New on nehca.org

• Cool Line
• Critical New Information Added to Nursing Home Compare Web Site
• Power Strips - Fire Marshal Response (NHCA) (NALA)
• NEW 2008 Circular EN, Nebraska Income Tax Withholding Tables (formulas and special required procedures)
• Money Follows the Person
• Draft Emergency Planning Checklist for Persons in LTC Facilities
• Nebraska Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
• Nebraska Advancing Excellence
• Medicare Resources

Upcoming Events

• MEDICATION AIDE TRAINING--Lincoln Register Online
• HEALTH CARE SAFETY SPECIALIST SERIES Register Online
• ADMINISTRATOR/PRECEPTOR TRAINING--HOME STUDY Register Online
• WEB-BASED TRAINING

Recent Regulation Changes

• Title 471 Incorporates federal Medicaid requirements for use of temper-resistant prescription pads for written drug prescriptions.

Products

• September 2008 LTC Survey Manual Update
• July 2008 RAI Manual Updates
• Palliative Care in Long Term Care
• Resident Advocacy Poster (revised May 2008)
• ICD-9-CM Expert for Home Health Services, Nursing Facilities and Hospices, Volumes 1, 2, & 3—2008
• Restorative Nursing Manual
• 2008 RAI Manual
• 2008 Long Term Care Survey Process Manuals

Consumers

• Cool Line: The Nebraska Health Care Association’s (NHCA) Cool Line assists long term care facility residents, family members, employees, and citizens in addressing concerns or complaints that they are not comfortable sharing with a facility or have attempted to resolve with dissatisfactory results. NHCA will help through mediation to resolve these concerns.
  Nursing Facility Consumers
• Assisted Living Facility Consumers

How to Become a Member

• NHCA Membership Information
• NALA Membership Information
• LPNAN Membership Information
• Business Associate Membership

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