March 3, 2016:  Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative: Learning Session 3
Presenter:  Melody Malone, PT, MHA, CPHQ, TMF Quality Innovation Network Quality Improvement (QIN-QIO) Quality Improvement Consultant

Please join this webinar to hear nursing home representatives share their experiences with implementing strategies for antipsychotic medication, pain and incontinence reduction, as well as improving composite scores and motivating staff. Additionally, TMF QIN-QIO staff will discuss best practices that can be implemented.

For more information on registration, please visit here.

April 17-19, 2016:  Unmasking the True Identity in Long Term Care
Location:  Chateau on the Lake, Branson, MO

Registration for attending the Missouri Assisted Living Association’s 2015 Spring Conference is now available.

Please visit MALA’s website here for registration forms for this conference.

March 21-23, 2016:  Best Western Capital Inn, Jefferson City, MO
June 27-29, 2016:  Best Western Capital Inn, Jefferson City, MO
November 7-9, 2016:  Best Western Capital Inn, Jefferson City, MO

Anyone who wants training on issues relating to the elderly, aging, certain people with mental illness, and community-based assessments can attend this training.

Please see the brochure and registration information on the Missouri Assisted Living Association’s event page.

March 1-2, 2016:  Mid-Year Conference
Location:  Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City, MO

MHCA hosts a Mid-Year Conference in March which features educational sessions along with our annual Legislative Reception.

Please visit the Missouri Health Care Association’s event page here for the full brochure and registration info.

February 16, 2016:  Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Presenter:  Jennifer Rohen, CliftonLarsonAllen

In this session you will learn about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC).  This tax credit allows employers to reduce their federal tax liability.  Join us to learn about the impacts of tax liability, the qualifying groups, eligibility, and the process for computing and reporting the tax credit.

Please visit MHCA’s event here to register.

April 20-22, 2016:  Gateway to Empowered Service
Location:  Sheraton Plaza Westport, St. Louis, MO

The MLN conference theme this year is “Gateway to Empowered Service!”  MLN strives to provide educational opportunities to help you and your organization design and deliver evidence based person centered care in all settings. MLN believes that through commitment to the organizational values of caring, integrity, diversity and excellence, they are able to empower you to provide extraordinary service to your communities, residents, and their family members who deserve no less.

Please see the brochure including registration information on MLN’s Conferences web page here.

January 27, 2016:  Navigating Bundled Payment Programs: Lessons Learned
Presenter:  Kathleen Weissberg from Select Rehabilitation
Considering the magnitude of participation by skilled nursing facilities in bundled payment arrangements and available data, we have an opportunity to look retrospectively at what has worked well in bundled arrangements and what areas may require improvement.  Using this information and “lessons learned” from participation, SNF providers can look to the future of health care delivery with a more positive outlook for success.
This training program will review the background and rationale behind bundled payments.  Using available data, this session provides lessons learned from the initiative and strategies and tactics for participating in bundled payment initiatives.

Click here to register – Deadline is January 22, 2016.

February 18, 2016:  System Improvement Webinar Series:  Safety and Supervision (F323)
Presenter:  Liz Davidson from LeadingAge Iowa
F323, Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices, is one of the most frequently cited deficiencies nationally.  The intent of the requirement is to ensure that the long-term care (LTC) provider maintains an environment free from hazards and provides appropriate supervision for each resident to prevent avoidable accidents.  Implementation of key systems and processes can avert potential accidents, improve quality of care, and boost compliance with the regulation.  The implementation of key systems and processes helps improve the quality of care delivered and increase compliance.

Registrants for this webinar will be given the opportunity to submit questions on the topic in advance of the program.

Click here to register – Deadline is February 15, 2016.

March 2, 2016:  Interdisciplinary Approach to Continence Improvement
Presenter:  Kathleen Weissberg from Select Rehabilitation
All health care disciplines have a role in skilled intervention to treat continence.  This webinar provides an overview of anatomy and physiology of normal voiding as well as normal function related to continence.  Different types of incontinence are identified and assessment/treatment strategies are offered for each.  This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to continence improvement and demonstrates roles of each team member.  Emphasis is placed on the role of nursing in completing an assessment of voiding, identifying triggers and bladder stimulants, voiding habits and patterns, and implementing individualized care approaches.  Restorative and compensatory strategies for continence management are reviewed as well as the unique role of physical/occupational therapy in this program.  Documentation and care planning related to behavioral aspects of continence improvement are reviewed.

Click here to register – Deadline is February 29, 2016.

March 17, 2016:  Differentiating Stage 2 Pressure Ulcers from Moisture Associated Skin Damage
Presenter:  Pamela Scarborough from AMT
This webinar is designed to provide you with knowledge to assist you and your skin team in recognizing the differences between moisture associated skin damage (MASD) and stage 2 pressure ulcers, which often look very similar. Content will also include considerations for putting together a functional plan of care for your patients/residents for the prevention and treatment of MASD.

Click here to register – Deadline is March 14, 2016.

November 17, 2015:  Medication Management During the Transition from Hospital to Primary Care
Presenter:  Becky L. Armor, PharmD, CDE, BCACP

Join this webinar to learn about a pilot study assessing types of medication discrepancies and adverse drug events in patients recently discharged from the hospital.

Please see the event registration page here for more details.

November 11, 2015:  The Impact of the Green House Project and Action Pact;s Household Model
Presenters:  Susan Frazier Ryan, BSN, MA, Senior Director, The Green House Project
Megan Hannan, MS, Executive Leader, Action Pact

The Green House model and Action Pact’s Household model both provide self-directed living for the frailest among us. Each has unique characteristics, but also commonalities. Households and Green House homes both result in new physical layout, organizational redesign, and resident directed life. Join Senior Director of The Green House Project, Susan Frazier Ryan and Action Pact’s Megan Hannan, to gain insight into lessons learned about the process for creating deep and sustainable change. High involvement and serious investment from many stakeholders in the organization is the path to changing habits and systems that create new and sustainable culture. Regardless of the current physical layout, it is essential that cross discipline teams are engaged in the process and able to apply what they learn to their day to day work. Participants will leave this webinar with an understanding about the importance of transforming the thinking of the organization first in order to produce those changed behaviors that result in in quality resident directed living.

Please see the Hot Topics events page here for more registration details.