Treating in the Gray Zone: Post-Acute Care Considerations

Name: Treating in the Gray Zone: Post-Acute Care Considerations
Price: 129.00 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 5 (2280 reviews)

Course: #10066Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 2280 Reviews

This course helps post-acute care clinicians better understand how to approach treatment when things aren’t black and white. It addresses scenarios such as geriatric frailty/weight loss and diet modification, the paradigm shift to a patient-choice model, legal considerations regarding diet waivers, and the care plan process. The SLP's role on the post-acute interdisciplinary team is also discussed.

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Course Type: Video

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; Calif SLPAB/1.0; IACET/0.1; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.0; SAC/1.0

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Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to describe the impact of frailty on the geriatric population.
After this course, participants will be able to describe the difference between the traditional model of care and the shift to a patient-choice model.
After this course, participants will be able to identify the steps in the care-planning process.

Course created on March 24, 2022

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-15 Minutes	Frailty & weight loss conundrum
15-30 Minutes	The paradigm shift
30-45 Minutes	Gray zone considerations in post-acute care
45-50 Minutes	Working with your interdisciplinary team/Care planning
50-55 Minutes	Hard questions to consider
55-60 Minutes	Summary, Q&A

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Presented By

Melissa Collier
MS CCC-SLP, CHC, CDP

Melissa Collier received her Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Texas Christian University and actively holds a Certification in Healthcare Compliance. She has extensive clinical experience in post-acute care, having worked in skilled nursing and home health settings for the last 13 years. Melissa is a subject matter expert in post-acute care reimbursement, denials and appeals, and documentation compliance.

Melissa currently serves as the Vice President of Clinical Quality and Compliance for Continuum Rehab Group where she provides clinical education, develops and implements clinical programming, and oversees CRG's denials and appeals department and compliance program. She has previously written and presented continuing education courses in the areas of documentation, dysphagia, and dementia for the Texas Speech-Language and Hearing Association, ASHA, and other online continuing education platforms.

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Melissa Collier received an honorarium for this presentation. She is Vice President of Clinical Quality and Compliance for Continuum Rehab Group. Nonfinancial: No relevant relationships to disclose.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by SpeechPathology.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

Intermediate Level
0.10 ASHA CEUs

California Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board

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Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services

Approved for 1.00 continuing education clock hour(s) for Kansas licensed Speech Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-S1370.

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