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The American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN) represents more than 15,000 post-acute care nurses and professionals working in more than 5,175 facilities. Dedicated to supporting PAC nurses and healthcare professionals in providing quality care, AAPACN offers members best in-class education, certification, resources, and strong collaborative communities.
Latest From AAPACN and the Field
- Applying the Four Keys of Trauma-Informed Care to Care PlanningF699 of the State Operations Manual (SOM) requires facilities to ensure that residents who have experienced trauma receive culturally competent, trauma-informed care (TIC) to eliminate or mitigate triggers that may cause re-traumatization of the resident. …
- SNF QRP: Monitor Data Submission Threshold Performance With These ReportsSwingtech, a contractor with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), alerts skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that are not meeting the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP) data submission threshold for the …
- Antipsychotic Medication Use Data Report 2020 Q4 (7/21)National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes: Antipsychotic Medication Use Data Report The National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes is committed to improving the quality of care for individuals with …
- FY 2022 PDPM ICD-10 Mappings File (8/21)Download the Zip file: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/SNFPPS/PDPM or https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/fy-2022-pdpm-icd-10-mappings.zip
- FY 2022 SNF PPS Final Rule: No PDPM Parity Cuts, but Other Changes Impact SNFsFY 2022 SNF PPS Final Rule: No PDPM Parity Cuts, but Other Changes Impact SNFs Providers can breathe a sigh of relief that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will not move forward …
- CMS Nursing Home Data Sets Updated (8/21)The following data sets were updated June 1 and released July 28 at https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/search?theme=Nursing%20homes%20including%20rehab%20services: Ownership A list of ownership information for currently active nursing homes. Last updated: Jul 15, 2021 •Released: Jul 28, 2021 •Download CSV FY …
- OIG: State Backlogs of Standard Surveys Grew Substantially During COVID-19 Pandemic (7/21)(OEI-01-20-00431) States’ backlogs grew substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nationally, 71 percent of nursing homes (10,913 of 15,295) had gone at least 16 months without a standard survey as of May 31, 2021. By State, …
- FY 2022 SNF PPS Final Rule: Document Link, CMS Fact Sheet, and Wage Index Files (7/21)Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2022; and Technical Correction to Long-Term Care Facilities Physical Environment Requirements …
- CMS Removes QSO Memo to Change Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Policy (7/21)Memorandum Summary CMS is hereby removing the July 7, 2017 Memo (S&C 17-37-NH) from its guidance repository. Discussion CMS is hereby removing the July 7, 2017 Memo (S&C 17-37-NH) from its guidance repository. In that …
- The Qualities and Skills of a Successful Director of Nursing ServicesTo be a successful director of nursing services (DNS) in a nursing home today and to lead staff in the very important mission to provide the best care possible for our nation’s elderly, there are …
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