Mid-Morning Breakout Sessions (10:25a)
Each Session is 1.0 hours and participants will earn 1.0 CEUs for these programs.
Suggested Tracks: BOM: Business Office Managers * ACT: Activities * NUR: Nursing * ADM: Administration
ICD-10
Presenter: Daniel T. Vogt, CPEHR, PMP, & Lisa Trundy, Berry Dunn
ICD-10 is slated to go into effect in October. Is your facility ready? Are you? Further Program Details Coming Soon...
Daniel T. Vogt, CPEHR, PMP, is a Senior Manager in BerryDunn’s Management Consulting and Information Technology Consulting Group. He is a Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR), a Project Management Professional (PMP), and a Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt. Dan helps clients with a variety of issues including strategic technology planning, system selection, electronic health record strategy and planning, ICD-10 compliance, HIPAA compliance, implementation and project oversight, and information security. Dan’s recent work has included assisting Maine Veterans’ Homes with the selection, planning, and implementation of MVH’s EHR system.
The Heart of Self-Care: Healing from a Full Cup
Presenters: Randy Griffin
How can one possibly show up their best as a caregiver if they are not nurturing and caring for themselves first?
This workshop introduces ways to:
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"recharge your batteries,"
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transform stress into positive energy,
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and refocus work and life priorities.
Through a combination of lecture, discussion and experiential exercises, caregivers will leave with a clearer understanding of their role and boundaries and how to balance that with the rest of their life. Specific strategies to take better care of oneself will be introduced. You will leave feeling re-charged, energized, healthier and with an individualized action plan (that you will design) to feel in charge of your life.
(See Keynote page for speaker bio)
MDS 3.0
Section Q Referral Process
Presenters: Wendi Aultman, Bureau of Elderly & Adult Services
Kate Crary, Center on Aging & Community Living, UNH
This session will provide an overview of the MDS 3.0 Section Q referral process, the role of the Local Contact Agency during the process, and will provide additional guidance from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services regarding the intent of the process. This session will be of high value to new MDS Coordinators, Nursing Facility Social Workers, and staff who utilize the MDS within the normal scope of their position.
Participants will:
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Have an understanding of the Local Contact Agency’s role within the Section Q Referral Process.
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Understand the referral process and the role of all parties involved in the referral process.
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Understand the intent of the MDS 3.o Section Q referral process as it relates to Resident’s rights and access to information.
Wendi has worked for the Department of Health and Human Services since 1998. For the last 15 years her work has focused on administering the ServiceLink Resource Center Program. Wendi has her Masters in Humans Services Administration, and has certification as an Information and Referral Specialist and Public Manager. She is currently an at large member of the Statewide Independent Living Council in NH and provides leadership roles in the development of Enhanced ADRC Options Counseling, and the NHCarePath, NH’s No Wrong Door Access System Initiative.
Kate Crary, Educational Coordinator, joined the Center on Aging and Community Living in 2011. She is a certified Long Term Care Ombudsman, and currently assists with policy and procedure identification within the NHCarePath Initiative. Her career focuses on person centered planning and systems change.
Optimizing Nursing Facility Reimbursement
Presenter: Dr. Johnathan McCosh, Colby Sawyer College
The presentation will review the present New Hampshire Medicaid Methodology, discuss ways to optimize reimbursements for Medicaid and other payers, and how to prepare for future changes in reimbursement.
Dr. McCosh is an Assistant Professor of Health Care Management and Business Administration degree classes at Colby Sawyer College in New London, NH. His Doctorate in Business Administration has a dissertation focus on Strategic and operational planning for Health Care organization. He provides consulting services regarding strategic, operational and reimbursement for health care. Dr. McCosh was employed at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services from 1998 to 2013, where he was the rate setting Administrator for the Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services.