The WHCA/WiCAL Seminar Series is a 10-part webinar program featuring hot-topic educational programming related to quality, regulatory, legal, reimbursement, staffing, and other key issues and channels our members are facing. Attending the live seminars also provides NAB continuing education credits (1 CE per Seminar). What a simple and cost-effective way to earn 10 CEs throughout the year! To ensure the Seminars are covering timely, pertinent topics, subjects & summaries will be announced at the beginning of each quarter in 2022.

For more information and to enroll in the Season Ticket program, please click HERE.

Each Seminar will be held live via Zoom and Season Ticket holders will also receive the recording of the live program! We encourage purchasing the Season Ticket! Not only does it guarantee your place at each webinar, it comes with a $100 discount.

For the first quarter of 2022, the Seminar Series will be holding the following webinars:

Note: Purchasing individual webinars entitles you to watch the live webinar & access to seminar materials. Please register for the Seminar Series Season Ticket to receive recordings of webinars.

Strategies of Plaintiff Attorneys and How to Mitigate Risk

Date: February 3, 2022
Time: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Marleah Keuler Grahek, M3 Insurance
Continuing Education: This webinar has been submitted for 1 hour of NAB credit

The legal landscape around plaintiff suits against health care entities is becoming increasingly less favorable for providers. Plaintiff attorneys commonly use certain tactics to “see” inside of health care providers’ operations, and there are strategies providers can utilize to decrease the risk of information getting in the wrong hands.

Objectives:

• Understand the current legal landscape for health care providers
• Recognize how grievances, surveys, and police reports play into liability claims
• Identify ways to reduce the risk of plaintiff attorneys obtaining potentially harmful information

For more information and registration, please click HERE.

Perfect Partners: How to Train Your Nurses to Collaborate with Remote Physicians to Deliver Optimal Care

Date: March 15, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Brian Carpenter, MD, SFHM
Continuing Education: This webinar has been submitted for 1 hour of NAB credit

Access to a physician via telemedicine can empower skilled nursing facility nurses to treat more residents in place, avoiding a stressful return to the emergency department. But connecting with a physician on video can be uncomfortable, and most nurses have never received telemedicine training. What conditions warrant a telemedicine visit? What is the best way to prepare for a telemedicine assessment? What types of conditions can be treated with the support of a telemedicine physician? And, most importantly, how can you train your frontline nurses to embrace telemedicine to deliver better care for residents when a doctor is not in the building? Get your questions answered and find out how you can support frontline nurses to partner with remote physicians to deliver optimal care.

Objectives:

• Identify the common barriers that prevent nurses from using telemedicine
• Understand what types of conditions warrant a telemedicine intervention
• Know best practices for using the camera, audio, and body language to communicate effectively
• Train your nurses how to properly conduct an assessment with a telemedicine physician
• Use a frontline nurse “champion” to help build adoption for your program
• Empower your nurses to work at the top of their license with physician support

For more information and registration, please click HERE.