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This 6-week masterclass is designed to equip skilled nursing facility (SNF) professionals with the knowledge and tools needed to drive Quality Measures (QMs) through the pursuit of clinical excellence. Each week, participants will delve into critical aspects of resident care that directly impact QMs, from comprehensive assessments and care planning to preventing adverse events and managing chronic conditions.
Through a combination of expert insights, evidence-based strategies, and real-world case studies, this series will empower healthcare providers to enhance clinical outcomes, reduce negative events, and elevate their facility’s QM performance. Participants will also learn how to integrate Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) processes, leverage data driven decision-making, and sustain long-term improvements through continuous staff education and interdisciplinary collaboration
Dates (webinars begin at 2:30pm EST and last approximately 1 hr):
May 28 – Introduction to Quality Measures (QMs) Review the fundamentals of QM calculations, common challenges, and practical strategies to improve scores while, highlighting quality assurance, performance improvement, and reimbursement.
June 4 – Clinical Excellence in Care Planning and Assessment Learn best practices for conducting accurate assessments, developing individualized care plans, and aligning clinical processes with QM goals.
June 11 – Preventing Adverse Events to Enhance QMs Gain insight into common types of adverse events, including falls, medication errors, infections, and pressure ulcers, and their impact on quality metrics. This presentation will provide attendees with practical strategies to prevent adverse events and optimize care delivery.
June 18 – Managing Chronic Conditions for Better QMs Discover how to identify and mitigate risk factors, optimize care plans, and leverage date-driven approaches to monitor and enhance outcomes, improve the quality of care, and enhance overall resident satisfaction, contributing to better quality measure performance.
June 25 – Enhancing Functional Outcomes This course will provide strategies for enhancing functional outcomes through best practices, resident-centered care, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
July 2 – Sustaining Clinical Excellence for Long-Term Quality Measure Improvement Explore practical strategies using a QAPI-driven approach to uphold lofty standards of quality care consistently. Participants will learn data-driven methods to set quality improvement goals, develop effective interventions to enhance quality of care, and achieve sustainable outcomes.
Target Audience: Nursing leadership, MDS Coordinators, interdisciplinary team members, and other clinical professionals working to improve quality outcomes in skilled nursing facilities
Clinical Consultant, Proactive LTC Consulting LLC
Sarah is a results driven healthcare leader with over 25 years of healthcare experience in a variety of settings, acute and post-acute. Her background includes serving as a Clinical Trainer and Healthcare Solution Consultant Engineer for software companies. In addition, Sarah was formerly a Vice President of Clinical Reimbursement for a large successful nursing home provider, and has been a Director of Nursing and MDS Coordinator. Sarah’s areas of expertise include Quality of Care and Quality Measure improvement, QAPI program development, Clinical Reimbursement (both federal and state), MDS accuracy and process improvement, Clinical Reimbursement Nurse Consulting including PDPM and CMI audits, Clinical Education and Healthcare Consulting/Coaching. Sarah is certified through AAPACN as Director of Nursing Services-DNS-CT, Resident Assessment Coordinator- RAC-CT and a QAPI Certified Professional-QCP-CT.
Clinical Consultant, Proactive LTC Consulting
Eleisha Wilkes is a Registered Nurse and AANAC certified MDS consultant with over fifteen years of experience in long term care. She has served as a Director of Nursing, Case Manager and Resident Assessment Coordinator with positive results in achieving MDS coding accuracy and person-centered care planning through effective systems, staff development, and interdisciplinary team collaboration. Eleisha specializes in MDS validation audits, reimbursement compliance, and competency-based staff education programs. As a nurse consultant with Proactive, she conducts mock surveys, teaches extensively on MDS coding, QAPI, phase 3 preparedness, and is assisting facilities with PDPM impact analysis reviews and transition projects.
Appeals & Denials Management Coordinator , Proactive LTC Consulting
Christine is a clinical consultant with Proactive Medical Review and Consulting. Ms. Twombly is a certified gerontological nurse, a certified resident assessment coordinator (RAC-CT), a certified AANAC master teacher, a licensed health care risk manager (LHRM), and is certified in healthcare compliance (CHC).
Christine has more than 28 years of experience in post-acute care, including many years of hands-on experience with MDS assessments and related care planning. She has worked under Medicare PPS for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) since its inception. She has extensive experience working with SNFs to conduct Medicare documentation and billing compliance assessments and providing assistance with third-party medical review and the appeals process.
CEUs:
1 CEU per webinar for nurses, administrators (NAB pending), IN licensed social workers, & IN licensed occupational therapists
Proactive LTC Consulting is an approved provider of continuing education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing, #5-0065. To receive the CEs, you must complete the entire program. Certificates may be printed once the program evaluation is submitted. No CE is granted for viewing recorded webinars. Please note that in order to receive continuing education credits for this webinar, you MUST login via the webinar software on your computer, or via the mobile app. We are unable to grant continuing education units for those who call in by phone only without doing so through the GoToWebinar application on your phone.
Disclaimer Statement: The Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual continuing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content
