Navigating the Latest CMS Revisions to Appendix PP and Surveyor Guidance
Monday, February 24
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
VIRTUAL
Seminar Description:
On January 16, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced revisions to its proposed updates to Appendix PP of the CMS State Operations Manual, originally released on November 18, 2024. The revised Appendix PP regulations include changes to Admission, Transfer & Discharge, Chemical Restraints/Unnecessary Psychotropic Medication, Resident Assessment, Quality of Life and Quality of Care, Administration, Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI), Infection Prevention and Control, Nurse Staffing and other areas including clarifications and technical corrections. The effective date of these revisions is March 24, 2025.
Join Mass Senior Care and Zimmet Health for a webinar to review the key changes and updated guidance to the regulations as well as action items to prepare for these upcoming changes. This webinar will review recent revisions to the regulations and the interpretive guidance in Appendix PP. Through this session, learners will be provided action items and tips to prepare for March 24, 2025.
Objectives:
•Understand the revisions to the CMS Appendix PP.
•Recognize actions that can be taken to prepare for the implementation of these revisions.
Presenters:
Alicia Cantinieri MBA, BSN, RN, CHC, CMDP, RAC-MT, RAC-CTA, DNS-CT, QCP, Managing Director, Clinical Reimbursement & Regulatory Compliance, Zimmet Health Care Services Group
Target Audience: Administrators, Directors of Nursing, Regional Staff, Staff Development, MDS Coordinators
Fees: (Must be paid in full prior to attending seminar)
$100 per person - Mass Senior Care Members
$200 per person - Non-Members
CEUs: 1.5
The Massachusetts Senior Care Association has qualified for “deemed status #NH-09015-007” from the Board of Registration of Nursing Home Administrators for Administrators. This program also meets continuing education requirements for Nurses in Massachusetts. All paid attendees will receive a certificate of attendance.
Cancellation Policy:
Mass Senior Care must be notified in writing no later than 48 hours prior to the start of the seminar for a refund, minus a $25 processing fee, which will be refunded in the manner in which the payment was made. “No Show” attendees will be billed at the full registration fee. Cancellations should be emailed to info@maseniorcare.org.
Please note: Virtual Link will be sent upon receipt of payment. If the corporate office is processing your registration, please call the Mass Senior Care office to confirm payment and registration.