Welcome to the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing
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
- SNF QRP Care Compare Refresh With Revised Discharge to Community (DTC) Measure Data: 7/20 – 8/19 Review Period (7/21)The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) discovered an error in measure calculations for the Discharge to Community – Post Acute Care (PAC) Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program measure, and are re-releasing the …
- The First Month as a New NACDuring their first days on the job, new nurse assessment coordinators (NACs) can expect paperwork and orientation videos as they are introduced to their role. But what should a new NAC expect by the end …
- SNF QRP: Common Sources of Dashes on Data Submission Threshold MDS ItemsIt’s never a good time for a skilled nursing facility (SNF) to be hit with a two percent reduction in its Medicare Part A annual payment update (APU) due to not meeting the MDS data …
- Five-Star Helpline Open July 26 – 30The Five Star Preview Reports will be available on July 19, 2021. To access these reports, select the CASPER Reporting link located on the CMS QIES Systems for Providers page. Once in the CASPER Reporting …
- State RAI Coordinator Contact List Updated (7/21)July 19, 2021 The July update of Appendix B to the RAI 3.0 User’s Manual contains changes to the list of State RAI Coordinators, MDS Automation Coordinators, RAI Panel members, and CMS locations and contacts. To ensure accurate …
- FY 2022 ICD-10-CM Code Files and Official Coding Guidelines Updated (7/21)2022 ICD-10-CM From https://www.cms.gov/medicare/icd-10/2022-icd-10-cm The 2022 ICD-10-CM files below contain information on the ICD-10-CM updates for FY 2022. These 2022 ICD-10-CM codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2021 through September …
- CDC NHSN LTCF Weekly Healthcare Personnel & Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Page UPDATED (7/21)Weekly health care personnel (HCP) & Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Data Reporting Long-term care facilities can track weekly COVID-19 vaccination data for residents and healthcare personnel (HCP) through NHSN. July 2021 update Quick …
- HHS $103 Million Investment, Including Grants, to Reduce Healthcare Worker Burnout / Improve Mental Health (7/21)FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 16, 2021 Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced the availability of an estimated $103 million in American Rescue Plan …
- SNF QRP: Non-Compliance Notifications Are in CASPER folders; Reconsideration Requests Due Aug. 13CMS is providing notifications to Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and non-Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Swing Beds (SBs) that were determined to be out of compliance with SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) requirements for calendar year (CY) 2020, …
- PBJ Daily Nurse and Non-Nurse Staffing CY 2021 Q1 Data Sets From CMS (7/21)PBJ Daily Nurse Staffing CY 2021Q1 Special Programs/Initiatives – Long Term Care Facility Staffing Payroll-Based Journal Dataset Payroll-Based Journal staffing data submitted by long term care facilities. Data are presented as one row per work …
Find more articles, post-acute care news, and tools.
Thank you to our Business Partners
