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1 Using LTC Trend TrackerSM to apply for the Quality Award program Tim Case, AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program Administrator Peggy Connorton, Manager, LTC Trend Tracker Silver Webinar #1: #1 Understanding the new Silver criteria Gold Webinar #1: Introduction to the Baldrige Criteria Silver/Gold Webinar #2: #2 Tips for writing an application Silver/Gold Webinar #3: #3 Responding to Baldrige Process Criteria (Categories 1 6) and ADLI Silver/Gold Webinar #4: #4 Responding to Baldrige Results Criteria (Category 7) and LeTCI Silver/Gold Webinar #5: #5 Scoring Silver and Gold Quality Award Applications Silver/Gold Webinar #6: #6 Using LTC Trend TrackerSM to apply for the Quality Award program Show applicants how to use LTC Trend Tracker, how to navigate the system and how to access appropriate data Educate applicants on the importance of historical data in the Quality Award process Give specific examples on how LTC Trend Tracker can be used in the Quality Award application

2 The majority of data demands are driven by the requirements of Category 7 (Results) Category 7 requires 3 types of data; Health Care and Process Outcomes Data Survey and Government Outcomes Data Other Outcomes Data Work Force Outcomes Data Leadership and Governance Outcomes Data Financial and Market Outcomes Data LTC Trend Tracker is a powerful tool to address the Health Care and Process Outcomes Requirements Good organizational performance levels for some areas of importance to the item requirements should be evident. Some trend data should be reported, and a majority of the trends presented should be positive. Early stages of obtaining comparative information should be evident. Provide at least three (3) key clinical outcome results over appropriate time frames. At least one of the outcomes should clearly show improvement over time across at least three data points.

3 If available, show your outcomes in comparison to competitors or to state or national averages, whichever seems most appropriate. Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) and Developmental Disability Residential Services providers (DD) may choose to substitute nonclinical process outcome results. Three Clinical Outcomes Pressure Ulcers Restraints Psychoactive Medications LTC Trend Tracker provides members with the ability to benchmark their quality, clinical and financial data Staffing, Resident Characteristics, Five Star Ratings, Five Star Staffing, Survey Findings, Medicare Cost Report, Rehospitalization, Retention and Turnover Includes data for all MCR SNFs in US

4 The information in reports are uploaded by AHCA for facilities (identified by their Medicare provider number) CASPER (Formerly OSCAR) Reports collected at time of survey Cost Report- from the full cost report submitted to your FI/MAC FIVE Star and Quality Measures Nursing Home Compare Medicare Patient Days by RUG Category LTC Trend Tracker participants Rehospitalization MDS and claims data (Brown University) Turnover and Retention- Annual AHCA Staff Vacancy, Retention, and Turnover Report Clinical/Resident Information- CASPER Resident Characteristics, NH QM Report Regulatory Compliance Standard Health Survey, Complaint, Combined, and Life Safety Code Financial and Marketplace results Cost Report, Five Star, CASPER Staffing Report and Medicare Utilization Report Five Star- 2 years CASPER- 5 years NH Compare QM- 5 years MCR Cost Report- 4 years MCR Utilization- Depends on the Organization Turnover & Retention 3 years Excel has up to 11 years of data depending on the report

5 ICON Printer Adobe Excel Book Square Function Prints the current screen. Full report, graphs The current screen is saved as PDF. Full report, graphs Current screen is transferred to excel. When in the graph function can provide more historical data Click on this to open help docs, and resource pages Full Screen Mode Three Clinical Outcomes Pressure Ulcers Restraints Psychoactive Medications Click on AHCA to go to the AHCA homepage LTCTT logo goes to dashboard To open a graph click on graph icon

6 Click to toggle from chart to table Roll over points to reveal the data Will switch the percentiles from Nation To State Same info as graph. Click on Excel for more data

7 Graph function compare data in graph format Table-evaluate data in table format (similar to excel) Use the excel function to isolate historical data for application General Customer Support: Password Assistance, Add/delete Users, General Questions. Data Support: Anything Else: Peggy Connorton, Questions about Data Questions on how to use reports, general questions Training for new staff or large groups.

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