Welcome to the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing
The American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN®) represents more than 19,000 post-acute care nurses and professionals working in more than 7,000 facilities. Dedicated to supporting PAC nurses and healthcare professionals in providing quality care, AAPACN offers members best in-class education, certification, resources, and strong collaborative communities.
Latest From AAPACN
- FY 2025 SNF PPS Proposed Rule: CMS Seeks More Enforcement Power With CMPsA survey finding of noncompliance with the Medicare and Medicaid requirements of participation may soon be a little more difficult for nursing homes to navigate without significant financial burden. In …
- FY 2025 SNF PPS Proposed Rule: Four Key Proposals for NACs to Keep an Eye onIn the March 28, 2024 Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) doesn’t propose the …
- Isolation Coding on the MDS: MAC Target Drives Home Documentation NeedsAlmost all nursing homes are currently staffing-challenged, and that has a direct impact on the quality of the documentation available to support MDS coding, points out Brenda Sowash, RN, RAC-CT, …
- Medication Indication of Use: The Big WhyNurses use a common problem-solving technique in root-cause analysis called the “Five Whys.” This method asks “why?” as many times as needed to determine the root cause of the problem. …
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Free Member Tools
- MDS 3.0 Final Validation Reports Quick Facts and Resources
- AAPACN’s Nursing Department Culture Assessment and Improvement Worksheet
- 2024 Five-Star and Care Compare MDS 3.0 Quality Measure Data Periods
- Dialysis Communication Sheet
- PDPM At-a-Glance Tool
- MDS Daily Startup for the NAC Backup Tool
- MDS Items Impacting Reimbursement for PDPM and SNF QRP – Updated Tool
- Sections K and O Assessment Periods
- At-a-Glance QM, QRP, and VBP Tool
- OBRA Scheduling Tools for Calendar Year 2024
- The Dietitian’s Role in Nursing and Reimbursement
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