UPDATE Weekly

Join your colleagues for NCHCFA’s new Legislative Conference, April 8-9, 2019 in Raleigh, NC. This event will allow members to schedule appointments with their elected representatives in the North Carolina House and Senate and advocate for important long term care issues at the North Carolina Legislature. Decision makers in our state need to understand who we are caring for, and what they can do to help. The most effective voice is that of the caregivers and administrators. Stay informed, take action, and be a part of the solution. Register here today and let’s send a powerful message of unity on behalf of our state’s skilled nursing community!

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Long term care facilities must be compliant with Phase 3 Requirements of Participation by November 28, 2019. This phase introduces several items that have never been surveyed before, including the full implementation of a compliance and ethics and QAPI program, presence of a qualified infection preventionist, and certain staff training requirements.

Cindy Deporter, MSSW, State Survey Agency Director, Division of Health Service Regulation, will be teaching a full day session (three locations) on an overview of Phase 3 Requirements of Participation with extra emphasis on those that have not been phased in (in part). The review will include:

• Abuse & Neglect Coordination with QAPI Program
• Care Planning & Providing Culturally Competent & Trauma-Informed Care
• Standards of Practice, Systems, & Staff Competency Related to Trauma-Informed Care
• QAPI Program
• Infection Preventionist
• Compliance & Ethics Program
• Bedside Resident Call System
• Training Requirements

In addition, there will be a segment devoted to the revised State Operations Manual, Appendix Q – Core Guidelines for Determining Immediate Jeopardy. The participant will be able to:

• Review progress towards meeting the requirements
• Develop new, or modify existing, action plans
• Relate survey outcome to the revised Appendix Q
• Use the Appendix Q modifications to interface with the survey process and consideration of IIDR or IDR

April 11, 2019 – The Crest Center & Pavilion, Asheville, NC
April 16, 2019 – The Grandover Resort, Greensboro, NC
May 2, 2019 – The Ballast Hotel, Wilmington, NC

Click here to register online! Click here to download the brochure with registration form.

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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, and “how to” Webinars on implementing additional tools developed by AHCA. The PDPM Academy and in-person training is for provider members only. Register today as we expect this to reach capacity soon.

North Carolina’s in-person training will be March 26, 2019, in Greensboro, NC. Click here to download the brochure and registration form. On-line registration has closed since the max capacity has almost been reached. Please email your registration form to Donna Snyder at donnas@nchcfa.org or fax to (919) 787-8418.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has scheduled a call, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program: Phase One Review and Corrections. The call will take place on Wednesday, March 20 at 1:30 PM and is scheduled to end at 3:00 PM.

During this call, participants will learn about the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program Review and Corrections process and get answers to frequently asked questions about Phase One of the process. During the Review and Corrections period, SNFs have an opportunity to review and submit correction requests to quality measure information. Deadline for correction submission is April 1, 2019. For more information, visit the SNF VBP Program webpage.

A question and answer session follows the presentation; however attendees may email questions in advance to SNFVBPInquiries@cms.hhs.gov with “SNF VBP Mar 20 NPC” in the subject line. These questions may be addressed during the call or used for other materials following the call.

To register to participate on the call, click here.

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The next Lunch and Learn Webinar is scheduled for Thursday, March 28th, 2019 at 12:00 pm. Ken Burgess, Partner, Poyner & Spruill, LLP and Cindy DePorter, MSSW, State Survey Agency Director, Division of Health Service Regulation, will be discussing current trends in SNF Survey and Enforcement. Don’t miss out! Click here to register today.

Date: Thursday, March 28th, 2019
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Title: The Regulators’ Update
Presenter: Ken Burgess, Partner, Poyner & Spruill, LLP
Cindy Deporter, MSSW, State Survey Agency Director, Division of Health Service Regulation

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Event Name: Antimicrobial Stewardship-Practical Approaches for the Long Term Setting Monthly Webinar
Event Date: March 28, 2019
Event Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm (ET)

Prior to the Event Date, please register here.

Please join the event 15 minutes prior to the start time to ensure the automatic system set-up has been properly established.

Instructions:

• Click “Join” (located to the right of the event title)
• Enter your registration ID as prompted
• If the text boxes and “Join Now” button are inactive, refresh your web browser
• Enter the password: SPACE

The automatic system set-up should start at this point. If a dialogue box appears, click run. Please note, the automatic system set-up does take a few minutes to complete.

Dial in to the teleconference:
Teleconference Number: 800-747-5150

Access Code: 2323667#

If you have any questions or problems accessing the web portion of this meeting, please call the Ventech Solutions WebEx Helpline at 571-598-1988.

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This program is a CMS and State of North Carolina Endorsed Workshop for North Carolina Nursing Homes and LTC Partners. The Workshop will explain how this Resident and Family Guide can be used to reduce hospital readmissions and how you can participate.

Be part of this Medicare Region IV research initiative to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions offered at three locations throughout North Carolina.

EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
Tuesday – April 23, 2019
Nash Community College
Brown Auditorium
Rocky Mount, NC
9:15 AM to 12:30 PM

CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
Wednesday – April 24, 2019
Davidson County Community College
Mary Rittling Conference Center
Thomasville, NC
9:15 AM to 12:30 PM

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
Thursday – April 25, 2019
Western Carolina University
University Center Grand Room
Cullowhee, NC
9:15 AM to 12:30 PM

NAB & Nursing CEUs for Attendees

Please register at http://decisionguide.org/workshop.

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Join the North Carolina Culture Change Coalition for a symposium that features guest speaker Susan Gilster, PhD, RN. She has presented more than 150 national and international talks on Alzheimer’s care and treatment, organizational change, leadership, and employee satisfaction and retention. She served as co-facilitator of the Leadership and Culture training for the Practice Change Fellowship program. Dr. Gilster has published more than 50 professional articles and has written two books, “A way of Life: Developing and Exemplary Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Program” and “SERVICE First: Changing Culture, Changing Care”.

Target Audience: Nursing Facility staff, Management, Ownership

Conference Topics:

• Sustaining culture change through leadership
• Panel members present to discuss culture change in their facilities
• Just Culture
• Regulatory perspective on culture change from Cindy Deporter, State Survey Agency

Click here to register.

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The NC State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators (NCBENHA) will offer the 2019 Preceptor Seminars on April 29-30, 2019 and April 30-May 1, 2019 at the Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, SC. You will need to choose the first seminar dates for Renewal Preceptor Certification and the second seminar dates for Initial Preceptor Certification and Continuing Education Only. The seminars will be open to all nursing home administrators seeking continuing education credits and/or preceptor certification. This is the only preceptor seminar being planned for 2019 by the NC State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators. The deadline to register is April 19th! Click here to download more information along with the registration form.

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Establishing an effective medication reconciliation (MR) process for your drug regimen review (DRR) program is crucial to preventing medication errors in your SNF. All SNFs are required to report on the findings of their DRR process as part of the IMPACT Act (effective October 1, 2018).

A SNF’s Guide to Medication Reconciliation and Drug Regimen Review offers a fresh, educated perspective on the nuances of medication management in long term care and addresses multiple industry challenges, including antibiotic stewardship requirements, eliminating medication discrepancies during care transitions, and antipsychotic use. This book includes strategies for improving the MR process upon admission, methods for training staff to efficiently manage medications, tools and resources for preventing medication-related adverse events, and regulatory guidance for meeting CMS’ new DRR quality measure under the SNF Quality Reporting Program (Drug Regimen Review Conducted with Follow-Up for Identified Issues).

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

Product #8393
AHCA MEMBERS $155.00

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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, e-mail your request to Donna Snyder at donnas@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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4 Leadership Practices that Enrich You and Inspire Others

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The Final Four and regional-round games for the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are contested on specifically created floors by Connor Sports Court International. Sawmill to tip off takes about six weeks. If a building already has a floor, too bad. It goes into storage and one that the NCAA paid anywhere from $85,000 to $95,000 is used.

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