Board of Directors

Carol Siem, MSN, RN, BC, GNP, RAC-CT

Mailing Address

6733 Highway 94 South Augusta, MO 63332 Email: csiem@aanac.org Term: 07/01/07 - 6/30/10

• Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Advanced Practice Nurse/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
• Member of the University of Missouri MDS Quality Research Team, active in the statewide training of MDS Coordinators in Missouri and maintaining the MU web site for MDS coordinators
• CMS RAP workgroup - 2004 (for MDS 3.0)
• Member of AANAC since 2001
• Credentialed as RAC-C with AANAC 2003 (currently RAC-CT)
• Member of Primaris, Missouri's QIO
• Researcher and educator in long-term care related to quality improvement at the individual facility level
• Nursing career spans over 30 years with the last 19 years working with geriatrics in Acute Rehabilitation and Hospital based Skilled Nursing units. Has worked in the capacity of a floor nurse, DON and Unit Manager
• Finalist in the Advancing and Leading the Profession category for the Midwest Nursing Spectrum 2006 Nursing Excellence Awards

Ruth Minnema, RN, MA

Mailing Address

Colavria Hospitality 1127 E. 16th Ave. Denver, CO 80218 Email: rminnema@aanac.org Term: 7/1/09 - 6/30/12

• Director of Nursing for over 20 years in SNF, hospice and acute care clinical settings
• Seven years as member and chairperson of the Colorado State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators
• Independent Nurse Consultant, 1998 to present
• Certified Eden Associate

Carol Maher, RN-BC, RAC-CT

Mailing Address

Rockport Healthcare Services 110 South Fairfax Avenue, Suite 250 Los Angeles, CA 90036 Email address: cmaher@aanac.org Term: 07/01/10 – 06/30/13

• Directs the MDS process for skilled nursing facilities located throughout the West and Midwest of the US.
• Enjoys teaching MDS, ADLs and Medicare compliance
• Frequent author of articles related to the RAI process and PPS
• Started in LTC as a nursing assistant, and worked as charge nurse, nurse manager, and MDS coordinator
• Moderator of the AANAC NurseNet online community

Peter Arbuthnot, AA, BA, RAC-CT

Mailing Address

American HealthTech, Inc. PO Box 12310 Jackson, MS 39236 Email address: parbuthnot@aanac.org Term: 07/01/10 – 06/30/13

• LTC Regulatory Analyst for a national software company
• Technical Advisor to HCFA/CMS on National MDS data collection, QI/QM, RUG, RAI, MDS2
• Design and Management of Case Mix Systems and health related projects for MS
• Public and Private Systems analysis and database design for 30 years
• Upper management roles in public and private sector
• National speaker on LTC topics

Susan Duong, BSN, RN, PHN, NHA, C-NE, RAC-CT

Mailing Address

Cedar Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center PO Box 2712 Santa Clara, CA 95051 Email Address: sduong@aanac.org Term: 7/1/10-6/30/14

• Involved in skilled nursing facility management for over 18 years
• Has held many different long-term care positions, including, Director of Nursing, Health Facilities Evaluator Nurse for the California Department of Health Services and Quality Assurance Officer for a large sub-acute hospital

Gail Harris, RN, BSN, RAC-CT, C-NE

Mailing Address

Preferred Care Partners Management Group 159 Cresthill Circle Valley Mills, TX 76689 Email Address: gharris@aanac.org Term: 07/01/10 – 06/30/14

• Experience in managing care for patients between home, community and long-term care settings.
• Nursing leadership positions include Director of Nursing, TILE Nurse Assessor, Medicare Coordinator, Case Manager and Nursing Supervisor, and various other nurse manager positions dealing with utilization review, infection control and staff development.
• Worked as Case Manager with Friends for Life, conducting holistic needs assessments for elderly and disabled persons.
• Nursing areas of expertise include case management in the community and long term care facilities, Medicare nurse, utilization review, parish nursing, reimbursement nurse, Director of Nursing, staff development, and most recently as a Regional Nurse Consultant.
• Served on AANAC’s Professional Development Committee until July 2011

Patrice Macken, MBA, RHIA, LNHA, RAC-CT

Mailing Address

Clinical Record Consultants 4 Robin Hood Ranch Oak Brook, IL, 60523 Email address: pmacken@aanac.org Term: 07/01/11 – 06/30/14

• Owner/CEO and consultant, specializing in medical record departments, record compliance to state and federal guidelines, audits for quality improvement studies and coding compliance audits in home health agencies
• Over 15 years of experience consulting in skilled nursing facilities
• Author and presenter on topics ranging from medical records to ICD-9 coding and HIPPA regulations

Joanne Powell, NHA, RHIA

Mailing Address

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society 4800 W 57th Street Sioux Falls, SD 57117 Email: jpowell@aanac.org Term: 07/01/10 – 06/30/13

• Reimbursement Director for over 15 years specifically in long term care and senior housing industry
• Over 30 years healthcare administration and reimbursement experience including hospitals, long term care, physicians, home health
• Presenter on long term care reimbursement policy and regulations
• Developed and successfully advanced over 100 long term care facilities in Medicare Certification
• Currently team member on future reimbursement methodologies for senior care
• Considerable experience in Health Information Management in the Health Care Industry.

Diana Sturdevant, MS, GCNS-BC

Mailing Address

Director of Nursing 315 W. Electric Avenue McAlester, OK 74501 Email: dsturdevant@aanac.org Term: 07/01/10 – 06/30/13

• Have served as SNF DON for over 15 years
• Have worked in LTC (various positions) for more than 25 years
• Certified by ANCC as Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Certified Eden Associate
• Consults on Survey Compliance and Culture Change and serves as mentor to DONs new to LTC