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SNF QRP Deadline

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The submission deadline for the SNF Quality Reporting Programs (QRP) is approaching. MDS data for October 1 – December 31 (Q4) of calendar year (CY) 2018 are due with this submission deadline. All data must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on May 15, 2019.

As a reminder, it is recommended that providers run applicable validation/analysis reports prior to each quarterly reporting deadline, in order to ensure that all required data has been submitted.

CORMAC sends informational messages to IRFs, LTCHs, and SNFs that are not meeting APU thresholds on a quarterly basis ahead of each submission deadlines. If you need to add or change the email addresses to which these messages are sent, please email QRPHelp@cormac-corp.com and be sure to include your facility name and CMS Certification Number (CCN) along with any requested email updates.

2019 Pioneer Network Conference – Pioneer Connection

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PIONEER CONNECTION: We know that over the years pioneers have traveled in search of new and exciting opportunities in horse drawn wagons, canoes and on foot. As a modern Pioneer seeking the answers to Pioneering a New Culture of Aging, how about traveling to the 2019 annual conference in Louisville, KY in a luxury motor coach? Please see the flyer for more details.

Pioneer Network’s Hot Topics: Culture Change in Action

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June 25, 2019: It’s Happening: How Anti-Ageism Activists are Changing the Culture of Aging! (FREE WEBINAR)
Guide: Ashton Applewhite, Anti-Ageism Activist

Join us for an interactive discussion with nationally known author and anti-ageism activist Ashton Applewhite about what’s happening in the movement to change the culture of aging. We’ll talk about international and domestic campaigns to dismantle ageism, and how pro-aging advocates can find resources, confront our own internalized ageism, participate in these initiatives, and help build a better world in which to grow old.

Pioneer Network’s Hot Topics: Culture Change in Action

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May 23, 2019: Person Centered Dementia Care: First Came the Recommendations, Now Let’s Explore the Outcomes!
Guides: Sam Fazio, Senior Director of Quality Care and Psychosocial Research Care and Doug Pace, MHA, Director of Mission Partnerships, Alzheimer’s Association

The Dementia Care Practice Recommendations were released over a year ago. Join Sam Fazio and Doug Pace from the Alzheimer’s Association as they share data and stories of what has happened over the past year as these recommendations have been put into practice. You will learn how these standards can be the basis of a culture of quality improvement that can be achieved in any long-term care or community-based setting. In addition, as sponsors of the Dementia Track at this year’s Pioneering a New Culture of Aging conference, Sam and Doug will share with you some of the highlights from of what’s happening in the world of Dementia Care that will be shared at this year’s conference.

Pioneer Network’s Hot Topics: Culture Change in Action

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April 17, 2019: The Double Whammy of Ageism and Ableism (FREE WEBINAR)
Guide: Mel Coppola

By now, you’ve probably heard some buzz around ageism-the prejudice of people based on their age. And hopefully you have gained some awareness around it and are taking steps against it—after all, you WILL grow old. But how much have you thought about ableism-the prejudice of someone based on their different abilities, whether physical or cognitive? None of us want to think of ourselves as prejudiced, but we make assumptions based on age and ability more than we think. Especially in the work that we do, these two “isms” collide on a daily basis. In this webinar, we will discuss the intersection of ageism and ableism and the double whammy it has for the people we support.

TMF QIN Webinar on Antipsychotic Medication Reduction

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April 16, 2019: Antipsychotic Medication Reduction: A Psychiatrist’s Pearls for Progress, Challenges and Continued Improvement
Presenter: Ellen Fan, MD, Geriatric psychiatrist

Join this physician-directed webinar to learn more about assessing and evaluating appropriate anti psychotic medication use in nursing home residents, as well as applying strategies toward behavior management and anti psychotic medication reduction.  *Attendees will have the opportunity to earn 1.0 continuing education credit.*

Administrator License Renewal

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Missouri licensed administrators (NHA or RCAL) expiring June 30, 2019, are due for license renewal. If you plan to renew, visit our website at www.health.mo.gov/bnha and follow the instructions provided in the Renewal Checklist. Once your renewal has been successfully processed, you will be issued a current license via email. Please note if you fail to renew by June 30, 2019, you cannot practice as a licensed administrator after that date. Visit our website for additional information regarding completing a late renewal.

Conversations with Carmen

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April 19, 2019: Sparking a new Culture of Self-Directed Learning at Work
Guest: LaVrene Norton, Founder Action Pact

Really – who in their work wants to be told what to do? To be handed an ‘assignment sheet’ with your tasks lifelessly written out for you? No time for thought. No time for talk about your own creative insights. There’s a better way, and it’s all about new opportunities for learning. Everyone likes to learn, and the internet has made learning more accessible now than ever before. Discovery excites us and we reach for more – through inquiry we initiate learning. We make friends with online dictionaries, Wikipedia, and Google. And who among us hasn’t used YouTube to learn how to change the oil in our car, measure for kitchen cabinets, bake yeast bread, or coach our child how to calculate the area of a trapezoid?

We relax by playing online games and puzzles that teach us to look in all the corners, watch for opportunities, and calculate dangers. As we become increasingly knowledgeable and competent, we relish working in a warm, open environment that offers online learning, nurtures self-direction and critical thinking, and rewards new skills.

RN License Renewal

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RN licenses are required to be renewed by April 26, 2019 and there is NO grace period to renew. If a license expires, the nurse will have to apply for reinstatement which includes submitting to fingerprint background checks and paying a higher fee ($110) in addition the fingerprint fees. The reinstatement process takes about two weeks.

RN’s are encouraged to renew prior to April 26, 2019.

NCSBN hosts webinars regarding the nurse licensure compact (NLC). The next two are April 9 and May 10. See this link for more details: www.ncsbn.org/nlc-meetings.htm.

CMS – Skilled Nurse Facility Quality Reporting Program Provider Training

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May 7-8, 2019: Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program Provider Training
Location: Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center, Kansas City

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be hosting a 2-day Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) in-person ‘Train the Trainer’ event for providers on May 7 and 8, 2019, at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center, 2345 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO 64108. This event will be open to all SNF providers, associations, and organizations.

The primary focus of this ‘Train-the-Trainer’ event will be to provide those responsible for training staff at SNFs with information about:

  • The transition to the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) which becomes effective on October 1, 2019.
  • A review of SNF QRP changes and updates to the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Version 1.17.0, which became effective October 1, 2019.
  • An overview of the eleven SNF QRP Quality Measures.
  • An interactive session on the use of reports to identify opportunities for process improvement and utilize information contained in reports available via the Certification And Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) system to develop quality improvement plans.

Click here to access the full agenda.

Registration for the in-person training is limited to 250 people on a first-come, first-serve basis.

For those not able to attend in person, the session will be available via webcast. A URL to access the webcast will be provided to participants closer to the training event.

QIPMO – Administrator and DON Support Group – CASPER Reports

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March 26, 2019: CASPER/Reports, DON Support Group, NHA Support Group
Location: First Christian Church, Shelbina

Stacey Bryan BSN, RN, RAC-CT, State RAI Coordinator, Section for Long Term Care Regulation, Division of Regulation and Licensure is going to go over CASPER Reports and how to use them as a tool in your home. Administrators and DONs both will benefit by learning what to do with these valuable reports.

Conversations with Carmen

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March 15, 2019: REAL ANIMALS – How to Make it Work
Guest: Elizabeth Dowden, DON, Many Healthcare and Rehab

Formed and run by residents, The Animal House Club works with the local humane society to shelter orphaned kittens and puppies. Residents serve as foster moms and dads, make mats, promote adoption in the community, raise money and also “sit” for animals in need. The team at Many supports residents who bring their cats and dogs to live with them, even providing a dog park in one courtyard. Demonstrating another way of promoting real life instead of fake, Director of Nursing and animal lover Elizabeth Dowden will share the many ways they make it work.

MHCA Federal Review Course for the Nursing Home Administrators Exam

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April 1-2, 2019: Ameristar Casino & Resort, St. Charles
July 15-16, 2019: Oasis Hotel & Convention Center, Springfield
November 18-19, 2019: Embassy Suites International Airport Hotel, Kansas City

The purpose of the Review Course is to help attendees prepare for the nursing home administrator federal licensure exam. Review Course materials have been revised and updated to reflect the structure of the current examination.

MC5 2019 Spring Roadshow

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April 30, 2019: A Blueprint to Achieve Continuous Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care
Location: St. Charles Community Center, Cottleville

May 1, 2019: A Blueprint to Achieve Continuous Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care
Location: St. Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City

David Farrell’s practical advice will give you the tools to implement leadership “bundles” – coordinated and interconnected systems of key practices that meet federal guidelines for individualized care, and provide the right care for every resident, every day.

Please see the brochure for more details.

2019 Pioneer Network Conference

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August 4-7, 2019: Making it Happen
Location: The Galt House, Louisville, Kentucky

What better place to come together to advocate for and facilitate deep system change in the culture of aging than at the 2019 Pioneering a New Culture of Aging Conference in Louisville, Kentucky on August 4-7, 2019.

The theme this year is “Making it Happen” – and that’s just what we plan to do. We have lots of great guides lined up to explore with you what is happening today – and share ideas for making even better things happen in the future. YOU are Pioneer Network; we can’t do it without you!

Networking makes the Pioneer Network conference a go-to event for so many. We promise there will be lots of opportunities for networking – reconnecting with old friends and making new ones.

**PIONEER CONNECTION**
Do you live within 6 hours of Louisville? Would you be interested in traveling to the Pioneer Network conference in a luxury Motor Coach? Please help us by completing a short survey.

SNF QRP Deadline

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The submission deadline for the SNF Quality Reporting Programs (QRP) is approaching. MDS data for July 1 – September 30 (Q3) of calendar year (CY) 2018 are due with this submission deadline. All data must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on February 15, 2019.

As a reminder, it is recommended that providers run applicable validation/analysis reports prior to each quarterly reporting deadline, in order to ensure that all required data has been submitted.

CORMAC sends informational messages to IRFs, LTCHs, and SNFs that are not meeting APU thresholds on a quarterly basis ahead of each submission deadlines. If you need to add or change the email addresses to which these messages are sent, please email QRPHelp@cormac-corp.com and be sure to include your facility name and CMS Certification Number (CCN) along with any requested email updates.

CEU Processing Fee for MC5 Meetings

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Starting June 1, 2019, there will be a $7.50 per CEU hour fee for those wanting CEUs for an MC5 regional meeting – which means a CEU certificate for most meetings, will be available for $15. Admission to regional meetings will continue to be FREE to everyone, but those wanting CEUs will need to pay this processing fee. These fees will ensure that MC5, an all-volunteer organization, can continue to bring great programs across Missouri… and will go directly back into providing CEUs to you, in your own region, at a very low cost.

In order to receive CEUs at an MC5 event, you must register for the meeting through Eventbrite and pay directly online.

If you need help, feel free to contact MC5 at missourimc5@gmail.com.

MC5 appreciates your participation and interest and looks forward to continuing to bring great speakers to your area!

Enhanced Leadership Development Academy for RNs and NHAs in Long-term Care (ELDA)

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MU Nursing Outreach is pleased and excited to now offer the ELDA in a totally online format.

Open enrollment – start when you are ready. A full year to complete. You are in control!

Join us for the MU Leadership Development Academy for Nurse Leaders and Nursing Home Administrators in Long-term Care. We know that Long-term Care can be challenging. With an 11 year proven track record, hundreds of graduates and life-changing testimonials, this leadership course is designed for busy LTC professionals, all while earning 50 hours of CE credit. The academy has been proven to increase leadership skills and improve confidence, which will help to create a working environment that encourages teamwork and quality improvement. Thanks to support from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, this proven certificate program is offered at NO COST to RNs and NHAs from Skilled Nurse Facilities in Missouri. The complimentary option is available to Missouri SNFs since the support for this Academy is provided by CMP funds designated for Missouri SNFs. RNs and NHAs from other settings may enroll for the regular fee of $1,000.

For more information, visit our web site: extension2.missouri.edu/programs/nursing-outreach/enhanced-leadership-development-academy or contact Todd Winterbower at winterbowert@missouri.edu or 573-882-0215.

2019 MHCA Mid-Year Conference

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March 5-6, 2019: 2019 Mid-Year Conference & Lobby Day
Location: Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City

MHCA strives to provide the best collective efforts directed towards delivering service excellence and high quality in the health care profession. Please join us as we continue to ensure Missouri’s most vulnerable citizens are receiving the proper care and attention they deserve, the right way, the first time. This conference will feature 10 hours of continuing education.

Certified Eden Associate Training Coming to Missouri

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April 8-10, 2019: Certified Eden Associate Training
Location: The Sarah Community, Anna House, Bridgeton

Changing lives for nearly two decades, Certified Eden Associate Training takes you on an exciting and challenging three-day journey into the world of person-directed care. As the most widely practiced approach to person-directed care, Certified Eden Associate Training has been proven to offer practical tools, resources, and inspiration that empower individuals and teams to initiate and maintain effective change. Experience it to believe it!

MHCA Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care Seminar

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May 7, 2019: Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia Care
October 22, 2019: Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia Care

Sponsored by the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners, this is the required seminar for those pursuing certification who qualify as CDP/Certified Dementia Practitioner or for those who just want to enhance their dementia education.

Pioneer Network’s Hot Topics: Culture Change in Action

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March 21, 2019: Rules of Participation: Helping to Drive Person Centered Engagement
Guides: Alisa Tagg, BA ACC/EDU CADDCT CDP CDCS, President of the National Association of Activity Professionals (NAAP), and Dawn Worsley, ADC/EDU/MC, MDEC. President of the National Certification Council for Activity Professionals (NCCAP)

The Rules of Participation is the first major overhaul in the Federal regulation and Survey process in over thirty years and the good news is that Person-Centered Care and Engagement is at the epicenter, putting a focus on Quality of Life that has been long over-due. This is great news for Activity Professionals and for all who are serving Elders in long-term care settings.

Did you know that CMS under FTag 658 authorized the National Association of Activity Professionals (NAAP), to establish professional standards of practice to help activity professionals and their organizations to meet the new requirements?

Pioneer Network is pleased to be partnering with NAAP/NCCAP for this webinar in which guides Alissa Tagg and Dawn Worsley will present content from NCCAPs Modular Education Program for Activity Professionals (MEPAP).