Following this session, attendees will be able to:

• Understand the definition of advanced care planning
• Recognize the similarities and differences of advance directives and POLST paradigm orders
• Explain the benefits of COVID-specific considerations

Following this session, attendees will be able to:

• Decide which approach should be used to document changes implemented during the pandemic
• Determine how to document clinical management practices with the changes needed during the pandemic
• Understand mitigation of current and future regulatory risks and potential future litigation

Following this session, attendees will be able to:

• Describe the complex phases of swallowing including oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal phases
• Define interprofessional practice for dysphagia clinical assessment, methods for limiting cough eliciting procedures, and treatment of swallowing disorders (i.e. dysphagia)
• Explain dynamics of care in the post-acute (PAC) world including clinical decision-making, methods to maintain quality of like and choice, and service delivery options for those providing dysphagia services in this era of the COVID-19 global pandemic

In May, CMS posted a draft version of the RAI User’s Manual and notified providers to check back for updates before Oct. 1, 2019. CMS released the final version 1.17.1 on Sept. 18, 2019, which contained a few additional changes when compared to the earlier draft version. Because of the monumental change to SNF PPS with the implementation of PDPM, chapters 2 and 6 of the manual received major revisions. Luckily, CMS has offered several trainings and Skilled Nursing Facility/Long-Term Care Open Door Forums, which have allowed providers to keep up-to-date with all of these changes.

During this 60-minute webinar, AANAC nurse experts will review the major differences between the early and final versions of the RAI User’s Manual, discuss some lessons learned during the first two weeks of PDPM, and provide a 30-minute live question and answer period to address your pressing issues. Ensure you did not miss any of the RAI changes during the hustle and bustle of the transition.

The Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is coming this October and with it the Interrupted Stay Policy, which determines when Medicare will treat multiple SNF stays as one single “interrupted” stay, rather than separate stays. During this 90-minute webinar, we will divulge the details of this new policy and explore several case studies—learning how an interrupted stay will be applied, the billing implications, the impact on the variable per diem, and the effect on the PPS schedule. Nurse assessment coordinators (NACs) will develop the skills needed to track interrupted stays, adjust the schedules of both the OBRA and PPS assessments, and ensure appropriate billing during the interruption window. Get ahead of the curve – join us for this informative, clarifying program! 

Objectives: 

• Learn the criteria of the Interrupted Stay Policy and the definition of the interruption window. 

• Review the impact an interrupted stay will have on the PPS and OBRA assessment schedules and the variable per diem rates. 

• Understand the application of an interrupted stay through a series of case studies. 

• Gain strategies for success and appropriate billing when an interrupted stay occurs.