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LeadingAge Iowa is partnering with LeadingAge Oregon to offer this opportunity. The MDS is a critical nursing facility assessment tool that can directly impact resident quality of care, reimbursement, survey outcomes and your publicly posted quality measures. During this three-day virtual workshop, attendees will take a tour of all MDS sections, including review of the steps for assessment of each section, common coding errors and review of systems and processes to better provide for MDS completion accuracy. The final day of the workshop will include the care area assessment
(CAA) process and its relationship to care planning, and an overview of the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM).

Event Schedule
April 16-18, 2025 I 11 a.m.–3 p.m. CT

Who Should Attend
Any staff member responsible for completion of any part of the MDS, including nursing, dietary, activities, social
services, and medical records. Administrators will find the information provided in this class useful for understanding the
impact of the MDS on facility systems and processes and well as impact on quality measures and star ratings.

Faculty
Demi Haffenreffer, RN, MBA, President, Demi Haffenreffer, LLC
Demi has made long-term care her profession since 1973, first as a Director of Nursing and 40 years as a consultant. She has taught workshops nationally and internationally on a variety of subjects pertinent to Long-term and Community- based Care and is highly sought after for her consulting expertise by nursing homes, assisted living and residential care communities in Oregon and around the country. Contact Demi with questions about this course: [email protected]

Continuing Education Information

Iowa Board of Nursing Provider #67: LeadingAge Iowa has been approved as a provider of continuing education for nurses by the Iowa Board of Nursing, provider No. 67. 3.75 contact hours for each day will be available for participants who attend this event in its entirety. Partial credit for this event will not be granted. To receive contact hours or a certificate of attendance, you must attend the entire event. Evaluations for this event can be submitted to the Iowa Board of Nursing.

Nursing Home Administrators: 3.75 contact hours for each day is intended to meet the criteria established by the Iowa Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators for participants who attend this event in its entirety. Partial credit for this event will not be granted. To receive contact hours or a certificate of attendance, you must attend the entire event.

For other long-term support and service provider professionals not listed above: Most licensure boards, credentialing agencies and professional organizations have processes that allow individuals to earn a certain number of CEUs for non-preapproved programs and/or to accommodate self-submission for approval of continuing education hours after the event takes place with proper documentation from the program sponsors. It is up to the discretion of the licensee to choose relevant sessions and self-report. Generic certificates of attendance will be provided.                                                                                                                                           

Registration & Other Information
LeadingAge Iowa Member       $195
Prospective Member                $295 
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What’s Included
Registration fee includes several handouts that will aide in the learning process, including worksheets and Care Area
Assessment examples, one connection to each of the live sessions, and instructions for receiving CE credit/attendance
certificate for one person. A recording of this virtual program is NOT included in the registration fee.

Cancellation/Refund Policy
Registration deadline is April 11, 2025. No-shows will be billed. No refunds for failure to log-in at the time of the event.
Substitutions welcome anytime via email. All cancellation and substitution requests must be emailed to Dawn Balder
([email protected]). A full refund will be given to all cancellations received 10 or more business days prior to the event. A $50 administrative fee will be charged to all cancellations received six to nine business days prior to the event. No refunds will be given to cancellations received five or fewer business days prior to the event. Refunds will be calculated by the date received and the business days remaining prior to the event.

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