What Constitutes Immediate Jeopardy – Appendix Q Updates (LIVE WEBINAR DATE) August 1, 2019

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Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) is a situation in which the person receiving care has suffered or is likely to have suffered serious injury, harm, impairment or death as a result of noncompliance with one or more health and safety requirements. Immediate jeopardy represents the most severe and egregious threat to the health and safety of the persons we care for and carries the most serious sanctions. Appendix Q, Guidance on Immediate Jeopardy, has been revised as of March 5, 2019. Join us for this webinar as we review the updated Appendix Q, discuss the key components of IJ and the template developed to assist surveyors in documenting each of the components to establish IJ.

OBJECTIVES:

Understand the key components of Immediate Jeopardy
State 2-3 the key revisions to Appendix Q
Understand the use of the IJ template

TARGET AUDIENCE

DON / ADON / Nursing Staff
Administrators
Other Interdisciplinary Team Members

CEU- 1.5

Administrator

LifeSpan Member: $55.00

Nonmember: $100.00

Linda Winston RN, MSN, BS, RAC-CT, DNS-MT, QCP-MT (Moderator)

Consultant, AANAC Master Teacher

Linda is a QAPI and RAC-CT (MDS 3.0) certified master teacher and has been a nurse for over 30 years, with almost 15 years as a Director of Nursing. Linda has filled many roles in the long-term care setting, including staff nurse, supervising nurse, nurse educator and administrator. Linda’s focus on improving resident care has driven her to a leadership role in the areas of the survey and certification processes, resident assessment, and clinical approaches to the improvement and prevention of skin alterations.

Ronald G. Perry, BS, RPh (Moderator)

Director of Clinical Services Partners Pharmacy

Ronald Perry is Director of Clinical Services for Partners Pharmacy where he oversees Partner’s clinical pharmacy programs, formulary applications and consultant pharmacist services. Before joining Partners Pharmacy, Ron was Senior VP of Pharmacy Services for Fundamental Clinical and Operational Services, a healthcare company operating skilled nursing facilities, hospitals and rehab clinics. Prior to Fundamental, Ron was VP of Utilization Management for PharMerica.

This program is sponsored by The Beacon Institute and approved for 1.5 continuing education credits / contact hours.

Administrator This program is approved by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators.

Cancellation Policy

Refunds, minus a $25 processing fee per registrant, will be honored if requested in writing FIVE (5) business days prior to the date of the seminar. In the event of emergency, attendees may send substitutions in their places without prior notification. Additional fees may apply