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The sixth annual NCHCFA Summer Symposium will be August 9-11, 2017 at the Embassy Suites Resort at Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, SC. To view the Schedule of Events click here. Brochures will be available later this week! Please call the Association at (919) 782-3827 if you need additional details.

Call the Embassy Suites Resort at (800) 876-0010 to reserve your overnight room. Use group code “HCA” to identify yourself as a NC Health Care Facilities Association Convention attendee! To make your reservation on-line, visit http://tinyurl.com/summersymposium2017.

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In a recent survey of our member providers, the number one issue noted was staff retention and reducing employee turnover. We have been fortunate enough to secure a nationally recognized speaker on this topic, Cara Silletto, MBA, President of Crescendo Strategies. Crescendo Strategies is a firm committed to reducing the unnecessary employee turnover by bridging generational gaps and making leaders more effective in their roles. Cara currently sits in a unique spot for her specialty of bridging the great generational divide, because she is an early Millennial herself, born in 1981, yet she is equipped with an MBA and more than 14 years of experience learning the unwritten expectations of older managers and business owners in order to advance her own career. Workforce Magazine named Cara a “Game Changer” and Recruiter.com named her in their “Top 10 Company Culture Experts to Watch.” Cara is also the co-author of “What’s Next in HR.”

Click Here to watch a short video from Cara!

About the Program
Join us for our Workforce Summit, where we’ll tackle your staffing challenges head on! Come learn insights about the shifting demographics of the workforce, employees’ evolving expectations, and strategies for improving staffing stability and reducing unnecessary employee turnover. We’ll also dive into the mindset of your Millennial workers, those under 37, to explain exactly why they think and work so differently than previous generations. By the time you leave this workshop, you’ll discover the true cost of employee turnover, know how to assess your brand as an employer and walk away with realistic plans for improving your workforce woes.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the current and shifting workforce demographics
• Discuss the evolution of employee expectations over the past decade
• Learn how generational differences impact the workforce and why today’s youngest generation of workers thinks and acts differently than previous generations
• Discover strategies for reducing unnecessary employee turnover and increasing staffing stability

Dates Offered:
June 27th – Charlotte, NC
June 28th – Raleigh, NC

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW!
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THE BROCHURE!

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In order to continue operating under Medicare and Medicaid, nursing facilities must occasionally complete the re-credentialing/revalidation process. Both processes involve a notice being sent to the provider about their upcoming re-credentialing/revalidation date, however several nursing homes recently had their payments stopped. These providers were unaware of their deadline because they had not received their notices. Failure to complete these processes as scheduled will result in your payments being stopping by the respective payor.

The current Medicaid Bulletin contains and article on the Medicaid re-credentialing process.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has an on-line database that allows the user to view the revalidation dates of every provider.

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Make plans today to attend the sixth annual NCHCFA Summer Symposium August 9-11, 2017, at the Embassy Suites Resort at Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, SC. Cindy Deporter, MSSW, State Agency Director, Assistant Section Chief Acute and Home Care Section, and Quality Evaluative Systems Manager, Nursing Home Licensure and Certification, DHSR, will present on Wednesday, August 9th at 1:00 PM. Topics to date include:

• New Interpretative Guidelines
• What to expect in November 2017
• New survey process

The content of this presentation will continue to be updated until August. Additional details will be available in June. You do not want to miss this informative program.

Ms. Deporter was appointed as Interim Assistant Section Chief of the Acute Home Care Section in July of 2013, overseeing approximately 2000 home care agencies, 269 certified home health care agencies, and 200 Hospice Agencies in North Carolina. She is also Branch Manager of Quality Evaluative Systems at DHSR. This section is responsible for Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR), Independent Informal Dispute Resolution (IIDR), Enhancement Coalition, Enhancement Grants, Civil Money Penalties (CMP), and the Quality Improvement Committee. Ms. Deporter also directs Quality Indicator Surveys (QIS), and leads Electronic Plans of Correction (ePOC) that are being implemented by CMS.

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This Memorandum, issued on Jun 02, 2017, is summarized:

• Legionella Infections: The bacterium Legionella can cause a serious type of pneumonia called LD in persons at risk. Those at risk include persons who are at least 50 years old, smokers, or those with underlying medical conditions such as chronic lung disease or immunosuppression. Outbreaks have been linked to poorly maintained water systems in buildings with large or complex water systems including hospitals and long-term care facilities. Transmission can occur via aerosols from devices such as showerheads, cooling towers, hot tubs, and decorative fountains.

• Facility Requirements to Prevent Legionella Infections: Facilities must develop and adhere to policies and procedures that inhibit microbial growth in building water systems that reduce the risk of growth and spread of legionella and other opportunistic pathogens in water.

In 2015, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) published an industry standard calling for the development and implementation of water management programs in large or complex building water systems to reduce the risk of legionellosis. In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its partners developed a toolkit to further implementation of this ASHRAE Standard. Please be sure to review these CDC materials.

CMS surveyors will review facilities’ policies, procedures, and reports documenting water management implementation results; further details of CMS’ expectations of facilities are outlined in the memorandum.

To access the complete Memorandum: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Downloads/Survey-and-Cert-Letter-17-30.pdf.

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It’s here and it’s hot! This year’s AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo Preliminary Program is now available on-line! You can even read it on your mobile devices. Take a look at what Las Vegas has in store for you October 15-18, 2017 in this easy-to-access, easy-to-read flip book.

This year’s Convention & Expo offers national keynote speakers, valuable education, professional networking and exciting exhibits staffed with experts ready to help your company excel. The Gala Dinner & Show (separate ticketed event) is going to be a fantastic night of music, food, and fun that you will remember long after the Las Vegas night ends with Huey Lewis and the News headlining! Register early and save! Early bird registration and savings continue through July 21.

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For more than two decades, this book has been used as a teaching and reference text to guide organizations that documented their continuous improvement efforts using Baldrige Award-type management systems. The goal for this book is that readers will understand more fully what each area of the system means for organizations and find the synergy within the six major process-oriented parts of the system-leadership, strategy, customers, measurement, analysis, and knowledge management, workforce, and operations that lead to excellent performance results. The book provides a valuable, step-by-step approach to help identify and put in place properly focused continuous improvement systems. Seven types of information are provided in this book for each of the Items in Categories 1 through 7 of the 2017-2018 Baldrige Framework and Performance Excellence Criteria:

1. The actual language of each item, including notes
2. A plain-English explanation of the requirements of each item with suggestions about the rationale for the item and ways to meet key requirements
3. A table showing the similar requirements of the Criteria presented only once at the scoring level where the requirement first appears
4. A summary of the requirements of each item in flowchart form
5. The key linkages between each item and other items
6. An explanation of some potential adverse consequences that an organization might face if it fails to implement processes required by each item
7. Examples of effective practices that some organizations have developed and followed consistent with requirements of the item

To order, visit http://www.AHCApublications.org or call (800) 321-0343. Fax orders may also be placed at (800) 869-5605.

Product #8452
AHCA MEMBERS $92.00

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This DVD, Mobility and Safe Movement of the Elderly, Improving Your Skills to Prevent Injuries and Reduce Falls, by Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L., FOTA, Dementia Care & Training Specialist, was developed in conjunction with Wake Allied Health Education Center, Durham Technical Community College and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Office of Information Systems. The content is formatted in separate segments in order to customize the delivery of content to your learning objective. Handouts developed by Teepa accompany each video and may be reproduced. To order, e-mail your request to Donna Snyder at donnas@nchcfa.org. The price is $35.00 (tax and shipping included).

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Hire younger healthcare workers — lives might depend on it.

http://www.mcknights.com/daily-editors-notes/hire-younger-healthcare-workers-lives-might-depend-on-it/article/663471

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Dr. Seuss wrote “Green Eggs and Ham” to win a bet against his publisher who thought that he could not complete a book with only 50 words.

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