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The long-term care industry has faced many recent changes, such as the implementation of the MDS 3.0, and will face many more challenges in the near future. These changes mean more training for your staff, changes to facility processes, and adopting a resident-centered model of care. MDSCentral is here to help your facility overcome the challenges of adapting to an ever-changing industry.
This site is your place to ask questions, get the latest long-term care and MDS news, and find resources to make your job easier.
- Looking for industry news? Click on the News tab. We’ll keep you updated on new regulations, provide analysis of long-term care issues, and help you navagate the MDS 3.0.
- Have a specific question? Our regulatory experts will answer selected questions in our Ask the Experts section.
- Need tools to improve your facility’s current processes? Check our Resources page for a variety of forms, special reports, and other helpful tools.
- Looking for quick updates about the day-to-day happenings in the long-term care industry? Follow MDSCentral on Twitter.
Meet the long-term care team
Adrienne Trivers
Adrienne is a managing editor in HCPro’s long-term care market. In this position, she edits books, moderates audio conferences, assists in product development, and edits the monthly newsletter CNA Training Advisor. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and going on road trips with her husband and Mini Schnauzer.
Carol Marshall, MA
Carol Marshall is an adjunct professor for HCPro. As a risk management and regulatory specialist, based in Fort Worth, TX for the past 18 years, she has trained managers and staff members in long-term care facilities about the benefits of exceptional customer service and risk management. Her areas of expertise include risk management, quality assurance, performance improvement, program development and training in long-term and post-acute care settings.
Diane Brown
Diane is a long-term care educator, editor, and author with more than 25 years of operational experience in health care. In her current role at HCPro, she develops quality educational programs and investigates new opportunities for business development. She is a regulatory specialist and the lead instructor for HCPro’s MDS 3.0 Boot Camp and Medicare Boot Camp®—Long-Term Care Version. Her strong leadership, problem-solving, and team-building skills communicate possibilities, define innovative solutions, and motivate for outcome. She frequently lectures on MDS, SNF PPS, documentation, survey compliance, Medicare, and other health care topics.
Ellen J. Mullins, RN, BSN, CRNAC, MAS
Ellen is an independent consultant with 33 years of experience in healthcare. She has held positions as MDS Coordinator, state surveyor, the State RAI Coordinator and OASIS Education Coordinator for the State of Alabama. She is an acknowledged contributor of the CMS’ Long Term Care Resident Assessment Instrument and Manual, version 2.0.
Frosini Rubertino, RN, CRNAC, C-NE, CDONA/LTC
Frosini is a registered nurse with over 30 years of experience in the health care industry. Former president of an Ohio-based long-term care consulting and education firm, and a former member of the Arkansas Healthcare Association’s Education Committee, she is currently a clinical services consultant with an Arkansas-based clinical consultant group. As an HCPro faculty member, she brings her experience in risk management, regulatory compliance, clinical systems, and education into the classroom for the Medicare Boot Camp® – Long Term Care Version course.
Justin Veiga
Justin is an editor in the long-term care market. He manages MDSCentral, edits books, moderates audio conferences, and writes the monthly newsletter PPS Alert for Long-Term Care and the MDS 3.0 Update e-newsletter. A lifelong Boston sports fan and former sportswriter, Justin lives in Massachusetts and enjoys spending time with family and friends.
Meet our guest bloggers
Anthony Cirillo, FACHE, ABC
Anthony is a healthcare marketing and experience management expert and expert guide in assisted living for about.com. He works with hospitals and long-term care facilities and is the author of Who Moved My Dentures? His company, Fast Forward Consulting, empowers organizations to change the healthcare experience and leverage it in their marketing. In his spare time, he entertains residents in assisted living and nursing facilities. To read more, go to www.4wardfast.com and www.anthonycirillo.com.
Joel VanEaton, BSN, RN, RAC-CT, CPRA
Joel has over 11 years experience in long-term Care, serving initially as MDS coordinator and currently as the reimbursement and RAI clinician, client services nurse consultant to 12 facilities in Tennessee and Kentucky. For the past two years, Joel has partnered with the Georgia Health Care Association providing a series of seminars and webinars on MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV. As the reimbursement, MDS 3.0, and RUG-IV resource and education coordinator for Extended Care Products, Inc., he is a regular contributor to the Extended Care Products’ LTC Professional newsletter and also contributes to HCPro’s PPS Alert newsletter.
About HCPro
With more than 20 years of experience, HCPro, Inc., is a leading provider of integrated information, education, training, and consulting products and services in the vital areas of healthcare regulation and compliance. The company’s mission is to meet the specialized informational, advisory, and educational needs of the healthcare industry. To accomplish this mission, HCPro provides this specialized information in a variety of products, including magazines, newsletters, books, videos, audioconferences, training handbooks, e-mail newsletters, and online courses.
As an acknowledged industry authority in healthcare regulation and compliance, HCPro focuses on providing its clients assistance and expertise in the areas of long-term care, accreditation, medical staff affairs, credentialing, privileging, medical record management, regulatory compliance, nursing, quality/patient safety, infection control, and workplace safety.
In addition, HCPro is a pioneer in the delivery of Web-based information, resources and content on “The Business of Healthcare” to managers in the healthcare industry. HCPro developed a series of unique Internet-based solutions, including Web sites, online information centers, electronic product distribution, electronic site licenses, and strategic distribution alliances.
Through The Greeley Company, HCPro provides seminars and consulting services to healthcare professionals.
Our Mission
HCPro’s mission is to:
- Meet the specialized information, advisory, and education needs of the healthcare industry
- Learn from and respond to our customers with services that meet or exceed the quality they expect
- Help our customers achieve success for their organizations
- Create a work environment that embodies teamwork, embraces challenge and celebrates accomplishment
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