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  • AAPACN's Body of Knowledge for the Role of Director of Nursing Services in Long-Term Care
    Contains 2 Component(s)

    Outline of knowledge needed for proficiency in the DNS role within Long-Term Care

    AAPACN’s Body of Knowledge for the Role of Director of Nursing Services in Long-Term Care is an essential reference for facility managers and a must-have guide for DONs who wish to further their expertise and career in the LTC nursing field. The Body of Knowledge guide identifies, defines, and measures the core competencies required of DNSs practicing in SNFs. Organized by seven standards and competency domains, the Body of Knowledge guide outlines the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for successful accomplishment of the tasks related to each domain.

    Use the Body of Knowledge guide to: 

    • Successfully hire and train your facility’s next DNS
    • Learn what you need to know to fulfill your role as a DNS
    • Demonstrate your competencies as a DNS to staff and superiors

    Developed and reviewed by more than a dozen nurse leader experts, the 46-page PDF download includes a comprehensive DNS career map.

  • AAPACN's Guide to Successful Restorative Programs
    Contains 2 Component(s)

    Resources and tools you need to start and maintain an effective restorative program in your facility

    The risk for functional decline in long-term care residents is a serious issue that often leads to falls, pressure ulcers/injuries, weight loss, depression, and other negative outcomes. To ensure quality outcomes and to comply with federal regulation, nursing facilities must have a comprehensive and effective restorative program that encourages each resident’s highest level of function. However, many facilities struggle to implement and manage any consistent restorative program. AAPACN’s Guide to a Successful Restorative Program will provide the knowledge and tools you need to start and maintain an effective restorative program in your facility with ease and confidence.

    *Updated May 2024.


    Use the Guide to Successful Restorative Programs to:

    • Identify and overcome barriers to effective restorative programming in your facility
    • Select appropriate candidates for restorative programming
    • Recruit available resources in your facility, such as a program lead, activities director, and more
    • Write restorative programs with measurable goals
    • Analyze resident performance for effective periodic evaluations

    The Guide to Successful Restorative Programs includes:

    • Interactive PDF manual
    • Tools and algorithms to help you initiate your program
    • Comprehensive examples of restorative goals, interventions, evaluations, and care planning to adapt to paper or electronic software
    • Additional resources to help you create the best restorative program and maintain it successfully in your facility

  • AAPACN's PDPM Game Plan
    Contains 2 Component(s)

    Interactive, downloadable tools, checklists, and resources to develop, implement, and monitor your PDPM transition plan and continue to support your PDPM success well after implementation

    To help nurse assessment coordinators and facility staff improve their confidence in managing PDPM, AAPACN’s PDPM Game Plan delivers 80+ pages of interactive, downloadable tools, checklists, and resources all in one convenient PDF resource.

    Put these tools to work for you today!

    • PDPM Calculation Worksheet to guide you in the determination of HIPPS codes
    • Interrupted Stay Policy Tracking tool to help you and your team track interrupted stays and ensure correct billing for days not covered by Medicare
    • PDPM Case-Mix Group Conversion to HIPPS Characters Tool to help you gather the HIPPS characters under each payment group for the HIPPS code you’ll need to identify a SNF resident’s payment classification
    • Tools and considerations for when to complete an interim payment assessment (IPA)
    • Top five mistakes made when assigning ICD-10-CM codes in the SNF so you can avoid them
    • PDPM Admission Checklist Tool to help you collect information needed at the time of admission
    • Tools to help you audit billing and reimbursement
    • Detailed review of the risk of payment penalty for late or missed assessments under PDPM

    Updated November 2023

  • AAPACN 2024 Quality Conference Recording Bundle
    Contains 16 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Twelve sessions from the AAPACN 2024 Quality Virtual Conference packaged into a recorded bundle for on-demand learning.

    The AAPACN 2024 Quality Conference Recording Bundle includes 10 education sessions and two panel discussions featuring subject-matter experts bundled into a recorded package for on-demand learning. Session recordings are a compilation of audio and video recordings from the live virtual session, plus any Q&A that followed – all accessible in your AAPACN Learner Dashboard for up to one year.

    In addition to two panel discussions, the ten education sessions included are as follows:

    • Quality Measures Unveiled - A Crash Course
    • MDS Coding as It Impacts the Quality Measures
    • The Role of Diagnosis and ICD-10-CM Coding in Quality Measures
    • Five-Star – A Focus on the Quality Measure Domain
    • Discharge Function Score
    • Growing Together With the SNF QRP
    • Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Expansion
    • VBP Road Map: Clear Directions to Health Equity Adjustment
    • Discharge Planning: A Care Plan for Home!
    • QAPI in the SNF: Using QM Data in Your QAPI Program

    The AAPACN 2024 Quality Conference Recording Bundle provides the opportunity to earn up to 12.0 ANCC continuing education hours (CEs) for viewing all twelve sessions. Learners must view at least 80% of the entire video and complete the associated evaluation to receive the contact hours. No partial credit will be awarded. Contact hours will be awarded for this activity until November 8, 2027.

    Stacy Grondel, BSN, RN, RAC-MT, QCP, CMAC

    Director of Reimbursement Operations

    Brickyard Healthcare

    Stacy is the Director of Reimbursement Operations. She has more than 19 years' experience in long-term care and is recognized for her expertise in the RAI process, audits, appeals, clinical processes and clinical reimbursement. Many of the nurses she has trained have gone on to become trainers, regional consultants, company leaders and experts in the field. She assisted in forming an MDS Council in Utah to help troubleshoot issues and educate MDS nurses. Stacy loves the RAI process and the MDS. She finds great joy in teaching others the value of the MDS nurse role and how it can impact the lives of the residents they serve. Stacy has served on the AAPACN Expert Advisory Panel since August 2019 and has been instrumental in continuing innovation and quality in the long-term care industry. She has a passion for caring for the elderly and improving the quality of care. 

    Carol Maher, RN, GERO-BC, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, CPC

    Director of Education

    Hansen Hunter & Co.

    Carol Maher is a Board Certified Gerontological Registered Nurse who has worked with the MDS since its inception. Carol is an AAPACN Master Teacher for the RAC-CT and RAC-CTA certification classes. She is also a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) who has maintained her certification with continuing education and provides ICD-10-CM training to SNF clients across the country. Ms. Maher has authored and recorded the AAPACN ICD-10-CM Coding Certificate Program for SNFs Plus ICD-10-CM for PDPM and HCPRO’s MDS 3.0 Field Guide. Ms. Maher is the Director of Education for Hansen Hunter & Co., providing MDS and Medicare classes across the country, presenting monthly educational webinars and completing compliance audits.

    Jennifer LaBay, RN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, QCP, CRC

    Curriculum Development Specialist

    AAPACN

    Jennifer is a curriculum development specialist with AAPACN. She has been involved in the RAI process since 1997 and has been in the post-acute care arena since 1991 serving in a variety of capacities including CNA, charge nurse, MDS coordinator, and regional corporate clinical reimbursement specialist. Jennifer has considerable expertise in the MDS 3.0 and RAI process, the prospective payment system (PPS), and ICD-10, including the clinical and financial aspects.

    Tammy Cassidy, RN, BSN, BC, LNHA, RAC-MT

    Senior Practice Director

    Engage Consulting

    Tammy Cassidy is a registered nurse with over 29 years of experience in long term care, specializing in MDS and clinical quality. She is also a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator and former CMS DAVE2 surveyor. Tammy understands not only the clinical quality aspect of long-term care, but is also a valuable regulatory, risk management, and financial asset for your organization. She is frequent speaker offering education for many organizations including the Ohio Health Care Association, Leading Age, The Academy of Senior Health Sciences, and the American College of Health Care Administrators on topics related to clinical quality, risk management, and reimbursement. She is the proud recipient of the 2017 ACHCA Educator of the Year award. 

    Judy Wilhide Brandt, RN, BA, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, QCP, CPC, DNS-CT

    Principal

    Wilhide Consulting

    Judy Brandt brings over thirty-five years’ combined experience to the long-term care industry, with over twenty years in positions of increasing responsibility in nursing facilities as a nurse manager, executive, and consultant. She has been a State surveyor and RAI manager for the Commonwealth of Virginia. She has assisted providers and the United States government as a legal expert in Medicare and Medicaid fraud cases, and other various government initiatives. She often serves on Independent Review Organization (IRO) teams for corporate integrity agreements (CIA) for skilled nursing facilities.

    Judy is a past Chair and founding member of the Nurse Assessment Coordination Expert Advisory Panel, and professional coder, competent in assigning CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10. She is a certified director of nursing services (DNS-CT) and a quality assurance performance improvement (QAPI) certified professional (QCP). She is also the principal for Wilhide Consulting, Inc. and serves as an advisor, auditor, and trainer for multiple providers from standalone communities to multi-state chains across the country.

    Joel VanEaton, BSN, RN, RAC-CT, RAC-CTA, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA

    EVP of PAC Regulatory Affairs and Education

    Broad River Rehab, AAPACN Education Foundation Board Chair

    Joel is a veteran of Long Term Care and is currently the EVP ofPAC Regulatory Affairs and Education at Broad River Rehab serving facilities inthe midwestern and eastern US. Joel began his career in LTC as an MDScoordinator and worked for many years as the Director of Clinical Reimbursementand RAI for a group of nursing facilities in the southeast. Joel hascontributed to McKnight’s LTCNews and the AANAC LTC Leader. He has contributed to the NAC CHAT and ASHAVoices podcasts. He serves on the board of the AAPACN Education Foundation andthe AAPACN Expert Advisory Pannel. Joel presents nationally on all subjectsrelated to LTC regulation, the MDS and clinical reimbursement. 

    Robin L. Hillier, CPA, LNHA, RAC-MT, RAC-CTA

    Founder

    RLH Consulting, AAPACN Board Member

    Robin is the president and owner of RLH Consulting, which has provided reimbursement, operational, and accounting consulting to long-term care providers since 1998. She is also co-owner of Lake Pointe Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Conneaut, Ohio, and Quality Life Services, a home healthcare agency in southwestern Ohio. She is a certified public accountant, a state-tested nurse aide, a licensed nursing home administrator, and Resident Assessment Coordinator-Certified and a Master Trainer through AANAC. She is a member of the AANAC Expert Advisory Panel.

    Robin has almost 30 years’ experience in cost reporting, rate setting review and analysis, and reimbursement consulting and representation for skilled nursing facilities and ID/DD providers.

    Prior to starting her own businesses, Robin worked for several multi-facility long-term care providers and regional accounting and consulting firms. She held a variety of positions in accounting, reimbursement, finance, and operations.

    Robin received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration (BSBA) with a major in Accounting from Bowling Green State University in 1986 and has worked exclusively in long-term care throughout her career. She is a member of the Ohio Health Care Association, the American Health Care Association, the American Health Lawyer’s Association, the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators, the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts, and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.

    Jessie McGill, RN, BSN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA

    Curriculum Development Specialist

    AAPACN

    Jessie is a curriculum development specialist for AAPACN. Previously Jessie worked as the director of clinical reimbursement for a large long-term care organization overseeing 17 clinical reimbursement consultants across 21 states including nearly 300 living centers. She has more than 17 years of long-term care experience including restorative nurse, MDS coordinator, regional clinical reimbursement specialists, clinical reimbursement trainer, and director of clinical reimbursement. Jessie is passionate about developing the skills of nurse assessment coordinators, restorative nursing, and improving residents’ quality of life and care.

    Maureen McCarthy, RN, BS, RAC-MT, QCP-MT, DNS-MT, RAC-MTA

    President, CEO

    Celtic Consulting, AAPACN Board Chair

    Maureen is the President and CEO of Celtic Consulting, a post-acute care consulting firm; and is the CEO of MDSRescue, which provides remote MDS completion services for facilities nationwide. She is a registered nurse with nearly forty years of work experience, including direct patient care, positions held as an MDS Coordinator, Director of Nursing, Rehab Director, and Medicare biller. Maureen combines clinical expertise with regulatory acuity to assist clients with developing sustainable remediation plans.

    Maureen serves as the Medicare & MDS 3.0 Advisor for several state affiliates, is advisor to the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC-J13), the Chair for the Board of Directors of the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN) and Immediate Past Chair and member of the Expert Advisory Panel at AAPACN. She serves as the Chair of the Education Committee for the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA), and on the Clinical Practice Committee and Reimbursement Committee for the American Health Care Association (AHCA).

    Beckie Dow, RN, RAC-MT, CHC, CPC-A

    Clinical Reimbursement Specialist

    Maine Veterans’ Homes

    Beckie has over 25 years of long-term care experience and she has served in many roles in long-term care, including Clinical Reimbursement Specialist, wound team leader, staff education coordinator, and as a past member of the Clinical Committee of the American Health Care Association for two years. Beckie is passionate about Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) and believes in teaching the principles of the process to foster positive patient outcomes, not just paper compliance. Beckie has worked the RAI process since 1997, and is able to use her knowledge and experience to teach students how this process, when worked correctly, will foster resident-specific care planning. Beckie has taught the AANAC MDS 3.0 RAC-CT course across the United States for over ten years. She has also been a speaker for a number of prestigious associations, including the New England Alliance and Association of Rehab Nurses (ARN), Florida Association Directors of Nursing Administration/LTC (FADONA), and Maine Health Care Association (MEHCA), the AANAC Annual Conference, and has been a contributor to the AANAC publication, LTC Leader.

  • Appeals Application
    Contains 2 Component(s)

    Application for appeal to an AAPACN decision.

    In the case of extenuating circumstances, you do have the option to submit a formal, written appeal to the AAPACN Member Experience Team to request an exception to the certification policies. 

    To submit your appeal application:

    1. Click the "register" button at the top of this page to create a new application.
    2. Download the Appeal Application document from the "Application" tab.
    3. Fill out the form and save a copy on your computer.
    4. Return to the Appeals Application in your Learner Dashboard and submit the document for review.
      1. Open the application product.
      2. Click the “Submit Appeal Document.”
      3. Confirm the “Upload A File” option is selected, then click in the grey Upload box to browse your computer for your file.
      4. Once the completed form is uploaded successfully, click the “Submit” button.

    You have 15 days to submit your application. AAPACN staff will review and respond to you within two business days.

  • Appendix PP Regulatory Updates - March 2025 On-Demand Workshop
    Contains 19 Component(s)

    Guidance to assist with preparation and compliance ahead of March 24, 2025, survey changes.

    The Appendix PP Regulatory Updates – March 2025 on-demand workshop will assist nurse leaders with preparation and compliance ahead of the March 24, 2025, survey changes. This on-demand workshop includes a series of 18 short learning modules providing guidance, as well as action steps and resources specific to each regulatory change. Nurse leaders can use this resource to educate staff and assist with maintaining compliance.

  • At-a-Glance QM, QRP, and VBP Measures Tool
    Contains 2 Component(s)

    The At-a-Glance QM, QRP, and VBP Measures Tool organizes all of the Quality Measures for you.

    With so many Quality Measures originating from three different payment initiative programs, it’s a lot to keep track of. AAPACN’s At-a-Glance QM, QRP, and VBP tool organizes all of the measures for you. This tool has been updated with the MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual Version 17.0 (January 2025), the Five-Star Quality Rating System Technical User’s Guide (January 2025), the FY 2025 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule, and the QSO-25-1-NH memo.

  • C-Suite Financial Solutions Virtual Summit – Recorded Session
    Contains 1 Component(s)

    C-Suite Financial Solutions Virtual Summit – Recorded Session packaged for on-demand viewing.

    Discover how your organization can navigate the challenges of reimbursement and regulations to elevate financial performance and enhance quality metrics. During this two-hour recorded virtual summit, you’ll learn how aligning facility operations leadership with nursing leadership can drive improvements in quality metrics, resulting in higher reimbursements and bolstered community reputation. Industry experts will discuss the tangible financial returns gained by investing in nurse development and certification.

    Packaged for on-demand viewing, the recorded session includes the audio and video recording from the live session which will be accessible in your AAPACN Learner Dashboard for up to one year. The recorded session is available as a free download thanks to sponsors Smartlinx, SimpliScreen, and Celtic Consulting.

  • Comprehensive CAA Training for the IDT On-Demand Workshop
    Contains 27 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Provides comprehensive training for all NACs and IDT members responsible for the care area assessment (CAA) process.

    Comprehensive CAA Training for the IDT On-Demand Workshop

    This on-demand workshop provides comprehensive training for all NACs and IDT members responsible for the care area assessment (CAA) process. You will receive detailed case studies and examples for each of the 20 care areas, review regulatory requirements, and examines potential survey implications when CAAs are done incorrectly. Customize the learning experience to best meet your needs by selecting to learn more about the specific CAAs you are required to complete.

     Following this on-demand workshop, you will be able to:

    • Understand the purpose of and requirements for CAAs
    • Demonstrate how to write individual and combined care area summary notes specific to their discipline
    • Compose a person-centered care plan from the care summary note
    • Identify regulations and survey implications that involve the CAAs

    Product Data Disclaimer
    Failure to complete all required product components before the product expiration date may result in permanent deletion of data pertaining to the product, including but not limited to product progress and exam results. Product expiration dates can be found on your learner dashboard.

    AAPACN’s learning management system is designed to reset progress data when completion requirements are unmet, allowing learners to repurchase/restart educational content.

    Jessie McGill, RN, BSN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA

    Curriculum Development Specialist

    AAPACN

    Jessie is a curriculum development specialist for AAPACN. Previously Jessie worked as the director of clinical reimbursement for a large long-term care organization overseeing 17 clinical reimbursement consultants across 21 states including nearly 300 living centers. She has more than 17 years of long-term care experience including restorative nurse, MDS coordinator, regional clinical reimbursement specialists, clinical reimbursement trainer, and director of clinical reimbursement. Jessie is passionate about developing the skills of nurse assessment coordinators, restorative nursing, and improving residents’ quality of life and care.

    Jennifer LaBay, RN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, QCP, CRC

    Curriculum Development Specialist

    AAPACN

    Jennifer is a curriculum development specialist with AAPACN. She has been involved in the RAI process since 1997 and has been in the post-acute care arena since 1991 serving in a variety of capacities including CNA, charge nurse, MDS coordinator, and regional corporate clinical reimbursement specialist. Jennifer has considerable expertise in the MDS 3.0 and RAI process, the prospective payment system (PPS), and ICD-10, including the clinical and financial aspects.

    Thank you for choosing AAPACN education! We're excited you've chosen to strengthen your knowledge of Care Area Assessments.

    This on-demand webinar series provides comprehensive training for all nurse assessment coordinators (NACs) and interdisciplinary team (IDT) members responsible for the care area assessment (CAA) process. CAA completion, an often-minimized portion of the MDS, can result in survey citations when details are lacking. This course provides detailed case studies and examples for each of the 20 care areas, reviews regulatory requirements, and examines potential survey implications when CAAs are done incorrectly.

    All learners will complete the same material in sections 1, 3, 4, and 5. Section 2 gives you the opportunity to customize your learning experience to best meet your needs by selecting to learn more about the specific CAAs you are required to complete in your current role. Only one example from this section is required for overall completion.

    2.0 contact hours will be awarded for this continuing nursing education activity. Learners must complete all sections to earn the contact hours. Partial credit will not be awarded, and additional contact hours will not be awarded for completing additional examples in section 2 beyond the one required. Contact hours will be awarded for this activity until November 23, 2027.

    PDF copies of the slides in each section for note-taking are available on the Handouts tab for downloading or printing.

    To complete the course:

    1. Click open the component section for the appropriate section
    2. Click the "View Video" button to open the on-demand workshop and press the play button to begin
    3. Complete the course material by watching at least 80% of each video in sections 1, 3, 4, and 5, and at least 80% of one of the videos in section 2
      1. Please note: you must complete the sections in numerical order
    4. Complete the feedback survey

    To receive ANCC CEs:

    • You must complete at least 80% of the educational activity
    • You must complete all sections
    • You must submit the feedback survey for the program

  • DNS-CT - Care Management and Surveillance Systems for the Nurse Leader - Online + PDF
    Contains 2 Product(s)

    One of ten parts of the DNS-CT certification program. Includes educational content to prepare for the exam (both in online format and a PDF download for reference) and includes the associated exam.

    Upon completion of the Care Management and Surveillance Systems for the Nurse Leader course, the participant will be able to:

    • Describe principles and processes for clinical surveillance of nursing systems
    • Conduct root-cause analysis of clinical and managerial problems
    • Direct person-centered care
    • Apply principles of the nurse-patient relationship to effect quality care outcomes
    • Utilize evidence-based practice to drive clinical systems
    • Provide systematic oversight of nursing services

    The course was written by Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA.

    3.55 contact hours will be awarded for this continuing nursing education activity. Learners must complete the entire education activity and associated evaluation to receive the contact hours. No partial credit will be awarded. Contact hours will be awarded for this activity until February 9, 2026.


    Product Data Disclaimer
    Failure to complete all required product components before the product expiration date may result in permanent deletion of data pertaining to the product, including but not limited to product progress and exam results. Product expiration dates can be found on your learner dashboard.

    AAPACN’s learning management system is designed to reset progress data when completion requirements are unmet, allowing learners to repurchase/restart educational content.

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