CMS subject matter experts will share updates on the progress of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes and Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI). A question and answer session will follow the presentations.
Audience
Consumer and advocacy groups, nursing home providers, surveyor community, prescribers, professional associations, and other interested stakeholders
Objectives
- Learn about the reform of requirements for long-term care facilities, highlighting the Behavioral Health Services & Pharmacy Services sections.
- Learn innovative approaches that a Tennessee nursing home used to implemented to dramatically reduce the use of antipsychotic medications.
- Become up to date on the progress of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes and Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement
Speakers
Diane Corning, CMS.
Douglas Ford, National HealthCare Corporation, Fort Sanders.
Michele Laughman and Debbie Lyons, CMS.
Register
Register for National Partnership for Dementia Care and QAPI Call.
Contact
If you have questions or concerns, contact Jenna Kornberg, 952-853-8583, jkornberg@stratishealth.org.