Live Webinars
Live webinars for LTPAC nurses and IDT staff are hosted throughout the year, as important topics and regulatory changes arise. Led by AAPACN nurse experts and thought leaders in the industry, these timely discussions offer guidance and information you can trust to do your job correctly and efficiently.
Upcoming Live Webinars
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- SNF ABN, NOMNC, DENC – What Has Changed for This Alphabet Soup of Notices?
Members: Free | Non-members: $116
Continuing Education: 1.25 CE hours
Date: Jan. 30, 2025
Time: 2 pm ET (1 pm CT, Noon MT, 11 am PT)
Duration: 75 minutes
Speaker: Jennifer LaBay, RN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, QCP, CRCThe alphabet soup of the Medicare beneficiary notices initiative (BNI) recently got a new recipe, and understanding these changes is critical for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). With recent updates impacting the SNF ABN (Skilled Nursing Facility Advance Beneficiary Notice), NOMNC (Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage), and DENC (Detailed Explanation of Non-Coverage), facility teams risk serving up noncompliance, financial losses, and provider liability if the updated notices and instructions aren’t properly implemented. During this 75-minute webinar, AAPACN Curriculum Development Specialist, Jennifer LaBay, RN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, QCP, CRC, will clarify the recent updates to the beneficiary notices and their instructions to assist facilities in demystifying the latest changes and turn the Medicare beneficiary notice alphabet soup into a clear and manageable recipe for success.
After participating in this webinar, learners will be able to:
- Identify the proper notice to use and when to use it
- Implement the latest instructions for each notice
- Understand how to correctly issue and document each notice
- Gain actionable insights to ensure compliance and avoid common pitfalls
- From QM to QAPI: How to Get in Shape
Members: Free | Non-members: $116
Continuing Education: 1.25 CE hours
Date: Feb. 13, 2025
Time: 2 pm ET (1 pm CT, Noon MT, 11 am PT)
Duration: 75 minutes
Speakers: Jessie McGill, RN, BSN, RAC- MT, RAC-MTA and Denise Winzeler, RN, BSN, LNHA, DNS-MT, QCP-MTAre your Quality Measures (QMs) still struggling to fit into your facility’s quality of care clothes? Are they out of shape, flabby, or reflect low performance even when you think staff are trying? Well, there’s good news! Just like working out to build muscle, the director of nursing services (DNS) and nurse assessment coordinators (NACs) can work on systems to get QMs back into shape. During this 75-minute webinar, AAPACN Sr. Curriculum Development Specialist, Jessie McGill, RN, BSN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, and AAPACN Director of Certification and Education, Denise Winzeler, RN, BSN, LNHA, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, will layout a QM fitness routine for NACs and DNSs to work together to ensure QMs accurately reflect the quality of care and outcomes a facility provides. Discover how to make meaningful changes to clinical systems when quality improvement is needed.
After participating in this webinar, learners will be able to:
- Recognize how clinical documentation and MDS accuracy impact QM outcomes
- Utilize root cause analysis to identify the problem within clinical systems that needs to be changed to improve quality outcomes
- Implement a NAC and DNS team effort to collaborate in quality improvement efforts