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Register today to attend the NCHCFA Annual Convention and Expo February 24-27, 2019 at the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons/Joseph S. Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, NC! Call the Sheraton at (800) 242-6556 to make your room reservation. Identify that you are with “NC Health Care Facilities Association 2019 Convention” to receive the group discounted rate. Click here to register. Don’t miss the opportunity to earn up to 16.5 hours of educational credit for North Carolina Nursing Home Administrators, as well as up to 15.5 hours of Nursing CE credit!

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The new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) begins October 1, 2019. Developed and presented by the American Health Care Association (AHCA), the PDPM Academy is a 10-month training effort to help centers prepare for this massive change. It offers both the in-person training and continuing updates and support. Provider members of AHCA and NCHCFA who register for the PDPM Academy will have access to a PDPM 101 workshop Webinar, a full day in-person training, monthly workshop Webinars on key topics and emerging PDPM issues, “how to” Webinars on implementing additional tools developed by AHCA.

North Carolina’s in-person training will be March 26, 2019 in Greensboro, NC! Click here to view more information on the PDPM Academy. Brochures and registration will be made available in February.

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Make plans today to attend the NCHCFA Annual Convention and Expo February 24 – 27, 2019. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons/Joseph S. Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, NC. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear Robin Hillier’s program Preparing for Patient Driven Payment Model: Operational Strategies on Tuesday, February 26th at 8:00 AM.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be transitioning to a new payment methodology for Part A beneficiaries in Skilled Nursing Facilities effective October 1, 2019. The Patient Driven Payment Model, or PDPM, moves away from a payment system driven by therapy minutes to a system driven by resident specific diagnoses and conditions and will be a dramatic change for providers. This session will focus on operational strategies providers can implement to help better prepare them for success under the new payment system.

Robin Hillier is a healthcare executive dedicated to post-acute and long term care. She is a Certified Public Accountant, a State Tested Nursing Assistant, a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, and is Resident Assessment Coordinator Certified and a Master Teacher through the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination (AANAC). Throughout her career, she has been involved in all aspects of facility operations, including ownership roles. She is currently the Director of Reimbursement and Quality Metrics for Welcome Nursing Home in Oberlin, Ohio, and President of RLH Consulting, which provides operational and reimbursement consulting to providers of skilled nursing, assisted living, and intellectual or developmental disabilities.

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The North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association would like to thank our 2019 Gold Corporate Convention Sponsors for supporting the upcoming Annual Convention & Expo. Be sure to visit them on Tuesday, February 26th during EXPO 2019 – Casino Royale: Carolina Complete Care in booth 308 and QMX Mobile Health in booths 401 and 500!

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The North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association would like to thank our 2019 Silver Convention Hosts for supporting the upcoming Annual Convention & Expo. Be sure to visit them on Tuesday, February 26th during EXPO 2019 – Casino Royale: Medipack Pharmacy in booths 415 and 514, NH Med Services in booths 519 and 618, and Poyner Spruill LLP in booth 302.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released on new article the introduces SNF providers to the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) Webpage. PDPM starts on October 1, 2019.

This new Webpage includes a variety of educational and training resources to assist providers in preparing for PDPM implementation and this article contains a summary of some of these educational and training resources for review. Providers may refer to the PDPM Webpage for more information from its Fact Sheets, Frequently Asked Questions, a PowerPoint training presentation, and other PDPM Resources.

To read this article, click here.

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The AHCA/NCAL 2019 Independent Owner Leadership Conference will be in Tampa, FL March 20-22, 2019. The AHCA/NCAL Independent Owner (IO) Leadership Conference is a unique opportunity for you and your peers. Taking place in beautiful Tampa, FL immediately following the Quality Summit, it’s a great way to learn something new and gain insights into some of your toughest challenges.

Highlights include:

• Pre-conference session of LED Talks curated by Provider Magazine: These are short, targeted impactful presentations on topics designed to Lead, Engage, and Discover.
• Owner-to-Owner Town Hall: The discussion will focus on emerging trends as well as litigation, records requests, and risk management.
• Networking and social events that provide invaluable opportunities to share ideas with others from across the country.
• Education sessions focused on your critical needs and questions: You can earn up to 12.75 CEs while gaining important strategies and inspiration.
• A special session on the new Payment-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) – Receive an overview of PDPM, and get all your questions answered. This session will provide a guidance on tools to align your building operations to the new payment model as well as better prepare your staff.

The registration deadline is March 5, 2019. Get all the details and register today.

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The 2019 AHCA/NCAL Quality Summit will be in Tampa, FL on March 18-20, 2019. From sessions showcasing the innovative practices of providers across the county, to short, targeted LED talks designed to challenge your thinking, to peer-to-peer idea exchanges, new solutions from sponsor partners, and informative keynote speakers; you will leave with information and ideas that you can implement as soon as you return to your centers and communities.

Program topics include:

• We Are a Gold AL. Here is How We Got Here
• Best Practices to Avoid Your Resident Being “Lost in Transition”
• PDPM as a Vehicle to Advance Person-Centered Care
• No One Told Me That the Skills I Learned Playing Clue, Chutes and Ladders and Candy Land, Would Be Needed to Be A Leader of Healthcare
• Competent Geriatric RNs – The New Driver of Financial Performance
• Transforming an Organization One Neighborhood at a Time
• The Value of Occupational Therapy: Implementing AOTA Quality Improvement Resources
• Practical Strategies for Recruitment & Retention
• And much, much more!

Escape the winter for the warm Tampa, FL sunshine. REGISTER NOW and attend sessions, connect with sponsors and network and share your successes and your challenges with like-minded colleagues from across the country.

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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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A New Focus on Nursing Facility Staffing

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One 18″ pizza is more pizza than two 12″ pizzas.

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