Calendar

(5 Contact hours Applied for through the S.C. Board of Long Term Care Administrators-Pending Approval)

Agenda:

8:45 AM-9:00 AM            Registration & Breakfast

9:00 AM-10:00 AM         “DHHS Eligibility Updates”      Speaker: Nicole Mitchell Threat

Session Description: This session will focus on the latest updates to the S.C. DHHS Medicaid eligibility process.

10:05 AM-12:05 PM         

“Handling Internal Investigations in Long term Care”      Speakers: Alice Harris and Chandler Martin with Maynard Nexsen

Session Description: Learn the basic components of an internal investigation, hear about issues that trigger the need for an internal investigation, and how to structure an investigation and tips on steps to take.

“The State of the Enforcements and Prosecutions of SNF’s, SNF Executives, Employees, and Staff” Speakers: Alice Harris and Chandler Martin with Maynard Nexsen

Session Description: Learn about enforcement actions related to “Worthless Services”, new enforcement trends concerning abuse and neglect, and actions based on improper certificiations and clinical records.

12:05 PM-1:05 PM           Lunch

1:10 PM – 3:10 PM           “DPH Regulatory Session”     Speakers: Natasha Sharpe, Victoria Jackson, Darryl McAlhany

Session Description: Explore the regulatory requirements in skilled nursing homes related to facility initiated discharges to ensure compliance. In addition learn how the updated facility assessment will be reviewed. A review of the most frequently cited licensure tags in skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities in South Carolina will be presented. In addition, learn the most frequently cited Life Safety Code tags.