Navigating Immigration Changes: What Employers Need to Know
Monday, April 14, 2025
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Via Zoom
Program Description:
With significant changes in immigration policies and a rise in immigration enforcement actions, it is more important than ever for employers to stay informed. Join us for this insightful webinar with Leslie Ditrani, Attorney/Founder and Caly Rajput, Law Clerk at Pathway for Immigrant Workers, where we’ll break down the latest immigration updates and their impact on work authorizations, I-9 obligations, and workplace preparedness for law enforcement/ICE interactions. Leslie will also share how her organization assists low-wage workers already here in the U.S. with work authorization in employment-sponsored lawful permanent residence applications.
Objectives:
- Understand immigration changes impacting employees with TPS or CHNV Parole status
- Establish clear policies for interacting with law enforcement agents
- Learn about legal assistance for employees with immigration concerns and green card applications
Presenters:
- Leslie Ditrani, Attorney and Founder of Pathway for Immigrant Workers
- Caly Rajput, Law Clerk, Pathway for Immigrant Workers
Target Audience: Corporate Leaders, HR Professionals, Nursing Home Administrators, Directors of Nursing, Department Heads
Navigating the Latest CMS Revisions to Appendix PP and Surveyor Guidance
REPEAT of the program held on 2/24/25
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Via Zoom
Program 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 April 28, 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 April 28, 2025.
Objectives:
- Understand the revisions to the CMS Appendix PP.
- Recognize actions that can be taken to prepare for the implementation of these revisions.
Presenter:
- 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