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Presented By:
Shelly Maffia, MSN, MBA, RN, LNHA, QCP, Director of Regulatory Services, Proactive Medical Review

Shelly Maffia is a Registered Nurse and Nursing Home Administrator who has served in long term care leadership and consulting positions, including positions as Director of Nursing, Administrator, and Corporate Nurse Consultant. . She earned the QAPI Certified Professional (QCP) credential from the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination (AANAC), which was established to promote the highest standards for QAPI program implementation in the long-term care profession

Contact Person: Shelly Maffia 812-719-0452 smaffia@proactivemedicalreview.com
Proactive Medical Review and Consulting

Course Description:
This session will review the UTI and catheter insert/left in bladder quality measures that impact the Quality Measure component of the Nursing Home Compare Five-Star Quality Rating system. During the session, we will review how these measures are calculated and how they impact your overall Five-Star Quality Rating. The session will focus on best practices for reducing urinary tract infections and unnecessary catheter use in your facility and how to improve these measures using a QAPI framework with emphasis on reduction of common MDS coding errors and implementation of a facility specific Five Star road map action plan.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand how the UTI and catheter insert/left in bladder quality measure are calculated and impact the Five-Star Quality Rating score
2. Describe best practices for reducing UTIs and catheter use and improving your Five-Star Quality Rating score
3. Describe a process for establishing priority QAPI goals and actions to improve the UTIs and catheter insert/left in bladder quality measure

Target Audience: Director of Nursing, Assistant Director of Nursing, Nurse Managers, Nursing Home Administrators, Nursing staff and leaders, Quality Assurance Director, Social Services, Rehabilitation services

1.25 CEUs offered