Location: Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, FL
Monday, April 1 - Wednesday, April 3, 2019
AANAC’s Resident Assessment Coordinator—Certified (RAC-CT®) program provides you with a thorough understanding of the RAI/MDS process that is needed in every nursing facility to code the MDS accurately and deliver optimal resident care. The RAC-CT program has long set the national standard for MDS education, helping you to hone your expertise in managing the OBRA and PPS schedule, promptly capture resident change, and lead the IDT to person-centered care plans that result in quality outcomes. Constantly updated by a team of experts, the program ensures that your knowledge is up-to-date for Quality Measures and Five-Star rating systems, RAI User's Manual updates, and more. Becoming RAC-CT certified will give you the knowledge that you need to be the MDS expert your facility needs, distinguishing yourself as a valuable asset to any long-term care organization.
Topics Include:
- MDS 3.0 Coding for OBRA and PPS
- Accurately Assessing Functional Status and the MDS 3.0
- Care Area Assessments and the MDS 3.0
- Care Planning and the MDS 3.0
- OBRA Timing and Scheduling for the MDS 3.0
- PPS Timing and Scheduling for the MDS 3.0
- Resource Utilization Groups IV (RUG-IV) and the MDS 3.0
- Introduction to Medicare Part A
- Quality Measures and the MDS 3.0
- The Five-Star Quality Rating System
The three-day RAC-CT Certification Workshop includes the four-hour PDPM Intensive for a total of 22.5 nursing CEs.
Master Teacher: Carol Maher, RN-BC, RAC-MT, CPC, Hansen Hunter & Co.
Carol Maher, RN-BC, RAC-MT, CPC, is a board-certified gerontological registered nurse with over 30 years’ long-term care experience. She has worked in long-term care in many roles, beginning as a nursing assistant and later becoming a charge nurse, nurse manager, and then RNAC. Most recently, she was the senior vice president of utilization services and director of reimbursement for large multi-facility organizations. She has worked as one of the Gold Standard Nurses for MDS 3.0, serving on the RAP workgroup to pave the way for the CAAs for MDS 3.0, and participating on a number of Technical Expert Panels related to MDS, Quality Measures, and care planning. Carol served as a member of the AANAC Board of Directors for nine years, stepping down in 2016. She is currently the director of education for Hansen Hunter.
RAC-CT Certification Workshop Schedule:
Monday, April 1, 2019
7:30 am – 5 pm RAC-CT Workshop
Noon – 1 pm Lunch
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
7:30 am – 5 pm RAC-CT Workshop
Noon – 1 pm Lunch
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
7:30 – 11:30 am PDPM Intensive (included with RAC-CT, RAC-CTA, and RAC-CT Recertification Preconference Workshop registration)
Noon – 1 pm Lunch
1 – 3 pm RAC-CT Workshop