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To obtain a copy of the minutes from the Business Meeting held on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at the Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC, please click here.

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Register today for the NCHCFA Annual Convention and Expo, February 10-13, 2013 at the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons/Joseph S. Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, NC. Call the Sheraton at (800) 242-6556 to make your room reservation. Identify that you are with “NC Health Care Facilities Association 2013 Convention” to receive the group discounted rate. The advanced registration deadline is Friday, January 25th. To obtain an additional brochure visit “Education & Events” on the Member Center of the Association’s Web site at http://www.NursingHomesNC.com.

Monday, February 11
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
50 & Counting…The Rolling Stones Live & LuncheonConsidered by many to be the “world’s greatest rock-n-roll band” of all time, the Rolling Stones have been performing classic hits for over 50 years. Get ready to experience Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts & Ronnie Wood at a ticket price you can afford! Don’t miss the opportunity to see “Satisfaction…..A Tribute to the Rolling Stones” for an unforgettable lunch. All the band’s signature classic hits will be heard. This show will appeal to Rolling Stone fans of all ages.

You do not have to have moves like Jagger to attend this entertaining lunch!
However, you “Can’t Get No Satisfaction” if you do not register today.

Don’t miss the opportunity to bring a Nursing Assistant or Maintenance, Laundry, & Environmental Services Director to the Convention for free! If a facility registers two staff members for Package Two, a Nursing Assistant or Maintenance, Laundry, & Environmental Services Director may attend Package Two at No Charge! Expo 2013 seminars will include topics appropriate for Nurses, Nurse Aides and Maintenance, Laundry, & Environmental Services Director. Package Two registration includes: Expo 2013 educational session on Tuesday (10:30 AM session only), refreshment break, souvenir, Expo 2013 buffet luncheon and admission to Expo 2013.

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Join this AHCA Webinar on February 19, 2013 at 2:00 PM. Over the past four years, Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been very active particularly in the enforcement arena. By virtually every metric, OSHA enforcement is at historic levels. Long term care providers have been a major focus of the agency’s enforcement efforts, with OSHA’s Nursing Home National Emphasis Program leading OSHA compliance officers into homes and centers across the country.

As we enter the second four years of OSHA under President Obama, what should the long term care industry expect? Will OSHA continue to target the industry in its enforcement efforts? What new regulatory and other policy initiatives should long term care employers prepare for?

This 60-minute webinar will review the last four years and look ahead to the next four, with a specific focus on the long term care industry and how AHCA members can prepare for what’s next at OSHA. To register for the Webinar, click here.

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By March 1, 2013, everyone receiving federal benefits by paper check will need to switch to electronic payments. People who live in nursing homes – and the organizations themselves – must comply with this requirement. If a nursing home serves as the representative payee for a beneficiary, it will need to ensure the payment is made electronically by March 1, 2013. Information, specifically prepared for nursing homes, including a Webinar from the American Health Care Association, can be found by clicking here.

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The Updated List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) database file reflects all OIG exclusion and reinstatement actions up to, and including, those taken in December 2012. This new, “Updated LEIE” is a complete database file containing all exclusions currently in effect. Individuals and entities that have been reinstated to the Federal health care programs are not included in this file.

The new file is meant to REPLACE the “Updated LEIE” file made available for download last month. The new file is complete and need NOT be used in conjunction with the monthly exclusion and reinstatement supplements. Alternatively you may wish to download either the December Exclusions or Reinstatements databases only which are posted as the “Current Monthly Supplements” All the updated files are posted at http://www.oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/exclusions_list.asp.

The full LEIE database — complete with all the monthly updates — is included in the OIG “Online Searchable Database” which may be accessed at http://exclusions.oig.hhs.gov.

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Please join the American Health Care Association for a free Webinar on January 29, 2013, 2:00 PM ET, to understand better the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements for employer compliance. The Webinar will discuss new information and focus particularly on the March 2013 deadline for communicating available coverage options to employees and the “next steps” for employers who are evaluating what staff is either full- or part-time employees. To learn more and register for the Webinar go to http://webinars.ahcancal.org/session.php?id=10245.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has schedule this provider call for Thursday, January 31, 2013 from 1:30 PM until 3:00 PM ET.

CMS has developed a national partnership to improve the quality of care provided to individuals with dementia living in nursing homes. This partnership is focused on delivering health care that is person-centered, comprehensive and interdisciplinary. By improving dementia care through the use of individualized, person-centered care approaches, CMS hopes to reduce the use of unnecessary antipsychotic medications in nursing homes and eventually other care settings as well. The partnership promotes a systematic process to evaluate each person and identify approaches that are most likely to benefit that individual. While antipsychotic medications are the initial focus of the partnership, CMS recognizes that attention to other potentially harmful medications is also an important part of this initiative. During this National Provider Call, CMS subject matter experts will discuss the mission of the national partnership, its goals, quality measures, and ongoing outreach efforts. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.

For additionasl information and registration instructions, click here.

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Important information for residents and families. This brochure, produced by the Association, outlines what physical restraints are, when they should be used, rules and regulations concerning restraints, and making decisions about using them. Contact Jan Williams at janw@nchcfa.org to order brochures for your facility.

NCHCFA Member: $30.00 per 100 brochures plus tax and shipping
Non-Members: $60.00 per 100 brochures plus tax and shipping

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Through self-assessment tools, individual and small-group exercises and review questions, and case studies, supervisors can improve their own leadership skills. The keys to managerial leadership are operational, relational, and analytic skills. These are further broken down into 12 chapters. Each chapter describes the skill, suggests exercises for learning the skill, illustrates the skill with case studies, gives a set of review questions and related activities to assess learning outcomes, and closes with a self-assessment exercise to identify the
reader’s current skill level.

Product #6860
AHCA MEMBERS $34.95

AHCA/NCAL is in the final stages of updating their online store. The new website will be up and running by mid-January. You can still place orders by calling (800)321-0343.

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Just after 10 p.m., when most people their age are going to sleep, a group of elderly folks suffering from dementia are just getting started, dancing and shaking tambourines and maracas in a raucous version of “La Bamba.”

http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/01/14171471-overnight-program-for-dementia-patients-gives-caregivers-a-rest

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All but six presidents took the presidential oath in Washington, D.C. The exceptions were:

George Washington — 1789, New York City; 1793, Philadelphia, PA
John Adams — 1797, Philadelphia, PA
Chester Alan Arthur — 1881, New York City
Theodore Roosevelt — 1901, Buffalo, NY
Calvin Coolidge — 1923, Plymouth, VT
Lyndon Baines Johnson — 1963, Dallas, TX

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