- THCA

Volume XXX, Number 10
October 2015

A Message From Your THCA Region Chairs…..

Thank you to all that attended the THCA Annual Convention & Trade Show in Grapevine last month! We appreciate each and every one of you. If you were not able to make the convention, we look forward to seeing you at our Region Meetings throughout the year.

The Region Chairs Council will be meeting next month and will begin to work on topics for 2016 Region Meetings. Please don’t hesitate to let us know if there’s anything you’d like us to add to our Agenda.

Please join us in Congratulating and Welcoming our newest THCA Region Chairs:

THCA Region 4: Julie Wyatt, Heritage House of Marshall, jwyatt@swltc.com
THCA Region 5: Sean Phillips, Park Bend Senior Health Center,
sphillips
@seniorcarecentersltc.com

Both Julie and Sean were elected at their respective region meetings last month, and look forward to coordinating meetings for you soon!

President’s Report

President’s Report

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Legislative Update

Senator Kolkhorst Honored as Long Term Care Champion

THCA Joins Events for Texas Congressmen

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Commitment to Care

Commitment to Care – Topic of the Month
Have you Heard? About the One a Month Campaign

If you missed the Update of Quality Concerns in Dementia Care Webinar – Why Doctors Should Rarely Prescribe Antipsychotics in Texas Nursing Homes?

MDS Member Alerts

October is here and so is ICD-10

ICD-10 Prohibited HIV/AIDS codes for MDS 3.0

jRAVEN Software Version 1.3.0 Available

Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual v1.13 Released

MDS 3.0 Quality Measures Manual V9.0 Released

Important Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) Provider Action Items

MDS System-Generated Final Validation Reports Available in Text and XML Format

Did You Miss the MDS 3.0 Update Webinar on Sept. 28?

If you have any questions about the THCA C to C Initiative or would like to share your facilities successes please contact me at gbwilliams@txhca.org or call (512) 458-1257.

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