UPDATE Weekly

UPDATE will not be published next week due to the Association’s Annual Convention and Exposition, but will resume publication on February 20th, 2013.

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Time is running out! 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. Don’t miss the opportunity to earn up to 15 hours of educational credit for North Carolina Nursing Home Administrators, as well as up to 14 hours of Nursing CE credit! Package Two attendees can earn 2.0 hours of CE credit for Nurses. To obtain an additional brochure visit “Education & Events” on the Member Center of the Association’s Web site at http://www.NursingHomesNC.com.

NCHCFA Convention registration will open Sunday, February 10th at 2:00 PM and remain open until 6:00 PM in the South Lobby of the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons.

The North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association would like to thank the 2013 Corporate Sponsors for their generous support of the upcoming Annual Convention & Expo. Be sure to visit them on Tuesday, February 12th at the booths listed below:

• UniHealth Home Health – Booth 428
• United Hospice – Booth 430
• United Medical – Booth 426
• United Pharmacy – Booth 431

As part of Package One and Three registrations, plan to attend the Chairman’s Evening Extravaganza – The Envelope Please…A Night at the Academy Awards. NCHCFA is rolling out the red carpet for the 85th Annual Academy Awards. Cheryl Clapp-Coleman and the Board of Directors are issuing you the hottest ticket in town! You will want to look “fabulously chic” as you start your evening on the red carpet. Joan Rivers (well almost), the one and only “fashion police,” will be hosting this year’s event. Remember to dress as your favorite movie character or celebrity from the past or present so you will make her A-list. Great prizes will be awarded for the best dressed male and female celebrities! Do not forget to smile for the camera. The paparazzi will be waiting as you enter the Kodak Theater!

The North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association would also like to thank the 2013 Convention Hosts for their generous support of the upcoming Annual Convention & Expo. Be sure to visit them on Tuesday, February 12th at the booths listed below:

• Healthcare Services Group, Inc. – Booths 528 & 530
• LTC Properties, Inc. – Booth 408
• Legacy Consultant Pharmacy – Booth 330
• Medipack Pharmacy – Booth 420
• Neil Medical Group – Booths 301, 303, 400 & 402
• Poyner Spruill LLP – Booth 331
• Southern Pharmacy Services – Booths 501 & 503

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The Affordable Care Act tools on the American Health Care Association (AHCA) Web site have been updated and reorganized. AHCA updated their site in order for their tools for facilities to be easier to find, simple to use and informative.

A few of the tools you may be interested in today:

• The latest AHCA Webinar: Employer Responsibility Under the Affordable Care Act
• Implementation Timeline
• Elder Justice Act tools and templates

Please take a moment to visit the new Affordable Care Act site.

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The Division of Medical Assistance has announced the registration portal for the February 2013 Personal Care Services (PCS) Regional Training sessions is now open.

The target audience is licensed home care providers and licensed adult care providers (including combination facilities with ACH beds). This training is designed for billing staff, owners, operators, and supervisory staff.

The morning session, conducted by The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, will run from 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon, with an hour and half for lunch on your own. The afternoon session, conducted by HP Enterprise Services, is scheduled from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM and is on the NC Electronic Claim Submission-Web Tool Training.

• Monday, February 18 – Raleigh
• Tuesday, February 19 – Greenville
• Wednesday, February 20 – Fayetteville
• Monday, February 25 – Asheville
• Tuesday, February 26 – Charlotte

Attendance at each location will be limited to 400 – 500 people. Please note that online registration for each location will close when the session is full. If you are unable to register for a session at the location of your choice, please consider registering for another session. The sessions are unable to accommodate onsite registrations or walk-ins.

For additional information and registration, click 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 January 2013. 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 January 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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With more than 200,000 copies in print and adopted by more than 200 universities worldwide, this is a classic text on multi-culturalism in business. Key topics include cultural synergy, culture shock and acculturation, and managing diversity.

Product #6852
AHCA MEMBERS $45.00

To order visit http://www.AHCApublications.org or call (800) 321-0343.

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This informative guide lists the NCHCFA Board of Directors, member facilities (by facility, administrator and district), staff contacts, and the NCHCFA trade members. Contact Jan Williams at janw@nchcfa.org to order one for your facility.

NCHCFA Members only: $35.00 plus tax and shipping

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Nationwide, the centenarian population has grown 65.8 percent over the past three decades, from 32,194 people who were age 100 or older in 1980 to 53,364 centenarians in 2010, according to new Census Bureau data. In contrast, the total population has increased 36.3 percent over the same time period.

http://health.yahoo.net/articles/healthcare/what-people-who-live-100-have-common

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In 1953, Walt Disney’s animated feature “Peter Pan” was first released.

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