AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE
Sponsored by PPS Alert for Long-Term Care
presented on October 19, 2007
Understand and use your QM/QIs to your advantage
The Quality Indicators/Quality Measures (QM/QI) are part of a complicated measurement system that CMS uses to gauge the quality of your nursing home. They are also the basis of your survey process. Nursing home managers and staf need to be on notice to understand these reports and the effect they have on they survey process, bonus payments, and on the public.
There is a lot riding on your QM/QI data
Not only do these the QM/QIs affect your survey results, but they also are the basis for the upcoming value-based purchasing system by CMS (pay-for-performance).The pay-for-performance incentive means more money for you—and now is the time to understand QM/QI measures so you are ready to earn the money you are entitled to.
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Expert advice and sample QM/QI reports.
Listen to HCPro's Improve your QM/QIs: Keys to quality improvement, MDS accuracy, and survey success. During this 90-minute audioconference, expert speakers take an in-depth look at QM/QI reports, what they mean, and how to make them work for you. Get a firsthand look at sample QM/QI reports from your colleagues so you can see in real terms how your facility measures up. Listen as we tackle the topics surveyors are hitting on—such as behaviors, pressure ulcers, and incontinence—so you can be fully prepared for your survey day.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Identify common coding errors that affect several QM/QIs such as miscoding urinary tract infections, mood and behavior, and range of motion
- Relate proper coding procedures for several MDS sections explaining the triggering process
- Identify an immediate intervention triggered by a QM/QI
- Explain the value of educating more than just nursing staff about QM/QIs
- Determine how family education can help identify resident health problems
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AGENDA
- How CMS computes the quality measures /quality indicators (QM/QI)
- Numerator
- Denominator
- Adjusted percent
- Covariates
- Direct effects of QM/QIs
- MDS
- Survey focus
- Weight loss
- Dehydration
- Falls
- Behaviors
- Activities
- Using QM/QIs as a tool
- Misunderstandings and common coding errors
- Incontinence
- Physical functioning—Section G
- Behavior
- Mood
- Psychosocial outcomes
- Plans of correction
- Identify immediate interventions
- How to prevent reoccurrence
- How to monitor
- Documentation
- Survey
- Quality of care
- Quality of outcomes
- Education of staff and clinicians
- Nursing staff
- Housekeeping/laundry and dietary staff
- Therapists
- Pharmacists
- Physicians
- Education of families/customers
- Ensure families understand the QM/QIs report
- Use as marketing tool (positive outcomes)
- Use to recruit quality staff
- Q & A
NEW PURCHASE OPTION — AUDIO ARCHIVE
In addition to the regular purchase option for HCPro audioconferences, audio CD, we are pleased to offer a new option, an audio archive. Audio archive allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Bonnie G. Foster, RN, BSN, MEd, is an independent long-term care consultant who has worked in the field of geriatrics since 1969. Her varied work history includes positions as a CNA, charge nurse, staff developer, director of nursing, and state nurse surveyor for federal long-term care regulations. She has won numerous awards, ranging from outstanding teacher to a monetary reward for retention and recruitment. She has authored several manuals, including The QI/QM Troubleshooter, MDS/Resident Care Plans; Developing and Implementing Restorative Programs; Legal and Ethical Issues; and Management for Nurses. She currently teaches several long-term care programs throughout the country, consults within facilities, and is an expert witness for nursing home lawsuits.
Bette “Corky” Rodman, LNHA, LPN, is the administrator of a 140-bed skilled nursing facility. She brings over 30 years of experience in long-term care. During those 30 years, she has worked as a charge nurse, nurse manager, director of staff development, and administrator. Rodman is active in the Tennessee Health Care Association (THCA) and has served as president of the Memphis district. She presently serves on the Public Relations Committee and has served on the Government Relations and Membership Services Committee for THCA.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Administrators, DONs, MDS Coordinators, charge nurses, QA staff, Activities staff, social workers, nurses, dietary staff, medical directors/physicians, pharmacists, therapists, housekeeping, and laundry
BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET!
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive these helpful “take-aways” provided within your materials packet:
- Sample QM/QI report pages
- Examples of how the MDS crosses to the QM/QIs
- Tools from HCPro’s The QM/QI Troubleshooter: A Step-by-Step Guide to CMS' New Reporting System
These materials are provided with PDF links.
Purchase a CD or audio archive of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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