Avantum

Reducing Unnecessary Re-Admissions
2021-06-30 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Presented by: Fran Hoh, Ph.D., APN
Do you wish you could decrease your rate of unnecessary hospital admissions? Are you worried about the financial impact of the 30-day readmission rate? In this one-hour presentation, you can follow Fran Hoh Ph.D. APN, who has decreased the unnecessary hospital admission rate in over 30 long-term care facilities in NJ. Come learn the 3 strategies that will keep your patient in their beds, where they belong.
After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:
• Identify behaviors that nursing staff can implement to decrease unnecessary admissions
• Define how advanced care planning can reduce the 30 day readmission rate
• Create standard operating procedures that will decrease unnecessary hospitalizations
Partners Pharmacy is a leading long-term-care pharmacy providing innovative “best in class” pharmacy services to over 48,000 residents in 400 Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Communities throughout the United States. We are dedicated to providing personalized, high-quality pharmacy services with a focus on clinical support, cost containment, and innovative technology solutions.

Webinar – 1.0 CE for both Nurses & Administrators

Protecting Your Residents
2021-07-21 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker: Patricia Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC
After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:
• Define the scope of the problem
• Identify warning signs that require immediate action
• Educate, remediate or fire – when to and how to act
Session Summary Little conjures up a more negative mental picture than the mention of elder abuse, mistreatment and/or neglect. Physical or sexual abuse is a red flag issue for families and plaintiff attorneys. Elder abuse can take the form of physical, sexual, financial and/or emotional acts of exploitation. Often there is a combination of those factors.
Pat Iyer MSN RN is a legal nurse consultant, speaker, author, editor and coach. She has written or edited 49 of her own books. After Pat served as the editor for the first and second editions of Nursing Home Litigation: Investigation and Case Preparation, she spent time educating legal practitioners and clinicians about nursing home liability.

Webinar – 1.0 CE for both Nurses & Administrators

National Hospice Trend
2021-08-04 13:00 - 14:00
Edo Banach, President & CEO of NHPCO
We will explore the current and planned future state for hospice and palliative care coverage, focusing on benefits, advocacy and innovation.
Following participation in the webinar, the attendee will be able to:
• Learn the history of the hospice benefit
• Understand how the benefit has evolved, and goals for future evolution
• Understand the palliative care benefit – what it is and is not, and how we are advocating for change.
Edo Banach is President & CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Previously, he was the Senior Advisor and Deputy Director of the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Associate General Counsel at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. He holds a B.A. from Binghamton University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Webinar – 1.0 CE for both Nurses & Administrators

Medication Use Technology and Mindfulness in Long-Term-Care Facilities
2021-08-25 13:00 - 14:00
Guest Speaker
Donna Horn, MS, RPh, CHC | Webinar – 1.0 CE for both Nurses & Administrators.
The automated dispensing systems represent one of the most widely deployed forms of technology integrated with today’s medication use systems. This session will provide you with recommendations on how you can employ these devices to support safe and secure medication distribution by consciously practicing mindfulness (fully attending to what’s happening) practicing mindfulness to keep things in balance and perspective.
After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:

Describe how the use of automated dispensing technologies enhance medication safety efforts.
Apply simple mindfulness practices that can be used in your personal and professional lives.
How incorporating mindfulness in your work life can decrease stress and improve patient care.
Develop strategies to avoid confusion or misinterpretation of look-alike, sound-alike medication names.

Avantum Hospice Pharmacy offers services nationally with 11 local dispensing pharmacies throughout our footprint and over 69,000 contracted pharmacies in our PBM network. We deliver a full line of pharmacy services dedicated to exceeding the needs of our partners with a focus on superior local service, maximizing cost efficiencies and leveraging proprietary technology.

Delirium and Restlessness in the Last Phase of Life: Much Can Be Done!
2021-09-29 13:00 - 14:00
James A. Avery, MD, CMD, FAAHPM, FCCP, FACP | Webinar – 1.0 CE for both Nurses & Administrators.
Delirium or end-stage restlessness is one of the most devastating occurrences in end-of-life care. Survivors often view it as the single most painful expression of the dying experience. Yet, with a good knowledge base about recent research, much can be done.
Following participation in the webinar, the attendee will be able to:

Give the various “other” names of end-stage restlessness and define the signs and symptoms
Tell the practical steps involved in assessing end-stage restlessness and distinguish it from other end-of-life syndromes
Understand the four dimensions of human suffering
Treat end-stage restlessness effectively and with compassion

Avantum Hospice Pharmacy offers services nationally with 11 local dispensing pharmacies throughout our footprint and over 69,000 contracted pharmacies in our PBM network. We deliver a full line of pharmacy services dedicated to exceeding the needs of our partners with a focus on superior local service, maximizing cost efficiencies and leveraging proprietary technology.

Clinical Areas of Liability in Long-Term-Care QAPI approach to Litigation
2021-10-06 13:00 - 14:00
Guest Speaker:
Tiffany Hinds, BSN, RN, CLNC | Webinar – 1.0 CE for both Nurses & Administrators.
Effective risk management requires identification of litigation prone areas and implementation of preventative or corrective actions throughout a facility. This webinar will assist long term care facilities on how to integrate two systems; risk management and quality assurance and performance improvement to target common risk areas such as; falls and falls with injury, Pressure Injuries, malnutrition & hydration, medication errors, wandering/elopement, change in condition, skin issues, including but not limited to infections. These process will aid in providing quality care and promote patient safety, hence avoiding litigation.
After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:

Identify the risk of the liability
Assess the risk of the liability
Examine solutions for the liability
Monitor the result and put a plan in place as it relates to risk management

Avantum Hospice Pharmacy offers services nationally with 11 local dispensing pharmacies throughout our footprint and over 69,000 contracted pharmacies in our PBM network. We deliver a full line of pharmacy services dedicated to exceeding the needs of our partners with a focus on superior local service, maximizing cost efficiencies and leveraging proprietary technology.

Hospice Update from the final FY 2022 Wage Index Rule
2021-10-19 13:00 - 14:00
Guest Speaker:
Jennifer L. Kennedy, EdD, MA, BSN, RN, CHC | Webinar – 1.0 CE for both Nurses & Administrators.
The final FY 2022 Wage Index rule brought changes to Medicare hospice which providers need to know to be compliant, successfully strategic, and to deliver high quality care. This session will discuss data updates from CMS, changes to the election addendum, new claims based measures, stars for hospice CAHPS, updates to hospice public reporting and what is in the future quality reporting pipeline.
After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:

Describe the national hospice landscape. (15 minutes)

Discuss the climate and areas of focus at CMS, MedPAC, and the OIG related to hospice.

Discuss recent regulatory changes and updates to hospice in FY 2022.

Describe FY 2022 rate update.
Examine update to the Election statement addendum issuance.
Outline the hospice program integrity regulations

Surveyors
Special Focus Program
Enforcement remedies

Explain recent quality reporting changes to hospice for FY 2022

Addition of claims-based measures
Addition of CAHPS Star ratings
Updates to public reporting
Future quality measures for hospice

Avantum Hospice Pharmacy offers services nationally with 11 local dispensing pharmacies throughout our footprint and over 69,000 contracted pharmacies in our PBM network. We deliver a full line of pharmacy services dedicated to exceeding the needs of our partners with a focus on superior local service, maximizing cost efficiencies and leveraging proprietary technology.
