Pre-Conference Provider/Surveyor Training ProgramTuesday, May 6, 2025 New: To kickoff our Spring Conference & Solutions Expo on May 7-8, LeadingAge Iowa is hosting a Register NowTopics Covered
Event Agenda 2:30 – 2:45 Break 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Ensuring Accurate Diet Textures. A growing trend identified during on-site nursing home surveys includes residents receiving the inappropriate diet texture. Receiving the incorrect diet texture has the potential to result in significant adverse events including aspiration, choking, and even death. A multidisciplinary panel including a dietitian, speech therapist, dietary manager, and director of nursing will review strategies to ensure residents receive the correct diet texture and consistency to prevent any negative outcomes. 3:45 – 4 p.m. Break 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. The Cost of a Deficiency: Its More than a Monetary Penalty. Every deficiency has the potential to incur enforcement action by the State Survey Agency and CMS. However, the actual cost of a deficiency is so much more than a monetary penalty. Deficiencies often entail legal costs and increased employee administrative tasks. Deficiencies possibly impact employee retention, nurse aide training, occupancy, reimbursement, public image, general litigation risks and impacts on nursing home transactions. During this session, experienced legal counsel discuss the actual impact of deficiencies on nursing home providers and how proactive approaches to quality can prevent negative impacts. Intended Audience Continuing Education Information Iowa Board of Nursing Provider #67 – This program will be submitted to the Iowa Board of Nursing for review. Certified Dietary Managers – This program will be submitted to ANFP for review. For other long-term support and service provider professionals not listed above: Most licensure boards, credentialing agencies and professional organizations have processes that allow individuals to earn a certain number of CEUs for non-preapproved programs and/or to accommodate self-submission for approval of continuing education hours after the event takes place with proper documentation from the program sponsors. It is up to the discretion of the licensee to choose relevant sessions and self-report. Generic certificates of attendance will be provided. Register Now |
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