisciplinary team strategies for managing the payment model change will be taught, and targeted break out sessions for MDS/Nursing, Administrators, and Rehabilitation will be incorporated to advance skill building based on individual staff roles in areas such as the admission process, coding accuracy, supportive documentation, care planning, clinical meetings, recommended policy and procedure updates, triple check, compliance and financial considerations including per diem rate estimation.
Learning Objectives
- Develop skill in implementing systems related to the key components, MDS changes, and critical features that will impact payment under the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM).
- Identify key operational, training and systems considerations for preparing to transition to PDPM
- Review specific facility updates and best practices recommended for effectively implementing the transition to PDPM.
Course Content
- 8:00am – 8:30am Registration and Sign-in
- 8:30am – 10:30am Critical variables impacting reimbursement under PDPM
- Pre-admission data collection
- Admission best practices
- Estimating per diem rates
- 10:30am – 10:45am Break
- 10:45am – 12:00pm IDT data collection and approaches for effective & efficient PDPM coding & documentation
- ICD.10 Essentials, coding collaboration and Clinical Category Mapping
- Section GG Function Scoring IDT Best Practices
- Communication and meeting updates
- Systems for supporting skilled services
- Interim Payment Assessment factors & best practices
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch (on your own)
- 1:00pm – 2:00pm Best Practices for Success
- Interrupted Stay
- Length of stay management
- Billing accuracy
- Staff Development Priorities
- Critical Competencies
- 2:00pm – 2:15pm Break
- 2:15pm – 4:00pm Break Out Sessions (choose one)
- 1. MDS/Nursing: Clinical Policies, Clinical Meetings, Care plans, Clinical Pathways, skilled documentation, restorative, QAPI, transition readiness assignments prior to 10/1/19. Q&A
- 2. Administration: Operational policies, financial considerations, contracts, hospital partner collaboration & PDPM transfer process, compliance, billing update, triple check, auditing/monitoring, transition readiness assignments prior to 10/1/19, Q&A
- 3. Rehabilitation: Planning treatment under PDPM, scheduling, clinical pathways, role in quality partnerships, coding essentials for therapy department, group/concurrent, skilled documentation, transition readiness assignments prior to 10/1/10, Q&A
- 4:00pm Adjourn
Who Should Attend:
Director of Nursing, Assistant Director of Nursing, Nurse Managers, Nursing Home Administrators, Nursing staff and leaders, Quality Assurance Director, Medical Records, MDS staff, Therapy staff, Business Office
Presented By:
Shelly Maffia, MSN, MBA, RN, LNHA, QCP, Clinical Consultant
Shelly Maffia is a Registered Nurse and Nursing Home Administrator with over fifteen years of experience serving in long term care leadership and consulting positions, including positions as Director of Nursing, Administrator, and Corporate Nurse Consultant and Training Positions. She earned the QAPI Certified Professional (QCP) credential from the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination (AANAC), which was established to promote the highest standards for QAPI program implementation in the long-term care profession. Click here to learn more about our team.
Amie Martin, OTR/L, CHC, RAC-CT, Clinical Consultant
Amie Martin is an Occupational Therapist and Compliance Officer with over twenty years of experience serving in long term care leadership positions and as a clinical program specialist. Amie is certified in healthcare compliance. She has successfully partnered with providers to develop and implement Compliance and Ethics Programs, achieve 5-star survey results, and ensure Medicare reimbursement accuracy as Founder and President of Proactive Medical Review Consulting. Click here to learn more about our team.
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CT
Eleisha Wilkes is a Registered Nurse and AANAC certified MDS consultant with over fifteen years of experience in long term care. She has served as a Director of Nursing, Case Manager and Resident Assessment Coordinator with extensive responsibility and success in driving QA in the areas of person centered assessment and care planning through effective systems, staff development, and interdisciplinary team collaboration. Eleisha specializes in Emergency Preparedness, MDS 3.0, reimbursement compliance, competency based staff education programs, SNF/NF survey readiness, and Phase 1-3 Requirements of Participation compliance. Click here to learn more about our team.
Stacy Baker, OTR/L, RAC-CT, CHC
Stacy is a graduate of University of Southern Indiana with extensive experience as an occupational therapist and multi-site manager in post-acute care settings. She has served as a mentor and clinical instructor, specializing in geriatric clinical programs, post-acute quality care and reimbursement, documentation and coding accuracy, and medical review management. She currently serves as a clinical consultant and Director of Audit Services for Proactive Medical Review & Consultants, LLC providing clinical instruction, quality assurance medical record auditing, and medical review response assistance in skilled nursing facilities throughout the country. Click here to learn more about our team.