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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 antipsychotics 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 antipsychotic medications and chemical restraints 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. Sample tools will be shared for driving and sustaining antipsychotic reduction efforts.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand how the antipsychotics quality measure is calculated and impacting the Five-Star Quality Rating score
2. Describe best practices for reducing antipsychotics and improving your antipsychotic quality measures
3. Describe a process for establishing priority QAPI goals and actions to improve antipsychotics reduction efforts

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