Long-term care nurses who follow the path of becoming nurse assessment coordinators (NACs) can advance their careers and skill levels through experience and gained knowledge over time. At every stage of professional development, NACs can take steps to boost their knowledge to be prepared and access resources for success. Part …
The QIO program has updated its resources list to offer a searchable database of tools and resources from across all QIOs that SNFs, NFs, and other providers may access for free. For example, recent video-on-demand presentations include F686: Skin Integrity – Pressure Injury (Roundtable) and F880 – Infection Control (Roundtable) …
In this podcast, Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, chief nursing officer for AAPACN, and Jennifer LaBay, RN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, QCP, CRC, curriculum development specialist with AAPACN, discuss documentation and monitoring for a skilled stay. Additional Resources:
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Navigating the multifaceted role of the nurse assessment coordinator (NAC) can be daunting, especially for those new to the position. Whether titled NAC, MDS coordinator, Medicare case manager, or another variant, the responsibilities are both far reaching and crucial to ensuring quality care in long-term care facilities. As facilities increasingly …
Members: $24 | Non-members: $48Continuing Education: 1.5 CE hours Recording Date: Sept. 12, 2024Duration: 90 minutesSpeaker: Jennifer LaBay, RN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, QCP, CRC Now is the time to prepare for the FY 2025 ICD-10-CM coding updates, which go into effect on Oct. 1, 2024. HIPAA requires that the facility’s clinical team ensure accurate diagnoses …
The Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) process begins with the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment and ends with the resident-centered comprehensive care plan. In the MDS, section F focuses on the resident’s preferences for customary routines and activities, asking scripted questions about how the person rates the importance of these items. …
Direct skilled services under Medicare Part A often are easy to identify because these services involve specific, complex caregiver-to-resident actions. Their “inherent complexity” means that they can “be performed safely and/or effectively only by or under the general supervision of skilled nursing or skilled rehabilitation personnel,” explains the Centers for …
AAPACN’s Template for Care Area Assessment (CAA) Summary Note can help guide the interdisciplinary team members through how to determine and document rationale for the care plan determination by summarizing the underlying causes, contributing factors, risk factors, and other relevant considerations related to the assessment. This AAPACN resource is copyright …
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a video tutorial for completing D0150, Patient Mood Interview (PHQ-2 to 9) and D0160, Total Severity Score. This video depicts two scenarios that demonstrate the coding of the PHQ-2 to 9 for the purposes of completing D0150, Patient Mood Interview (PHQ-2 to …
The development, management, and evaluation of the resident care plan is the OBRA backbone of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) process for all residents regardless of payer source, so it may surprise some nurse assessment coordinators (NACs) and directors of nursing (DNSs) to learn that care plan management and evaluation …
