Last week, AHCA/NCAL released the names of the skilled nursing care centers and assisted living communities in states that have earned the
2022 Silver – Achievement in Quality Award, which includes one facility in Wisconsin. The Silver Award is part of AHCA/NCAL’s National Quality Award Program, a recognition program based on the criteria of the Baldrige Performance Excellence program.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued
QSO-22-19-NH, which includes new and updated surveyor guidance.
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Lakeland Care, Inc. (LCI) has recently announced that they will be issuing a one-time payment to providers who had a contracted rate decrease in 2021. As described in a June 24
th letter to providers, LCI promised to pass on profits to providers with a contracted rate decrease if it became available.
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The Care Classic benefits the George F. MacKenzie scholarship fund, supporting those pursuing a career in long term care, and those advancing their career path and education practicum within long term care.
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Trauma Informed Care (TIC) is an approach to care that requires specific staff competency and a system of care delivery that provides the necessary support to care for nursing facility and assisted living residents who may suffer from trauma.
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AHCA/NCAL released a free pre-recorded webinar about the basics of the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC), assessing possible eligibility, and how to seek help, including AHCA/NCAL basic technical support.
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services recently provided an update about the Infection Prevention and Infrastructure Matching Grant. According to DHS, they received over 1,000 applications from nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other types of LTCFs with more than $13 million requested in reimbursement. These requests exceeded the approximately $4.8 million granted to DHS by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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The new WisCaregiver Careers public website is now live. Please visit the site at
WisCaregiver.com. Click on the links to acquaint yourself with the information, resources, tools, and functionality of the site. This is what members of the public -- including potential new CNAs -- will see when they visit this website.
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The WTA® (Wound Treatment Associate) educational program was developed by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN®) to meet the growing need for skilled wound care providers in all care settings and to enhance nurses’ ability to provide optimal care for patients with acute and chronic wounds, as members of a collaborative wound care team. The WOCN Society has been recognized with distinction by the ANCC as a provider of continuing education and is recognized by CMS as a resource for best practices related to wound management. Successful completion of this course provides 24 contact hours for continuing education and meets didactic requirements for WOCNCB certification as a WTA (WTA-C).
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Most people are more comfortable with old problems than they are with new solutions. Just like a football coach makes strategic “half time adjustments” in a game, leaders navigating through change know how to change the direction of an organization overnight. They know, that destination cannot be changed overnight, direction can be shifted overnight. Is it time to make a half time adjustment in your software program, in confronting that co-worker, ending the behind the scenes games at work that’s driving the good employees to leave? Leaders navigating through change realize that sound emotional intelligence skills are now, more important than ever in tackling the difficult people related problems.
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AHCA’s online training program titled
Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Academy takes a holistic interdisciplinary approach toward SNF revenue management. RCM Academy helps develop concrete strategies to secure earned dollars and to “stay paid” when thinking about Managed Care payment recoveries. RCM Academy helps SNFs:
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