Events

PDPM and the Medicaid Experience Thursday, January 23, 2025 12 noon –1pm VIRTUAL Seminar Description: Massachusetts Medicaid rate setting transitioned from MMQ to PDPM over a year ago. Changes in assessment management have led to an expected statewide increase in CMI. However, results vary widely across providers. Zimmet Healthcare’s CMI-Connect tracking software indicates that many providers are appropriately realizing gains, while others see little progress. These differences likely stem from reimbursement management processes, not resident acuity, leading to uneven distribution

The 4 Month Pathway to Certified Nursing Assistant: Regulations, Training, and Member Success Tuesday, January 28, 2025 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm VIRTUAL Seminar Description: Few jobs offer the opportunity to upskill with career and economic advancement as rapidly as the pathway to become a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) yet recent data demonstrates that Massachusetts nursing facilities are under-utilizing this opportunity. Join us as we clarify the regulations surrounding Resident Care Assistants/nurse aides in training, share updates to nurse aide

Best Practices to Improve Billing Success under PDPM January 29, 2025 11:00am – 12 noon Zoom webinar As the Medicaid PDPM acuity system enters its second year, MassHealth representatives will provide critical insights including findings from the first year of PDPM implementation for MassHealth nursing facility claims, common obstacles to successful billing and strategies to overcome them, an overview of billing compliance requirements under PDPM and feedback from MassHealth’s first-year audit experiences. MassHealth will also provide an update on the

Complying with Chapter 197 – Developing and Implementing an Outbreak Management Plan Tuesday February 4, 2025 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm VIRTUAL Seminar Description: Chapter 197 of the Acts of 2024 written into law on September 6, 2024, requires long-term care facilities to develop and implement an outbreak response plan by March 5, 2025 and submit the plan for review to DPH. Join Mass Senior Care and Capsid Consulting to review the requirements for long-term care facilities related to the

Will You Be Prepared if the OIG Comes Knocking? Understanding Compliance Programs 101 Tuesday February 11, 2025 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm VIRTUAL Seminar Description: Maintaining compliance is more critical than ever in the ever-evolving landscape of long-term care. Join Mass Senior Care and Hooper Lundy Bookman to review the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (ICPG) for Nursing Facilities. In addition, the webinar will include an overview of recent Health & Human Services, OIG, and

Community Transitions for Qualified Nursing Facility Residents An Educational Webinar Presented by MassHealth and Executive Office of Aging & Independence Zoom Webinar Wednesday, February 12, 2025 11am – 12 noon VIRTUAL Seminar Description: Under the Marsters v. Healey lawsuit the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (EOHHS) must take a comprehensive set of actions over an eight-year period to provide informed choice, case management services, specialized services, and residential services and supports necessary to transition no fewer than 2,400 class members from nursing