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Join us for our conference kickoff session, Resilience in Times of Uncertainty and Exhaustion, on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 1:30 PM, sponsored by WHCA Associate Business & Affinity Partner, Advanced Lifeline Respiratory Services! 

• Presentation Slides

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

• Identifying and Prevention Risks of Functional Decline in the Growing Acuity Landscape of Assisted/Independent Living Communities; Tracey Wilson, Staci Freudiger and Brittany Austion | Sponsored by RehabCare, a WHCA Business Partner!
  • No handouts available at this time.

• Nimble Thinking: Planning for and Managing Through Crisis; Claudia Blumenstock and Ellen Bartoldus
  • No handouts available a this time.

• An Overview of COVID-19 Billing Waivers and Additional Funding Sources; Bill Ulrich and Mark Reagan | Sponsored by Consolidated Billing Services, Inc., a WHCA Associate Business Partner, and Hooper, Lundy &  Bookman, PC!
  • Presentation Slides

Thursday, September 17, 2020

• Leading Through Adversity; Meagan English | Sponsored by Reliant Rehabilitation, a WHCA Business Partner!
  • Presentation Slides
  • Handout

• APS Investigations: Protecting Management, Staff and Residents from Agency Outreach; Scott Hale and Tina Willett
  • Presentation Slides

• An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Behavioral Health Treatment to Ensure Maintenance of our Residents’ Highest Level of Functioning; Sabrena McCarley | Sponsored by RehabCare, a WHCA Business Partner!
  • Presentation Slides

Friday, September 18, 2020

• Winning With Wound Care and the Patient Driven Payment Model; Ryan Dirks | Sponsored by United Wound Healing, a WHCA Business Partner!
  • No handouts available a this time.

• How Nature Heals; Orla Concannon | Sponsored by Eldergrow, a WHCA Business Partner!
  • No handouts available a this time.

• Identifying Fall Risk: Strategies to Prevent Falls; Teri Hecht | Sponsored by Consonus Healthcare, a WHCA Affinity and Business Partner!
  • Presentation Slides (updated 09/18/20)
  • Postural Hypotension Handout
  • Algorithm for Fall Risk Assessment & Intervention Handout
    • Handout 2
  • BEERS Handout

Monday, September 21, 2020

• Sustaining the Well-Being of Healthcare Workers During Coronavirus; Kathleen Weissberg | Sponsored by Select Rehabilitation, a WHCA Associate
• Business Partner!
  • No handouts available a this time.

• PDPM – What Your Interdisciplinary Team Needs to Know; Carol Maher | Sponsored by Hansen Hunter & CO, Inc, a WHCA Associate Business Partner!
  • Presentation Slides
  • BIMS Handout
  • Resident Interviews Handout
  • PDPM Cue Cards

• Surviving Through the Chaos and Crisis; Dennis McIntee | Sponsored by Soundview Medical, a WHCA Associate Business Partner!
  • Presentation Slides
  • Handout

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

• Employment in the Age of COVID-19. Employee Testing, Time Off, Accommodations and Other Issues; Christine Thelen | Sponsored by Lane Powell, a WHCA Affinity and Associate Business Partner!
  • **UPDATE Presentation Slides (09/17/2020)

• Fire and Life Safety During Pandemics and Other Disasters; Kimberly Bloor | Sponsored by the Washington State Patrol!
  • Presentation Slides
  • Monthly Fire Drill Report
  • Monthly Generator Test Log
  • Battery Lighting Test Log

• Medicaid Fraud Control Unit – What Do They Do?; Melody Crick Peters, Matthew Kuehn and Jeff Hartley | Sponsored by the Washington State Medicaid Fraud Control Division
  • Presentation Slides