1.5 CEs - Illinois Health Care Association
1.5 CEs - Illinois Health Care Association
1.5 CEs - Illinois Health Care Association
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RAC Updates<br />
Betsy Anderson, Vice-President, FR&R <strong>Health</strong>care Consulting, Inc.<br />
Janet Potter, CPA, MAS, FR&R <strong>Health</strong>care Consulting, Inc.<br />
Track BIZ<br />
The Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) have arrived! By now your facility should have a RAC team working hard to<br />
ensure your records can withstand an audit. Is your game plan working or does it need some fine tuning? This session<br />
will help you prepare for both automated and complex reviews and help you refine your audit game plan. We will help<br />
attendees identify practices that can make them the target of an audit and how to change your practices to fix problems<br />
before the RAC finds them.<br />
Long Term <strong>Care</strong> in the Digital Age: New Media for Facilities and Residents<br />
Kevin Kavanaugh, MA, <strong>Illinois</strong> Council on Long Term <strong>Care</strong><br />
Daniel Sullivan, BA, <strong>Illinois</strong> Council on Long Term <strong>Care</strong><br />
Track MULTI<br />
In today’s digital age, long term care facilities have many opportunities to use social and digital media tools such as<br />
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype for developing positive relationships with their key audiences. This session<br />
will provide practical advice and real-life examples of how facilities can harness the power of social media to enhance<br />
resident quality of life, communicate with families and reach out to the community.<br />
Falls: What You Don’t Know Hurts!<br />
Cheryl Boldt, RN, LNHA, Maun-Lemke Speaking & Consulting, LLC<br />
Track NUR<br />
Facility teams spend a great deal of time and focus on falls. The organized involvement of the front line staff, care plan<br />
team, and family is critical to sustaining success in identifying risk and implementing the right interventions to prevent<br />
falls. Join us as we explore realistic teaming, communication and monitoring systems for keeping those we serve safe<br />
from falls. This session includes lecture, humor, group discussion and individual action planning. The targeted audience<br />
includes CEOs, Directors of Nursing, Rehabilitation and Restorative Directors, Quality Improvement Managers,<br />
Consultants to Long Term <strong>Care</strong> and all transdisciplinary care team members.<br />
What Your Medical Director Can Do for You and Your Facility<br />
Nick Lynn, JD, Duane Morris LLP<br />
Rajeev Kumar, MD, FACP, Adventist Midwest Geriatrics Specialists<br />
Track ADM<br />
This session will cover the regulatory requirements for a medical director and the practical and professional<br />
contributions which a medical director can provide; ways a medical director can assist your facility in avoiding<br />
deficiencies, responding to cited deficiencies, and providing expert medical testimony during the informal dispute<br />
resolution process and/or evidentiary hearing process. This session will discuss how a facility can effectively utilize its<br />
medical director to protect it from regulatory, civil and criminal liability.<br />
CliCk here to register online<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
10 – 11:30 a.m. (<strong>1.5</strong> <strong>CEs</strong>)<br />
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