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𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴!

Make time to invest in your own professional growth and take the next step in your nursing leadership journey.

Join us for the upcoming DNS-CT® Certification Virtual Workshop:
📅 October 20–23, 2026
⏰ 10:00 a.m.–5:15 p.m. ET
💻 Virtual
🎓 22.5 CE credits

Registration includes four days of live instruction, digital workshop materials, and access to all 10 certification exams.

Scan the QR code to learn more and register today!

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📢The LTCSP Procedure Guide (PG) and Risk Based Survey (RBS) PG has been updated along with the revised LTCSP Initial Pool (RR, RRI, RR) and LTCSP mapping document. cstu.io/e709d6
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An update to the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document is now available. This document has been updated to reflect the finalized policies for the SNF QRP in Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 and includes other useful resources available to providers.
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The SNF Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on the compare tool on cstu.io/bafdc1 and the Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the January 2027 refresh.

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲: The following two measures have been removed from SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) public reporting effective with the January 2027 refresh:

COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Personnel (HCP)
COVID-19 Vaccine: Percent of Patients/Residents Who Are Up to Date

Provider Preview Reports for the January 2027 refresh include:
Assessment-based measures based on quality assessment data submitted by SNFs from Quarter 2, 2025 through Quarter 1, 2026.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Healthcare Personnel measure based on data from Quarter 4, 2025 through Quarter 1, 2026.
The Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable 30-Day Post-Discharge Readmission measures based on data from Quarter 4, 2023 through Quarter 3, 2025.
The annual refresh of the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary measure based on data from Quarter 4, 2023 through Quarter 3, 2025.
The SNF Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) measure based on data from Quarter 4, 2024 through Quarter 3, 2025.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮.
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Meet your RAC-CT Master Teacher, Jessica Stucin!

Jessica will lead participants through four days of virtual instruction designed to strengthen their understanding of resident assessment, MDS completion, care planning, quality measures, and PDPM.

The AAPACN RAC-CT® Certification Workshop will be held virtually November 10–13, 2026. Registration includes 22.5 continuing education hours and access to all 10 certification exams.

Register here: cstu.io/d21b81

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Cancellation Policy: The Parties are not responsible for any fees incurred due to cancellations or postponements. Participant cancellations must be submitted in writing via email to workshops@AAPACN.org. Participants who are unable to attend may send a substitute in their place. Cancellations received more than thirty (30) business days prior to the start date of the workshop will receive a full refund. Cancellations received fourteen to thirty (14–30) business days prior to the start date of the workshop will receive a full refund, minus a two-hundred-and-fifty-dollar ($250.00) processing fee, of which two-hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225.00) is paid to Training Partner and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) is paid to Association. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received thirteen (13) business days or less prior to the start date of the Training Workshop except for emergencies or a visit from state surveyors. State surveyors must be present in the participant’s building in order for the participant to receive a refund. Neither party shall issue a refund for any participant’s withdrawal due to weather unless the Training Workshop is cancelled. ... See MoreSee Less

The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Overview of Data Elements Used for Reporting Assessment-Based Quality Measures and Standardized Patient Assessment Data Elements Affecting Fiscal Year (FY) 2029 Annual Payment Update (APU) Determination table has been updated to reflect the data elements that will be required to meet the APU for the FY 2029 SNF QRP.
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Transmittal 13971: 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗦: The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to require the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to post Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) results on their websites in an effort to keep the provider and supplier communities informed of issues and trends. EFFECTIVE DATE: November 2, 2026 *Unless otherwise specified, the effective date is the date of service. 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
"Targeted Probe and Educate Quarterly Web Posting Each quarter"
𝘔𝘈𝘊𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘗𝘌 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘈𝘊𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.
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Medicare audits don't start when the records are requested. Is your facility prepared?

Join us on October 27 for Part 2 of What's in a Name? Understanding the Basic Types of Medicare Audits.

We'll take a closer look at common documentation deficiencies, Medicare coverage, PDPM coding, MDS accuracy, and strategies to strengthen audit preparedness.

📅 October 27, 2026

🔗 Register here: cstu.io/bdf054/

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