What's New to WAHSA's Web Site






Files added to WAHSA's web site during the week of March 15, 2010:

50 Years: Journeys of Caring
  • WAHSA's 2010 Spring Conferene Celebrating Our 50th Anniversary
  • Featuring 50 Educational Sessions
  • Introducting the Electronic Medical Records Software Forum
  • Continuing Our Tradition of Excellene with WAHSA's Annual Business Meeting
  • May 5-7, 2010 in La Crosse, Wisconsin

    Online link for MDS Innovation Team attendance intentions -- March 25, 2010 in Tomah
    The MDS Innovation Team meeting was cancelled on Thursday, March 11, 2010, due to extreme foggy weather! The meeting has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 25, 2010 (the times will remain the same). If you were already registered for the meeting, there is no need to do anything! The registration list will be transferred to the new date. However, if you were registered and cannot make the rescheduled date, please contact Sarah with WAHSA. If were not registered to attend the meeting there is still time, just click on the link above and submit. If you have any questions, please call Sarah at 608-255-7060 or e-mail spaterson@wahsa.org. Thank you!


    Legends in Leadership -- March 2010
  • If You Don't Stand for Something, You'll Fall for Anything!

    Checkpoints -- March 17, 2010
  • New Series: The 7 Reasons Why Most F-Tags are Cited - Part 1

    Files added to WAHSA's web site during the week of March 8, 2010:

    Checkpoints -- March 12, 2010
  • Survey Management Part VI: They're Gone!

    Employment Opportunities -- March 12, 2010
  • Billing Coordinator, Milwaukee

    e-News - March 12, 2010
  • Great News From AAHSA!
  • DHS Still Looking to Cut Medicaid
  • Assisted Living Forum Update
  • Family Care Audit Decision Pending
  • Family Care to Expand Service Areas
  • WAHSA Updates
  • DHS Releases Nursing Home Relocations and Diversions Report
  • Wisconsin Nursing Homes More Frequently Receive IJ Cites
  • Survey Management Part VI: They’re Gone!
  • Employment Opportunities
  • WAHSA Calendar

    Files added to WAHSA's web site during the week of March 1, 2010:

    Employment Opportunities -- March 5, 2010
  • RN Supervisor, Sheboygan

    e-News - March 5, 2010
  • Family Care Provider Forum – Round 2
  • LTC Council Discusses Family Care Issues
  • Legislative Update
  • Feingold Seeks Evaluation of the Nursing Home Survey and Enforcement Process
  • Reimbursement and Claims Submission Changes for Non-Emergency Nursing Home Transportation
  • WAHSA Opposes Nursing Home Non-Emergency Transportation Services Via a Transportation Broker
  • Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) “Draft Memo” on Nursing Home Abuse Reporting Requirements
  • Federal Act Extends Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update and the Therapy Cap Exception Process (Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
  • Employment Opportunities
  • WAHSA Calendar

    Files added to WAHSA's web site during the week of February 22, 2010:

    e-News - February 26, 2010
  • Department of Revenue Releases 2009 County Equalized Values for the Benevolent Retirement Home for the Aged Property Tax Exemption Calculation
  • WAHSA Capitol Hill Visits Focus on FMAP Increases, Medicare Marketbasket and Troubles with the DEA
  • State Senate Aging Committee Schedules a March 3rd Public Hearing on the Nursing Home NOV Notification Bill
  • WAHSA Public Policy Forum Fuels Advocacy Efforts
  • Calls for Family Care Audit Intensify/Provider Concerns Aired
  • WAHSA’s Survey and Regulatory Survival Toolkit Unveiled
  • WAHSA Documents Nursing Home Medicaid Losses
  • MDS Innovation Team Meetings – March 2010
  • Survey Management Part V: Beyond Day One
  • Life Safety Code FAQs
  • Nursing Home Remittance Advice Process to Change May 1st
  • Employment Opportunities
  • WAHSA Calendar

    Employment Opportunities -- February 26, 2010
  • Position Wanted: Senior Housing Manager/Director of Resident Services, Southeastern Wisconsin
  • Inservice Training Director, West Bend
  • Director of Nursing, Prairie Farm
  • Director of Nursing, LaCrosse

    Checkpoints -- February 22, 2010
  • Survey Management Part V: Beyond Day One

    Files added to WAHSA's web site during the week of February 8, 2010:

    MDS 3.0 and RUGs IV Training Program -- 6 Locations + 12 Dates + 2 Webinars = 1 Great Program

    Life Safety Code FAQs -- February 2010

  • We were recently cited for failing to address the evacuation of the smoke compartment in our written fire safety plan. Please provide clarification as to what all should be covered in our written plan.
  • I have a door that leads from one of my corridors into an enclosed courtyard. I was told I need to add a special sign to this door telling people it is not an exit. Is that true?

    Legal FAQs -- February 2010
  • We have decided to pay the federal civil monetary penalty ("CMP") without contesting the citations. What procedures should we follow to make the payment?
  • We originally filed an appeal of the State SOD, but have now received the forfeiture assessment and decided that we would rather pay the reduced forfeiture amount and not appeal. What should we do?

    Files added to WAHSA's web site during the week of February 8, 2010:

    Selecting the Right EMR Software: by John Ederer, President, American Data, Sauk City, WI

    Best Practices for EMR/EHR Software Selection: by Janice Ahlstrom, RN, BSN, CPHIMS, Partner, WIPFLi; Kurt Hahlbeck, Partner, WIPFLi; and Scott Owens, PMP, WIPFLi. (WAHSA is reprinting this article with permission from Janice Ahlstrom and WIPFLi)

    Electronic Medical Records - Getting it Right: by Janice Ahlstrom, CPHIMS, RN
    (WAHSA is reprinting this article with permission from Janice Ahlstrom and WIPFLi)

    Clinical FAQs -- February 2010

  • Is there a regulation regarding how many different levels of care I can have in my RCAC? Also, is there a regulation that states what each level of care should include?

    Checkpoints -- February 11, 2010
  • Managing the Survey Process Part IV: It's Show Time

    e-News - February 12, 2010
  • The New Property Tax Exemption for Benevolent Retirement Homes for the Aged
  • Health Care Charges Transparency Bill Voted Out of Committee
  • Public Hearing Scheduled on Dementia Specialist Certification Bill
  • AAHSA Spring Conference: February 21-24, 2010 – Washington, D.C.
  • Electronic Medical Records Information and Implementation
  • Nursing Home Medicaid Payments Delayed
  • Clinical FAQs
  • Nursing Home Resident Characteristics and DQA Citing Data
  • Survey Management Part IV: It’s Show Time
  • Free Abuse Prevention Train-the-Trainer Program Available
  • Individual User ID Log-in to the MDS Submission System and Casper Reports
  • Assisted Living Employee Vacancy, Retention, and Turnover Survey
  • WAHSA Calendar




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    204 South Hamilton Street
    Madison, WI 53703
    Telephone: (608)255-7060 FAX:(608)255-7064