Program Book

Judi Kulus, MSN, MAT, RN, NHA, DNS-CT, RAC-MT
Vice President of Curriculum Development, American Association of Nurse
Assessment Coordination (AANAC)
Judi has been a certified AANAC RAC-CT Master Teacher since 2004 and currently serves
as the vice president of curriculum development for AANAC where she oversees and
coordinates the association’s certification and educational content. Judi’s career began as a
nursing home administrator in 1987. She holds a master’s degree in nursing with a focus on informatics and a
master’s degree in education. She has been a registered nurse since 2000. For the past 29 years, Judi has
focused much of her work on supporting facilities in managing the RAI process, MDS coding, and nursing
system quality improvement. She has served as an operations manager, case mix & quality assurance
consultant, as well as crisis control administrator, for a variety of organizations including facilities in multiple
states.
Robert Latz, PT, DPT, CHCIO
Chief Information Officer, Trinity Rehabilitation Services
Robert Latz, PT, DPT, CHCIO is the only Physical Therapist in the United States to
complete the requirements to receive the HealthCare CIO certification from CHIME
(College of Health Information Management Executives). He is active within NASL as the
Co-Chair of the IMPACT Act Implementation Workgroup and as a member of the IT
Committee. Bob is also active within the APTA as a member of the Orthopedic; Home Health; and Geriatric
Sections. Currently, Dr. Latz serves as the Chief Information Officer for Trinity Rehabilitation Services,
which improves human function by providing contracted therapy services in Post-Acute Care settings. He is
also the CIO for Passage Healthcare, which owns three campuses providing elder care services in SNF, AL,
and IL settings.
Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, CMD, CIC
President and CEO, Chicago Internal Medicine Practice and Research
(CIMPAR, SC); Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at
Chicago
Dr. Dheeraj Mahajan is President and CEO of the Chicago Internal Medicine Practice
and Research (CIMPAR, SC) and a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at
University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a Fellow in Geriatric Medicine and certified in Internal Medicine
and Geriatric Medicine. In 2014, he became a Fellow of the Institute of Medicine, Chicago. Additionally,
Dr. Mahajan is a certified medical director and is certified in infection control and epidemiology. He
specializes in cross-continuum provider alignment and is a nationally recognized speaker on post-acute care
and quality improvement. Dr. Mahajan started as a solo practitioner in 2006 and today his group practice
has grown to eight physicians, three APNs, one PA-C and 22 full time employees. He currently is the
medical director at two CMS-rated five star skilled nursing facilities. At one of these facilities, he has
implemented a transitional care unit (TCU) using evidenced based protocols, peer review best practices,
strict admission order sets and protocols resulting in dramatically reducing hospital readmission rates,
improved outcomes, and patient and family satisfaction.
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NASL 27 th Annual Meeting