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Session 27 | Be a Five Star Facility
Time: 1:45 to 3:15 p.m.
Type/Topic: Clinical/Person-Centered Care Practices
Room Location: Windemere W
Session Summary
In this session, participants will gain an understanding of the Five-Star Quality Rating System and the three domains that comprise the overall rating. This session will highlight the individual domains, with emphasis on the Staffing and Quality Measure domains. A deep dive into the Quality Measures will be provided with key tips for improvement. Lastly, attendees will learn the Staffing and Quality Measures from the Five-Star Quality Rating System that may also impact other SNF programs, such as the SNF Quality Reporting Program, the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, and the Florida Medicaid QIP.
Presenters
Katie Slier
Senior Director of Clinical Reimbursement & Analytics | RB Health Partners, Inc.
About the Presenter
Katie Slier has specialized as a Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) consultant for over 8 years and is actively advanced certified as a Resident Assessment Coordinator through AAPACN. Katie brings over a decade of focused practice in acute and long-term care. Katie is excellent in the auditing process, which includes targeted reviews of the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), Medicaid case-mix, Quality Measures, the Five-Star Quality Rating Program, the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP), and the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program (SNF VBP). She is enthusiastic about staff education, specifically related to the RAI process, PDPM, and Quality Measures.
Robin Bleier
President/CEO | RB Health Partners, Inc.
About the Presenter
Robin A. Bleier RN, HCRM, LNC, has 40 years of health care experience, 30 of which are in long term care. Robin's passion is teaching and training with a focus on risk management as a means to help improve quality and resident outcomes while increasing long term care professionals' work satisfaction. Robin worked as a nursing assistant, LPN, RN, DON, regional nurse, CCO, and COO. She now owns and operates RB Health Partners, Inc. (RBHPs) a long term care consultancy firm for the past 20 years. RBHPs employs an interdisciplinary team of subject matter experts and consultants to support long term care providers meet their quality improvement goals.