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Accurately Coding Rehabilitation Services and the MDS (CEU's - 2) 
This course addresses the key components of the MDS 2.0, the Resident Assessment Protocol (RAP), Resource Utilization Groups (RUG-III) categories, and the care-planning process. Additionally, the quality indicator/quality measure reporting system is addressed, and the survey process is described as it relates to physical rehabilitation.
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Updates and Common Coding Errors: The AANAC Recertification Course (CEU's - 3)
This course was developed to update clinicians with experience with the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) and the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS). Because regulatory changes occur frequently, this course is designed to add to the knowledge base of clinicians involved in these processes to assist them to perform an accurate resident assessment as mandated under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA ’87). This course will focus on regulatory changes for 2007 and 2008, and contains an introduction to the draft of MDS 3.0.
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MDS 101: A Course for Beginners (CEU's - 6.5)
MDS 101: A Course for Beginners was developed as an educational program and reference for long-term care. It reflects current federal regulations and practices, as of the printing of the manual, and based on the sources and references that were utilized in its development. However, it cannot be considered absolute and universal. The information in this manual must be considered in light of the individual organization and state regulations.
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The Administrative Team and the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 4.8)
This course was developed to provide administrators and nurse executives with a basic understanding and overview of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) designed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as mandated under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA ’87).
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OBRA Timing and Scheduling for the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 3.3)
The OBRA Timing and Scheduling for the MDS 2.0 course was developed by the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC) to increase the knowledge and skills required to ensure compliance with timing and scheduling requirements for Comprehensive Assessments required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and as mandated under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA ‘87).
This course is for new enrollees in the OBRA course.
* This course is required for the AANAC Certification Program
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PPS Timing and Scheduling for the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 3)
The focus of this educational course is the timing and scheduling of assessments required by PPS/Medicare including the reasons for Medicare assessments, identifying off-cycle assessments, and PPS criteria noted on
the MDS 2.0.
* This course is required for the AANAC Certification Program
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Accurately Assessing Skin Condition and the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 2.3)
The focus of this course is on accurate assessment of skin condition, risk factors of skin breakdown, and accurate evaluation of skin condition for the MDS 2.0. Use of the Resident Assessment Protocol (RAP), quality assurance using the Federal quality indicators and best practices in development of a care plan to address skin breakdown in the elderly will also be addressed.
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Billing and the MDS 2.0 for Clinicians (CEU's - 4)
The focus of this course is on the clinician’s role in billing and reimbursement under the Prospective Payment System for Skilled Nursing Facilities.
* This course is required for the AANAC Certification Program
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Accurately Assessing for Nutrition/Hydration and the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 3)
The focus of this course is the assessment and management of nutrition and hydration in the long-term care setting, including the care of the resident receiving parenteral or enteral nutrition. The intent of the training manual is to provide basic information regarding criteria for adequate nutrition and risk factors for malnutrition and dehydration, and to provide suggestions for the management of nutrition-related problems. The assessment process outlined in the manual addresses the key components of the RAP review. Care plans are suggested for problems commonly encountered in the long-term care setting, and sources of information are provided for further study. Finally, the reader is taken through the quality indicator and survey processes as they relate to assessment of nutrition and hydration.
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Accurately Assessing for Incontinence and the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 3)
The focus of this course is the assessment and management of urinary incontinence and indwelling catheters, as well as fecal incontinence. The intent of the training manual is to provide basic information regarding the definitions and types of incontinence, and to provide suggestions for incontinence management. The assessment process outlined in the training manual addresses the key components of the RAP review. A care plan is suggested for each type of incontinence, and sources of information are provided for further study.
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Resident Assessment Protocols (RAPs) and the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 3)
This module focuses on the second step of the RAI process, working the RAPs or Resident Assessment Protocols. In this step the assessor investigates triggered RAPs to identify problems specific to a resident. Going through the process helps the staff set resident-specific goals to meet the needs of each individual resident. In this module, you will learn how to perform this step of the process.
* This course is required for the AANAC Certification Program
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Care Planning and the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 3)
The focus of this course is on the care planning process and its relationship to the RAI process.
* This course is required for the AANAC Certification Program
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The Resource Utilization Groups III (RUG-III) and MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 3)
The focus of this course is on how the RUG-III classification system was developed, calculation of the RUG 53 level using the MDS 2.0, calculation of the case mix payment, and the importance of accurate completion of the MDS in a case mix payment system.
* This course is required for the AANAC Certification Program
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Medications and the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 3)
The focus of this course is on the role of medications in the RAI process, including completion of the MDS
for medications; medication-related problems in the long-term care environment; medications and the resident
assessment protocols (RAPs); monitoring and management of medications; quality indicators which are
driven by coding on the MDS and how these impact the survey process. The overall goal of this manual is to
increase the reader’s awareness of the impact of medications on the functional, psychosocial and medical
status of the geriatric resident as assessed and monitored by the RAI process.
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Accurately Assessing Pain for the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 4)
The focus of this course is to provide basic information needed to accurately assess and manage pain in long-term care facilities. Definitions and classifications of pain,
statement of the problem, pain assessment, anatomy and physiology of pain, and treatment of pain, using pharmacological and nonpharmacological approaches, will be
discussed.
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MDS 2.0 Coding for OBRA and PPS (CEU's - 6.5)
MDS 2.0 Coding for OBRA and PPS was developed as an educational program and reference for long-term
care professionals. To the best of our knowledge, it reflects current federal regulations and practices.
However, it cannot be considered absolute and universal. The information in this manual must be
considered in light of the individual facility and state regulations.
* This course is required for the AANAC Certification Program
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Accurately Assessing for Activities of Daily Living and the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 4)
This course was developed to increase the knowledge and skills required to perform an accurate resident assessment using the Resident Assessment Instrument designed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS, formerly the Health Care and Financing Administration, or HCFA) as mandated under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA’87). The AANAC has created a series of training manuals as the foundation for its certification program.
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Accurately Assessing for Restorative Nursing (CEU's - 4.7)
This course was developed to increase the knowledge and skills required to perform an accurate resident assessment using the Resident Assessment Instrument designed by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), formerly known as HCFA, as mandated under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA ‘87).
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Quality Measures and the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 4)
The focus of this course is on identifying the items on the MDS that drive the quality measures, defining the quality measures and how they are calculated, identifying the
difference in the quality measures versus the quality indicators, and accurately coding these items. This course design includes objectives, a pre-test, the course material, quiz questions, excerpts from source documents, and a final exam.
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The Expanded QI and the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 4)
This course was developed to increase the knowledge and skills required to perform an accurate resident assessment using the Resident Assessment Instrument designed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as mandated under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA ’87). The American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC) has created a series of courses as the foundation for its certificate program.
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CMS STRIVE Data Monitor (CEU's - 8)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sponsored Staff Time Intensity Verification (STRIVE) project is a year long national series of staff time studies designed to update the current RUG III case mix indices, insure the prospective payment considers current best practices of nursing facilities, and assist in other CMS policy decisions. The STRIVE study is being conducted by the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care (IFMC) as the prime contractor. CMS is partnering with volunteer states to conduct the time studies for the benefit of Medicare beneficiaries, providers, CMS and the state Medicaid programs.
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Accurately Assessing for Physical Restraints and the MDS 2.0 (CEU's - 2)
This course was developed by AANAC to increase the knowledge and skills required to perform an accurate resident assessment using the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) designed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as mandated under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA ’87). Accurately Assessing for Physical Restraints and the MDS 2.0 is one of the training manuals created by the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC) as the foundation for its certification program.
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