On-Demand Webinar: New Year, New Measure: Making Sense of the Long-Stay Antipsychotic Re-Specifications

It’s resolution season, and this year we’re resolving to make the long-stay antipsychotic quality measure (QM) make sense! The 2026 re-specifications bring a new hybrid approach that blends MDS data with Medicare and Medicaid claims/encounter data. Join AAPACN Senior Curriculum Development Specialist, Jessie McGill, RN, BSN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, during this 60-minute webinar, as she breaks down complex specifications, defines the new exclusion and pre-admission windows, and demonstrates exactly how residents will trigger the QM, or be excluded appropriately. She’ll also review how this updated QM affects the Five-Star calculations, and what that means for your facility’s public rating. Step into the New Year with the know-how to apply this updated QM accurately and confidently.  

After participating in this session, learners will be able to:

• Recognize how claims, encounter data, and MDS data are used for a resident to trigger in the long-stay antipsychotic measure
• Define the new look-back windows used for exclusion criteria
• Explain how the new measure will affect Five-Star and the facility’s public reporting  

1.0 contact hour will be awarded for this continuing nursing education activity. 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 January 29, 2029.

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