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Nurses Week 2026
Celebrate LTPAC professionals during Nurses Week, May 6–12, 2026
FEATURED EVENT
The Executive Playbook: AI Strategies for Post-Acute Care Leaders
Free webinar series for LTPAC executives
Featured Upcoming Live Webinar
No Script, No Limits: Open Q&A with AAPACN Nurse Experts
Join AAPACN Nurse Experts for an engaging, unscripted panel discussion designed to tackle your most pressing questions in long-term care. This 60-minute interactive session will provide clarity on complex topics, including regulatory requirements, ICD-10 coding, MDS processes, and quality measures. Through real-world scenarios and participant-driven questions, you will gain deeper insight into how these critical areas intersect and impact compliance, reimbursement, and resident outcomes.
Featured On-Demand Education
PDPM Documentation Essentials for the IDT
Empower your care team with foundational knowledge to support coding accuracy and regulatory compliance.
Section GG Train the Trainer
Become the expert for your team to ensure accurate and compliant documentation.
ICD-10-CM Coding Certificate
Enhance your learning and master the ICD-10-CM manual to support accurate coding.
PDPM Game Plan
Information, downloadable tools, checklists and more all packed into one go-to resource to support PDPM success.
Featured Publication
Learning Timeline for AAPACN Education and Resources
Looking to elevate your expertise or advance your career? The Learning Timeline for AAPACN Education and Resources outlines a clear path to grow your knowledge and credentials. Explore the recommended programs, tools, and resources tailored for your role and experience level. Download»
The Latest from AAPACN
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ICD-10-CM Coding Spotlight Series – Part 4: Slips, Trips, and Fragile Bones: Why Not All Fractures Are Created Equal
As winter gives way to spring, many are relieved to leave behind icy sidewalks and the inevitable steady number of fall-related…
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CMS Maps Out Four Years of Big Changes and Forecasts Even More
In the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) and Consolidated Billing Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027,…
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Falls with Major Injury: New CMS Guidance, Coding Clarity, and QAPI Strategies for SNFs
In this LTC NAC Chat podcast episode, Sarah Becker, RN, Director of Clinical Reimbursement for Proactive LTC Consulting, and Christine Twombly,…
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How to Discuss Your SNF’s Quality Measure Outcomes with External Parties
In this LTC DON Chat podcast episode, Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, chief nursing officer for AAPACN, and…
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Sustainable DNS Leadership: How to Lead Without Losing Yourself
The role of leadership can’t be turned on and off at the end of a shift. For the director of nursing…
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Incentive Spirometry: A Win-Win for Residents, Nursing Teams, and PDPM Accuracy
Article contributed by AAPACN Solution Provider Limitlessli By Mary-Beth Newell, RN, BSN, MS, SVP of Clinical Reimbursement at Limitlessli In skilled…
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Ancillary Billing Review: Why the DNS Must Lead the Financial-Clinical Conversation
As the clinical leader of the largest operational department in a skilled nursing facility, the director of nursing services (DNS), in…
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Three iQIES Reports That the NAC Should Review Regularly for the SNF QRP
Under the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP), SNFs must meet an annual 90 percent MDS submission threshold to…
I truly believe that QCP certification is beneficial to the entire IDT. There are facilities who have adopted the principles and have seen significant improvement in their problem or issue resolution. It gives you the processes to follow to look at systems and processes and how they can be made to work more efficiently.
—Maureen McCarthy, RN, BS, RAC-MT, QCP-MT, DNS-MT, RAC-MTA, President, Celtic Consulting
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Education
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