Provider Training

Training for Provider Staff and Administrators

In an effort to assist providers achieve the best standard of care and performance possible, the Division has begun conducting educational trainings across Tennessee to supply provider staff with information, including but not limited to: upcoming training schedule dates; education on how the Division conducts state licensing and/or federal certification surveys, inspections, and investigations; Questions and Answers from the seminars; updates on new statute and rule changes; and other such information pertinent to providers. Click on the links that follow to view these trainings.

Nursing Home Trainings

February 2008

• Educational Training for Nursing Homes 2008 (.ppt)

May 2008

• Education Plan Introduction
• Emergency Planning for LTC Facilities
• Tips for Submission of An Acceptable AoC/Poc

July 2008

• Culture Change Overview
• Dietary Regulations

December 2008

• December 2008 Government Update
• Special Focus Facilities

April 2009

• Most Frequently Cited Deficiencies 1st Quarter 2009 (PowerPoint)
• MDS Presentation (PowerPoint)
• Pain Management in Relation to MDS and Tag F309
• TennCare Preadmission Screening Resident Review (PASRR) (PowerPoint)
• TennCare Patient Admission Evaluation (PAE) form
• TennCare Rules, the Preadmission Screening/Annual Resident Review (PASRR) for Mental Illness and Mental Retardation

September, October and November 2015

• 2015 State Fall Licensure Training

ACLF & RHA Trainings

September 2009

• ACLF 21-Day Resident Retention Requests
• ACLF 21-Day Retention Request Form - Void
• ACLF 2007 TNCare Statewide Waiver Participation Memo
• ACLF 2009 TNCare HCSB Room & Board Memo
• ACLF & RHA Dietary Requirements
• ACLF & RHA Fire Safety
• ACLF & RHA Medication Administration
• ACLF & RHA Overall Survey Process
• ACLF & RHA Top Cited Deficiencies
• ACLF & RHA Training Q&A Responses
• ACLF New Regulations and Update of RHA Regulations
• ACLF-RHA Training Abuse Registry
• RHA Quality Enabling Program

September, October and November 2015

• 2015 State Fall Licensure Training

Home Health Agency Training

September 2016

• The Role of the Surveyor in conducting Home Health Surveys

July 2016

• OASIS C-2 2017

August 2014

• OASIS-C Provider Training
• OASIS-C Provider Technical Training
• OASIS-C Training Quiz
• OASIS-C Quiz Answers

November 2009

• OASIS C Update

Nursing Home and Hospital MDS 3.0 Trainings

September 2016

• Upcoming MDS Changes
• Quality Measures and MDS

September 2015

• MDS 3.0 Automation

June 2015

• MDS 3.0 Part 2

May 2015

• MDS 3.0 Part 1

April 2012

• MDS Item Set Changes & Other Key MDS Information

September 2010 State Training Videos and CMS Information

• Introduction
• Chapters 1 and 2
• Chapter 3, Sections A - Z
  • (No Sections R-U, W, or Y)
  • Section A
  • Section B
  • Section C
  • Section D
  • Section E
  • Section F
  • Section G
  • Section H
  • Section I
  • Section J
  • Section K
  • Section L
  • Section M
  • Section N
  • Section O
  • Section P
  • Section Q
  • Section V
  • Section X
  • Section Z
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5 (Automation)
• Chapter 6 (Refer to your RAI Manual or contact your FI/MAC)
• Video on Interviewing Vulnerable Elders (VIVE)
  • ^{_{The VIVE video was produced by The UCLA/Jewish Home Borun Center for Gerontological Research with funding from The Picker Institute.}}
• CMS MDS 3.0 Training Materials