Join the Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM) and LifeSpan Network for Maryland’s senior care provider community’s Convention and Trade Show. This “Double Header” event is for skilled nursing, assisted living, continuing care retirement communities and community-based services for seniors.

“Aligning for a Strong Future” will bring together hundreds of health care professionals and offers an exceptional opportunity for associated businesses to debut supplies and services to new audiences. Convention attendees invest millions of dollars each year on goods and services, making this Convention an attractive showcase for your company.

NOTE: The location for this education session has changed. In order to accommodate more participants, this session has been moved to Ten Oaks Ballroom.

Presenter:

Nancy Morgan
RN, BSN, MBA, WOCN, WCC
Co-Founder and Owner of
Wound Care Education Institute

Nancy combines her expertise as a nurse Certified in Wound Care, along with her extensive background in wound care education and wound management program development. Nancy is a nursing entrepreneur, who is an experienced and recognized international presenter. Her fun motivational teaching style has inspired health
care professionals across the nation.

Description:

This one-day session for all levels of wound care team members will enlighten attendees in the latest and greatest in wound care assessment. Enjoy this opportunity to hear from an expert in this field. Specific topics to be discussed include wound etiology, tissue types, pressure ulcer staging, wound pain, and documentation.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this program, the participant will be able to:

• Describe the elements of a wound assessment
• Identify pressure ulcers utilizing 2007 NPUAP staging guidelines
• Identify tissue types commonly found in wounds
• Document a comprehensive wound assessment

Continuing Education:

Upon completion Nurses will receive 3 contact hours. “Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 14094, for 3 contact hours”.

Registration:

• Cost: $30 per person (No refunds)
• Registration begins at 7:30 am
• Registration includes: admission to program, handouts, refreshments
• SPACE IS VERY LIMITED!

3 Ways to Register:

ONLINE:
http://www.mhei.org/Programs/programs.php

FAX:
410.379.9541

MAIL:
Maryland Hospital Association
(attn: Education)
6820 Deerpath Road
Elkridge, MD 21075

Join our HFAM colleagues to celebrate the accomplishments of 2010 and energize ourselves as we move forward into 2011. Together we will strengthen our commitment to advocate for the protections of the people we serve.

Begin the holiday season by helping us honor and recognize individuals who have shown exemplary service to HFAM and to the residents in our care. Who will be this year’s recipients of the Administrator of the Year, the Milton Moskowitz Excellence in Achievement Recognition and the most honored Person of the Year?

Our special guest, Bruce Yarwood, president and CEO of the American Health Care Association, will join us for an opportunity for our members to bid a fond farewell and to thank him for his many years of service to the long-term care community, not only as president and CEO of AHCA, but also as a leader on long-term care issues in Washington. Health and Human Services Regional Director Joanne Grossi will also join us to address members on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Agenda:

• 9:30 am: Registration; Brunch/Networking
• 10:15 am: Welcome/Call to Order; Update on Current National and State Issues
• 12:15 pm: HFAM Annual Meeting Awards and Honors
• 12:45 pm: Election of 2011 Board of Directors
• 1:00 pm: Adjournment

This session will provide participants with an overview of pain assessment according to MDS 3.0 guidelines and regulatory implications related to pain assessment and management. Management of chronic and acute pain will be discussed.

Objectives:

Participant will be able to:

1. Complete the MDS 3.0 pain assessment and develop an appropriate individualized plan of care.
2. Describe basic pathophysiology of acute and chronic pain.
3. Discuss pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management strategies.
4. Understand the regulatory implications of improper assessment and management of resident pain.

CEUs

Administrators: This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators (NAB) and approved for four clock hours and four participant hours.

Nurses: Application has been made to the Maryland Nurses Association for nurse continuing education credit for this education program.

Intended Audience

• Nurses at all levels including nurse managers and MDS nurses
• Administrators

Presenter

Robin Storey
Director of Clinical Reimbursement
Pathway Health Services

Robin Storey, RN, BSN, FACDONA, LNHA has more than 25 years of extensive healthcare leadership in the field of geriatrics.  She was a member of the CMS task force created to develop the MDS 2.0 training materials and served two terms on the JCAHO Professional Technical Advisory Committee.  Storey is the Director of Clinical Reimbursement Services with Pathway Health Services and is a CMS Trained MDS expert.

Robin Storey is a founding member of the National Association of Director of Nursing Administration/LTC, serves as its vice president, and is the first recipient of NADONA’S Nursing Administrator of the Year Award.

She obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Webster University, is a Fellow in the Academy of Certified Directors of Nursing Administration and is a licensed nursing home administrator.

Description:

This 16-hour course is designed to provide a fundamental foundation to the RN who chooses to work in Assisted Living either as an independent contractor or as a full time/part time employee of an assisted living facility.

The course is designed to provide a basic foundation for nursing practice as either a case manager/delegating nurse or as a registered nurse who only teaches medication administration to the medication technician in the assisted living practice setting.

The fundamental foundation includes but is not limited to:

• Regulations and laws that govern nursing practice
• The role and responsibilities of the delegating nurse/case manager
• The role and responsibility of the registered nurse who teaches medication administration to the medication technician in assisted living
• Case management principles applied to the assisted living practice setting
• How to delegate nursing functions
• Communication skills necessary for delegation/case management
• Adult learning principles for effective case management and nursing delegation
• Business/legal/ethical issues impacting the registered nurse case manager/delegating nurse in assisted living practice setting

Presenter:

Kimberly Malin, RN, BSN, CDONA
Director of Nursing
Hillhaven Nursing and Assisted Living Center
Kim has been a registered nurse for over 20 years. She is approved by the Maryland Board of Nursing as an instructor of the Registered Nurse, Case Manager, Delegating Nursing program.

Agenda:

Day One

• 8:30 am-4:30 pm  – Registration begins at 8:00 am
• 8:30 am – Welcome; History of Assisted Living Programs
• 9:00 am – Regulations Governing CM/DN Practice in Assisted Living
• 10:00 am – Break
• 10:15 am – Overview of CM/DN Role and Responsibilities
• 12:00 pm – Lunch
• 12:30 pm – Teaching Medication Administration in Assisted Living to the Medication Technician
• 2:30 pm – Break
• 3:15 pm – Case Management Principles
• 4:30 pm – Class Adjourns / Q & A

Day Two

• 8:30 am-4:30 pm – Registration begins at 8:00 am
• 8:30 am – Delegation of Nursing Practice
• 10:30 am – Break
• 10:45 am – Legal, Ethical, Business Issues
• 12:00 pm – Lunch
• 12:30 pm – Communication
• 2:30 pm – Break
• 2:45 pm – Adult Learning Principles
• 4:30 pm – Class Ends / Q & A

Intended Audience:

Any registered nurses who desires to work in Assisted Living Facilities delegating nursing functions and/or teaching medication administration

CEUs:

Application has been made to the Maryland Nurses Association for nurse continuing education credit for this education program.

Person centered planning fosters person centered care and is used as a tool to best help people with serious mental illness towards recovery.

In the nursing home setting, the application of person centered planning can improve interviewing skills, build therapeutic relationships and influence meaningful care planning. The person centered planning process can enable smooth transitions and minimize potential for future mental and behavioral health problems.

This program is designed to foster discussion and identify opportunities to implement person centered planning values in resident interviews, the application of the MDS and the development of individual care planning. Serious mental illnesses as well as late onset mental and behavioral health problems will be explained.

Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to articulate elements of person centered planning
2. Participants will identify the role of person centered planning in minimizing mental and behavioral health problems
3. Participants will identify supplemental sources to contribute to person centered planning
4. Participants will report greater confidence in resident interviewing and individualized care plan development

CEUs

Administators: This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators (NAB) and approved for 3.0 clock hours and 3.0 participant hours.

Social Work: HFAM is an approved sponsor by the Board of Social Work Examiners. This program is approved for 3.0 Social Work Category I Education units.

Presenter

Kim Burton works for the Mental Health Association of Maryland as the Director of Older Adult Programs and the Chair of the Maryland Coalition on Mental Health and Aging.  Her work involves advocacy and education on behalf of the mental health needs of older adults, including dementia and substance abuse.

She has educated public and professional audiences on problematic issues of aging, mental health and caregiving for 13 years. She holds a degree in Human Services from the George Washington University and a certificate in geriatric mental health from the University of Washington in Seattle.

The MDS 3.0 brought changes to nursing facilities that reach beyond a new assessment form. Now that facilities have had time to implement the assessment, it is time to step back and understand the implications the MDS 3.0 and RUGs IV have on the therapy department. This program will help you understand the changes in a way that will allow you to enhance therapy services iincluding the use of restorative nursing programs.

Objectives

The participant will be able to:

• Understand the impact of RUGS IV and MDS 3.0 on the provision of therapy services
• Describe options to enhance therapy service delivery
• Describe the importance of interdisciplinary communication on the success of RUGS IV and MDS 3.0
• Provide an overview of MDS 3.0 changes impacting nursing and therapy
• Describe various restorative nursing program models and the pros and cons of each
• Describe the components of a comprehensive model for a successful restorative nursing program

Intended Audience

• Administrators
• Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapists
• Nurses

Presenters

Mary Van de Kamp, CCC-SLP, Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations, has supported Peoplefirst Rehabilitation for over 10 years, serving in both operational and clinical capacities with a primary focus of attaining clinical excellence.
Ms. Van de Kamp demonstrates an expertise in maximizing financial outcomes through supporting clinical growth of therapists. Her exceptional leadership skills have been a major factor in assisting the organization to successfully navigate through the ever changing and challenging healthcare environment.
Ms. Van de Kamp has developed relationships with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services as well as many of the Fiscal Intermediaries to help guide clinicians through the reimbursement and regulatory environments.

Glenda Mack, MSPT, Senior Director of Clinical Operations, Peoplefirst Rehabilitation, the rehabilitation division of Kindred Healthcare, has served Kindred Healthcare in the areas of clinical, operational and regulatory compliance with a primary focus on patient outcomes through interdisciplinary approaches to care.

Ms. Mack has served in the role of Sr. Director of Clinical Operations since January 2009. Prior to that she served Kindred as the physical therapy clinical specialist. Ms. Mack has achieved distinction as a Certified Wound Specialist and Certified Lymphedema Therapist. During her tenure with Kindred, she has participated actively in professional associations such as American Physical Therapy Association, National Association for the Support of Long Term Care and the American Healthcare Association.

In addition Ms. Mack has participated in multiple regulatory and payment committees regarding appropriate payment for services in the skilled nursing facility setting. Most recently, Ms. Mack has been intimately involved in supporting Peoplefirst partners through the transition to MDS 3.0 and RUG IV

Jeanna Conder, MBA, OTR/L, National Director of Occupational Therapy Services, Peoplefirst Rehabilitation, the rehabilitation division of Kindred Healthcare, has 20 years of clinical and operational experience in a variety of healthcare settings. Most recently her primary focus has been providing clinical oversight and training to the Occupational Therapists within the Peoplefirst organization.

Ms. Conder also works with the compliance department to ensure proper practice within various facilities served by Peoplefirst.  She is well versed in long-term care regulations. Ms. Conder is active in the American Occupational Therapy Association as well as other state and local organizations and committees.

CEUs

Administrators: This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators (NAB) and approved for 3.0 clock hours and 3.0 participant hours.

Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapists: Pending. Application has been made for credits for the three disciplines.

Nurses: Application has been made for nurse contact hours for this program.

March 1, 2011, March 8, 2011, March 23, 2011

This comprehensive training course is designed to provide participants with an extensive knowledge of of the impact of the MDS 3.0 process, coding, scheduling, reimbursement and how the MDS/RAI process drives regulatory compliance. The program will cover coding, resident interviews, CAA’s, care planning, RUGS, Medicare, and medical review.  This three part series goes above and beyond the basic MDS 3.0 and Medicare training being offered elsewhere.

Since every Interdisciplinary Team Member plays an integral part in the process and needs to understand their part and how it all comes together, this course is for the whole team.  Whether you’re just beginning or have been doing the MDS for years, this course is for you.

Objectives

The participant will be able to:

• Complete the MDS 3.0 Item Sets
• Describe the OBRA and PPS timing requirements for completion of the MDS
• List four steps in the resident interview process
• Describe the staging of wounds for the MDS 3.0
• Explain key considerations for setting the Assessment Reference Dates
• Describe which MDS 3.0 form should be used and when
• Develop an internal quality assessment process using available data sources while QI’s and QM’s are not available
• Describe the basic structure and regulations of the Medicare program
• List the Medicare skilled services and coverage requirements
• Recognize the basic requirements of Medicare documentation
• Define the team process and each participant’s responsibility
• Identify components used to set up a PPS MDS schedule
• Determine the most appropriate ARD for a PPS assessment and the resulting RUG category
• Identify three billing practices that will lessen the opportunity for outside audits

Presenter

Amy Franklin, RN, RAC-MT, CDON, CRNAC
Pathway Health Services
Ms. Franklin is an accomplished interdisciplinary team leader with 12 years of management experience encompassing top level nurse consulting, Director of Nursing, Resident Assessment Coordinator/RUG, PPS, Length of Stay with Medicare A, Medicare Part B, Medicaid, Managed Care Reimbursement and Infection Control. Her expertise as a certified MDS/RAI Coordinator provides Pathway clients with the technical knowledge to  create first rate reimbursement opportunities.

Topics Covered

• Correct MDS 3.0 Coding from A – Z
• Care Area Assessments and evidenced-based care planning, using critical thinking and resident voice for quality outcomes.
• The MDS process and its connection to federal regulations and survey management
• A complete guide to scheduling for OBRA and PPS
• Quality management during the “dark days”, when no QI/QM data is available
• Medicare coverage criteria and managing beneficiary outcomes
• Understanding RUGs and PPS reimbursement
• RAC, MAC, and QIO, a systematic approach to managing third party audits
• Operational strategies for managing the MDS, RAI, and Medicare processes
• Tools for successful implementation of topics covered

CEUs

Administrators: This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators (NAB) and approved for 21.0 clock hours and 21.0 participant hours.

Nurses: This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Maryland Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Social Workers: HFAM is an approved sponsor by the Board of Social Work Examiners. This course is approved for 21 Social Work Category I Education units.

Must attend all three sessions to receive credit. No partial credit given.

Description: This course will provide a comprehensive review of the regulatory requirements for the long-term care admissions process under Maryland regulations as well as provide the tools needed to develop an efficient interdisciplinary team with practices for successful admissions that secure payment for the facility.

Course Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Understand the admissions process for long-term care
• Understand Maryland Medicaid long-term care nursing facility eligibility standards and requirements, insurance verification of coverage, establishing medical necessity for nursing facility services, and the facility’s responsibilities of accepting the admission.
• Learn how to explain the Maryland Medicaid application process and documentation requirements during pre- and post- admission interviews with responsible parties and residents.
• Understand the importance of communication skills for a “successful” admission.
• Gain knowledge of resources, forms, and steps to secure payment to the facility.