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NCHCFA is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015 Nurse Aide of the Year Awards and the 2015 Riley W. Clapp Outstanding Service Award! Individuals will be recognized in Greensboro, NC during the Annual Convention and Expo.

District I Nurse Aide of the Year
Samuel Green – Smoky Mountain Health & Rehab Center

District II Nurse Aide of the Year
Maureen Benton – Peak Resources/Gastonia

District III Nurse Aide of the Year
Margaret McKay – The Oaks

District IV Nurse Aide of the Year
Hermetta Judge – Pender Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing

District V Nurse Aide of the Year
Frederick Patrick – Universal Healthcare/Greenville

2015 Riley W. Clapp Outstanding Service Award
Joe Jones – South Village

Make plans today to attend the 2015 Association Awards Celebration on Tuesday, February 17th for a very special evening! Brochures outlining specific program details will be available soon.

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The North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association is turning 60 in 2015! All members are invited to join in the celebration at the NCHCFA Diamond Jubilee, February 15-18, 2015 at the Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel/Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, NC. Are you ready to reminisce? Join us as we take a look back in time to when it all began. NCHCFA will be honoring all members from the past and present.

Call the Sheraton at (800) 242-6556 to make your room reservation. Identify that you are with “NC Health Care Facilities Association 2015 Convention” to receive the group discounted rate. Brochures outlining specific program information will be available soon.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has scheduled a national call on improving dementia care in nursing homes on Tuesday, December 9; 1:30-3:00 PM ET. To register, visit MLN Connects Event Registration. Space may be limited, register early.

During this MLN Connects™ National Provider Call, speakers will discuss innovative efforts from State-based Alzheimer’s Association Chapters related to train-the-trainer programs, as well as the implementation of the Comfort First Approach in nursing homes. CMS subject matter experts will provide National Partnership updates and discuss next steps for the initiative. A question and answer session will follow the presentations.

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The “Updated LEIE” database file reflects all OIG exclusion and reinstatement actions up to, and including, those taken in November 2014. This new, “Updated LEIE” (List of Excluded Individuals and Entities) 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.

All the updated files are posted at http://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/exclusions_list.asp.

Instructional videos explaining how to use the online database and the downloadable files are available:

• On-line Database Video: http://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/online.asp
• Downloadable Database Video: http://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/download.asp

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The Fair Rental Value portion of the Medicaid rate is calculated using information on building improvements and additions submitted on the Capital Data Survey (CDS). Traditionally, the CDS was submitted by December 31st with the Medicaid cost report. Following the transition to the Medicare based cost report, the cost reports due dates have changed for many providers, but the CDS is still due to the State by December 31st.

For additional information on the CDS, click here.

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The American Health Care Association’s upcoming Independent Owner Leadership Conference is scheduled for March 11-13, 2015, at the Westin Beach Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This year’s theme is How To Survive Medicaid Managed Care as an Independent Owner.

Attendees will take part in a range of education sessions including:

• The Future of Health Care Policy
• Managed Care Market Place
• Medicaid Managed Long Term Care Services and Supports (MLTSS) Contracting
• Positioning for Success in an MLTSS Environment
• Quality and Payment: The Growing Overlap
• Transformation: Cost-effectively Retrofit Aging Buildings for Person-centered Care
• Seven Deadly Sins That Are Sabotaging Your Social Media Efforts

For additional information, including how to register, click here.

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Learn what it takes to effect real culture change within residential care settings while reducing the administration of psychotropic drugs in the symptomatic treatment of dementia. Dr. G. Allen Power, board-certified internist, geriatrician, nursing home practitioner, and Eden Alternative™ Educator, challenges all care providers working with individuals with dementia to undertake a true operational change. You will learn how to embrace more humanistic, enlightened practices that address the most common challenges in caring for people who live with dementia. Overcome communication challenges, minimize anxiety and depression, root out the causes of wandering, and gain insights into paranoia and delusions so that you can learn to treat individuals with dementia as the human beings that they are rather than letting their dementia define them.

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

Product # 8249
AHCA Members (on-line price) $32.95

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Important information for residents and families… This brochure outlines what physical restraints are, when they should be used, rules and regulations concerning restraints, and making decisions about using them. To order brochures for your facility, e-mail your request to Jan Williams at janw@nchcfa.org.

• 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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Audience widens for DHHS video showing Assistive Technology’s value for people with disabilities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN-xZ8nPP5Q&feature=youtu.be&list=UUw5kLIHIJZPjetMjbjLSHQg

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Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

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