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Registration is being accepted for the 2018 Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety (MAPS) conference, Reigniting our Passion for Safe Care, that takes place Oct. 25 and 26 at the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest in Brooklyn Park. Early bird pricing is available until Sept. 11. 

The Benedictine Health System (BHS) named Jerilyn “Jeri” Reinhardt, RN, to Vice President Clinical Services and Performance Excellence. 

The Stars Among Us Award program is open for the 2019 recognition awards and we want to know, Who’s YOUR Jack?

Minnesota State University, Mankato and Ecumen are teaming up to help address the state’s acute shortage of nurses working in long-term geriatric care.   

More than 350 senior living professionals have signed on as Senior Living Works Ambassadors! Will you be next? 

The Minnesota Department of Health has posted the recording and transcript of its July 16 statewide regulatory conference call for care centers.  

The 2018 Annual Meeting & Leadership Forum is Sept. 18-21 at Madden’s in Brainerd. You won't want to miss an incredible opportunity to engage in a thought-provoking conversation on national public policy at the LeadingAge Town Hall. 

Care centers are set to receive an increase in funding as a result of the final payment and policy rule released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The rule also contains a new case-mix model, the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), that will determine reimbursement levels based on condition and care needs rather than the amount of care provided. 

Effective July 1, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Home Care and Assisted Living Program discontinued mailing paper copies of license survey results to providers and began emailing the results to the agent on record with MDH. 

Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) identified as not meeting the 80 percent reporting threshold under the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) recently received a letter from National Government Services, the Medicare contract agency for Minnesota, informing them that they will be subject to a 2 percent reduction on their Medicare fee-for-service rates beginning Oct. 1, 2018. SNFs who received these letters can request reconsideration by Aug. 7.  

The OnTrack Nursing Assistant Training program is seeing incredible state exam results! We currently we have 60 sites adopting the program, with 104 RN Trainers and 135 students. Student testing data shows: 

The FREE Onboarding Toolkit provides tools to turn your standard new employee orientation into an engaging onboarding experience! Watch this introductory 7-minute video to learn about the new resource. 

During her recent keynote address at the Adult Day Conference, Ruth Katz, Senior Vice President of Public Policy/Advocacy or LeadingAge, discussed the importance of strengthening the data story for Adult Day Services. Adult day members can now shape that story by participating in a national study. 

The Stars Among Us Award program is open for the 2019 recognition awards and we want to hear about the great work your organization is doing. The Excellence in Practice Awards recognize promising programs and initiatives in four areas: Quality, Innovation, Workplace and Community Collaboration. 

LeadingAge Minnesota is now accepting nominations for the Board of Directors and Honorary Memberships. Applications are due by Friday, Aug. 10. 

Life plan communities need to get busy growing the supply of senior housing and finding new ways to attract younger residents to that housing. 

The new AgingServicesJobs.Org platform launched nearly 2 months ago, with 72 jobs posted to date! 

In a proposed rule released for public inspection this week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) aims to make changes to a 2016 final rule that requires the electronic reporting of work-related injury and illness data.  

To facilitate timely passage of 2019 spending bills and avoid a government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, the U.S. House and Senate are combining multiple individual spending bills into larger legislative packages. 

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) recently published application materials for the moratorium exceptions process. To help care center members learn more about this process, we are hosting a Moratorium Exceptions Process: What Care Centers Need to Know webinar on Aug. 9. 

Registration is being accepted for the 2018 CHAIN (Collaborative Healthcare-Associated Infection Network) Conference.  The conference, which takes place on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center, includes the latest evidenced-based approaches for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antibiotic resistance. 

The 2018 Annual Meeting & Leadership Forum is Sept. 18-21 at Madden’s in Brainerd. Go BOLD is the theme of this year’s leadership conference, with speakers, sessions and events designed to explore what it means to lead in today’s complex environment and to navigate through the changes that will define the very future of senior living.

A new resource from LeadingAge will help you better protect your residents from falling victim to telephone and internet scams typically aimed at older people. 

Do you know a candidate for state office who is a champion for the seniors we serve and their caregivers? The LeadingAge Minnesota Political Action Committee (PAC) seeks to support compassionate leaders who will champion policies promoting excellence and innovation in older adult services. 

The Minnesota Directors of Nursing Administration (MN-DONA) is now accepting nominations for the Nursing Director of the Year. 

The last day to register for the August 8-9 Billing University is Thursday, August 2. 

This two-day intensive learning workshop delivers essential knowledge, skills and resources to help capture all appropriate reimbursement for the services you provide and is applicable and valuable learning for both new and seasoned staff.

Find details and registration here.

Registration is now open for the 43^rd Annual Minnesota Health Care Engineers Association (MHCEA) Fall Education Seminar and Vendor Show. 

Consultant Pharmacists Inc. (CPI) will unravel some of the complexities of the regulation and guidelines for pharmacy services from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “Mega-rule” of 2017 at is annual conference on Sept. 14.  

The new AgingServicesJobs.Org platform has launched! Sign up for a live webinar demo on July 31 from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. to learn how to post a job. 

Registration is open for the 2018 Annual Meeting & Leadership Forum, Sept. 18-21 at Madden’s in Brainerd. Go BOLD is the theme of this year’s leadership conference, with speakers, sessions and events designed to explore what it means to lead in today’s complex environment and to navigate through the changes that will define the very future of senior living.