Five Days and Counting Until PDPM
As the industry anticipates the implementation of a completely new Medicare payment classification system, it is important to keep in mind a few fundamental concepts: 1) The basic Medicare program benefits and coverage criteria have not changed. 2) The MDS still follows a standard process for scheduling, data collection and interpretation. 3) An accurate and...
Are You Ready? PDPM is on the Horizon
PDPM will become effective in a little more than three weeks, on October 1, 2019. Is your team ready for this substantial change? Below are a few leadership considerations as providers transition to this new payment model: 1. Identify the Medicare coverage criteria are met throughout the Resident’s Stay. Providers can no longer rely upon...
Root Cause Analysis with Karolee Alexander
Pathway Health’s Karolee Alexander presents the webinar, titled, “Clinical Online Workshop: Root Cause Analysis,” hosted by Care Providers of Minnesota. The event will provide participants with best practices for thorough root cause analysis and how to prioritize necessary changes. Objectives: Understand the intent of a root cause analysis Learn several techniques for performing and teaching...
Phase 3 Preparedness with Pharmascript
Pathway Health’s Leah Killian-Smith presents the webinar, titled, “Purposeful Preparedness for Phase 3,” hosted by Pharmascript. The event will provide participants with knowledge of the required elements of Phase 3 and their impact on LTC policies and procedures. Objectives: Understand the required elements of Phase 3 and how they affect long-term care’s current policies and...
An Effective QAPI Program with the Beacon Institute
Get hands-on learning to address your QAPI responsibilities that approach with the upcoming Phase 3 changes later this year. Pathway Health’s Jeanne Carlson presents at the upcoming event, “Implementing An Effective QAPI Program Applying Root Cause Analysis,” hosted by the Beacon Institute. The event takes place on May 9 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m....
Meet us at WHCA/WiCAL in Green Bay
Pathway Health’s Stacy Jones and Leah Killian-Smith will be attending the 57th Annual Spring Conference & Exposition hosted by Wisconsin Health Care Association and the Wisconsin Center for Assisted Living in Green Bay, WI, from April 10 – 12. This annual conference focuses on four major challenges facing the health care community in 2019 and...
Data = Quality at Care Providers of Minnesota’ Webinar
Care Providers of Minnesota will host an online workshop titled, “Data = Quality,” to present the new regulations for publicly reported data in your long-term care facility. Pathway Health’s Karolee Alexander will work with webinar participants to teach how to use your facility’s data to improve quality and sustain high-level performance. Objectives include: Identify the...
Envisioning the Future with AANAC and AADNS in Orlando
Pathway Health’s Susan LaGrange, Karolee Alexander, Colleen Toebe, Cindy Perrault, Louann Lawson, and Leah Killian-Smith will be exhibiting at the 2019 AANAC and AADNS Annual Conference hosted by the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination in Orlando, FL, from April 3 – 5. Susan LaGrange will also present at the event. This will be the...
Phase 3 Training Requirements with LeadingAge Kansas
Pathway Health’s Leah Killian-Smith presents the FINAL installation of the 7-part series on Phase 3 changes. The webinar, titled, “Phase 3 Training Requirements for SNFs,” summarizes the key points from the previous webinars and boils down the next steps for long-term care facilities with new requirements for training under Phase 3. Nursing homes must develop,...
New CMS Memos – Leadership “Need to Know”
We all know change is an inevitable, new reality in post-acute care. Our industry continues to transform utilizing data (organizational and public) as a determining factor for consumers, strategic partners, and regulators. In the past few weeks, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published three new QSO’s that directly impact providers. After...