1/8/09 Job Listings
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KePro Delays Increasing
LifeSpan is working with DHMH and other state officials to address the growing backlog of claims processing. Problems appear to be the result of management changes and insufficient training for KePro staff responsible for claims administration for senior care.
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2010 Seminars at Beacon!
Plan your 2010 Beacon education training now with:
* Webinar Leadership Series w/ Leta Beam
* RN Case Mgr and Delegating Nurse/Assisted Living Training
* New 3 Day Mgt Course Series Joint with Penn State U: Supervisory Development & Improving Health Care by Building a Successful Staff Retention Culture
* Assisted Living Manager Training - 80 & 20 hour series
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Maryland Health Care Commission Meeting on EHR Set for Feb 16
The Maryland Health Care Commission is inviting nursing home leaders to take part in a discussion regarding electronic health record (EHR) adoption. The discussion will focus on developing a collaborative approach for nursing homes to adopt EHRs through a bulk purchasing arrangement for stand-alone EHR systems or a management services organization (MSOs). EHR adoption in independent nursing homes is an essential part of improving the overall efficiencies in health care delivery, enhancing the quality of care, and reducing costs.
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Board Elections Underway - Vote Online for Directors!
Vote now because the polls are open through January 13th for a number of trustee positions on the LifeSpan & MANPHA board. The election is being conducted electronically, and all provider member organizations are encouraged to vote!
Members were notified via email regarding the slate of candidates and how to vote. A call for nominations went out in the fall of 2009, and the candidates were nominated and approved by the LifeSpan/MANPHA boards at their December 16th board meeting.
Election results will be tabulated and announced immediately following the election, for terms that begin this month. Directors’ terms are for 3 years.
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Steve Chiaverini Passes Away - LifeSpan Products & Services Trustee
A well known and respected member of the senior care field in Maryland & DC, Steve Chiaverini, passed away suddenly this week. Steve served in the leadership at LifeSpan, as a LPS board member and longtime supporter of association programs. He passed away suddenly on Wednesday morning, January 6th, at age 52.
His broad understanding of the field and warm personality allowed him the opportunity to touch so many people and serve in a wide variety of senior care organizations throughout the region. He will be greatly missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Joan Wolf, and their two children. A service was held on Friday, January 8th at 10:00a.m. at the Bethesda Jewish Congregation.
For those of you who wish to send a sympathy card or note of condolence to the family, the address is:
7005 Rainswood Court
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
Memorial contributions may be made to:
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Suite 501
730 N. Franklin Street
Chicago, IL 60654
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LifeSpan Legislative Day is February 11th in Annapolis!
Mark your calendars now and make plans to join your peers and have the most fun you can while lobbying your legislators in Annapolis.
LifeSpan and HFAM will collaborate again for this important opportunity to educate and inform our legislative leaders of the important issues senior care professionals are confronting this year.
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Beacon Accredited to Provide Nursing Credits
Beacon was just notified by the Maryland Nurses Association that that it now can provide nursing education credits on it's own and without having a co-sponsoring educational entity.
This means that Beacon will now have more flexibility to offer a greater range of nursing education. It also raises Beacon's status among nursing educational professionals and associations nationally.
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CDC to Study Assisted Living
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is conducting a new study of assisted living and residential care communities. The National Survey of Residential Care Facilities (NSRCF) is a first ever study designed to provide national estimates of these types of places. The national data collection will begin in April 2010, when 2,250 communities will be chosen randomly to answer questions about their community. This study is being supported by all the large provider groups including ALFA.
Advancing Excellence Web site Offers Comprehensive Data to Manage
Quality
The new Advancing Excellence Web site (www.nhqualitycampaign.org), launched in October 2009, provides a wealth of information for nursing homes, statewide long term care stakeholders, and consumers. Profiles of each state are available that show statewide pressure ulcer,
restraint and pain quality measures (QMs) compared to the national average and ranked relative to other states. The profiles also show the
number of nursing homes in each state with pressure ulcer rates above 20% and restraint rates above 11%. This information is useful for
Advancing Excellence LANEs and/or other statewide stakeholder groups to plan educational activities. (Go to www.nhqualitycampaign.org , click on PROGRESS and STATE. STATE PROFILES, listed at the top of the page, are available in PDF and PPT formats.)
In addition to the State Profiles, anyone can access publically reported nursing home-specific data and view comparisons of nursing homes'
performance compared to national and state performance as well as performance and trends over a period of time. The data come from the
MDS and are published quarterly on the Advancing Excellence Web site.
This data is public information and is available to anyone. (Go to www.nhqualitycampaign.org, click on PROGRESS and NURSING HOME. Then click on the PUBLIC QUALITY MEASURE TREND GRAPHS. Look for the drop-down menu called STATE and click. Choose the State you are interested in and then select the Nursing Home.) All nursing homes that are Medicare-certified are listed.
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