Survey Prep & Understanding Post-Survey Elements

Need to ensure your team is survey ready? This intensive 8-week workshop presented by Proactive LTC Consulting establishes department specific expectations and provides the insights key staff members need to understand the survey process, ensure collective survey preparedness, and overcome deficiencies.

Whether you're new to the LTC Survey process, seeking to refresh staff skills, or taking action to reset after less than optimal past health inspection outcomes, this training is for you

Target Audience:

Directors of Nursing, Nursing Leadership, Compliance Staff, Risk

Management, Administrator, Corporate Staff, Owners, QAPI team

CEUs: One (1) contact hour each session; NAB

approved through Proactive LTC Consulting.

Registration:

Once you register, AHHA will send your contact information to Proactive and you will receive an automated confirmation email within two weeks from customercare@gotowebinar.com with the link to join and a calendar invite.

Sessions Include:

August 27 - Week-by-Week Action Plan for Year-Round Survey Readiness Participants will review an 8-week Survey Readiness Plan and accompanying tools to guide the facility in year-round survey readiness.

September 3 - Addressing Obstacles During the Survey Discover potential obstacles that may develop during the survey process and provide tips and strategies for how to overcome those obstacles.

September 10 - Preparing Your Team for Survey Success

Review tips and strategies for preparing your facility team for survey success, including methods for team compliance rounds and meetings.

September 17 - Department-Specific Survey Expectations

Explore the specific expectations and tasks that should be addressed by each department during the survey process.

September 24 - After the Survey: Plan of Correction and Directed Plan of Correction

Learn what to expect after the survey, including the CMS requirements for the Plan of Correction (PoC) and Directed Plan of Correction (DPoC) and strategies for effective development of these remedies.

October 1 - Preparing for the Survey Revisit, CMPs and Appeals

The surveyors are returning. What should I expect? Discuss tips and strategies for preparing for a successful revisit.

October 8 - Strategies for Successful IDR/IIDR & Administrative Law Hearings

Review the regulatory requirements and process for an IDR/IIDR and Administrative Law Hearing. Tips and strategies for preparing for and conducting a successful deficiency challenge will be provided.

October 15 - Enforcement Remedies

Dive into CMS Enforcement Remedies from the Plan of Correction to Denial of Payment for New Admissions (DPNA), and everything in between. The Deficiency Scope and Severity Grid will be reviewed, along with the CMS Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) calculator.

Presented By: Janine Lehman RN, RAC-CT, CLNC

Janine is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years’ experience in long term care, working in all nursing

capacities from Nursing Assistant and Charge Nurse, to MDS Coordinator, Staff Development Coordinator,

ADON and DON. She is MDS Certified through AANAC, and is a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant.

Her background includes serving as a Corporate Nurse Consultant, and the Director of Clinical

Services for a multi-facility, multi-level of care organization. She has extensive experience in the RAI

process, clinical documentation, legal nurse consulting, restorative nursing programs, fall management,

QAPI, and infection control, and has provided training on these topics for State and National

organizations.