New Webinar Helps SNF Providers Gain a Deeper Understanding of PDPM Quality Monitoring

Programs and Resources
 
Published:September 29, 2020
Dave Kyllo
​​AHCA has a new webinar available exclusively to AHCA members titled Trend Tracker and Other Sources to Monitor Quality Impact of PDPM  that offers 1.25 CEs upon successful completion of a short quiz at the conclusion of the webinar. 

AHCA members can monitor their Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Rehospitalization Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) performance as well as their IMPACT Act Quality Reporting Program (QRP) performance via Long Term Care Trend Tracker (LTCTT). In this module, PDPM Academy participants will gain a deeper understanding of key PDPM Quality Measures (QM), how to best monitor them including using of LTCTT. Participants also will learn about root-cause MDS trend analysis approaches using a new PDPM Tracking Module Tool.

The Trend Tracker and Other Sources to Monitor Quality Impact of PDPM  webinar is free with a PDPM Academy 2020 subscription. AHCA SNF provider members can still register for the AHCA PDPM Academy 2020 Subscription – Building Optimal Operational Capacities©. This exclusive “SNF provider member only” subscription package includes:

  • Seven pre-recorded one-hour educational webinars with 1.25 NAB continuing education (CE) credits and accompanied by AHCA-developed guidance toolkits and other resources covering these topics:

    • ​Holistic person-centered care planning
    • ​Evidence-based approaches for improving mobility is Available Here
    • ​Effective care transitions at admission and discharge
    • ​Trend Tracker and other sources to monitor the quality impact of PDPM Available Here
    • ​Managing residents with complex nursing and NTA needs is Available Here
    • ​Restorative nursing and skilled maintenance nursing and therapy is Available Here
    • ​Medical director’s role in the SNF PDPM world

  • Five live PDPM Academy Open Discussion Forums: (On-demand recordings of these forums are available to Subscribers)
  • ​Access to AHCA’s complete library of 2019 and 2020 PDPM Academy materials 
The 2020 subscription fee is $299 per individual and is available only to AHCA SNF provider members (or individual contracted employees if registering through the AHCA provider member). ​The materials, toolkits, forums and webinars in the AHCA PDPM Academy 2020 Subscription package come from the nation’s top experts and are hundreds of dollars less than what private consultants are charging. 

The Trend Tracker and Other Sources to Monitor Quality Impact of PDPM  webinar and other CE webinars in 2020 PDPM Academy series can also be purchased a la carte. The a la carte registration price per individual for each PDPM Academy 2020 CE session is $150 for AHCA members. The complete collection of PDPM Academy 2020 CE sessions will be held throughout the remainder of 2020.  

To access ahcancalED and register members need to login with their AHCA/NCAL usernames and passwords. For assistance obtaining AHCA/NCAL usernames and passwords, please e-mail educate@ahca.org​ with your name and facility contact information.