This Meeting Agenda Includes:

CMS and Regulatory Updates

1. October 2025 MDS Draft Item Sets - Review of new and changed items and definitions
2. Appendix PP Revisions: How to creat a workable game plan
3. FY 2026 SNFPPS Proposed Rule - Updates to SNF Payment Rates, Changes in PDPM ICD-10 Code Mappings, Updates to SNF VBP, and Updates to SNF QRP

AAPACN Updates and Arrticles

1. MDS Accuracy - Section GG Accuracy and Coding Respiratory Therapy Accurately
2. Regulatory Compliance/Survey - Ethics in MDS Coding, MDS Falsification, Compliance in Diagnosis Selection for Skilled Rehabilitation, The Facility Assessment, Caugh up in Survey Panic?, and Policy and Procedure Review and Development Guide
3. Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Resident Care - Re-thinking Pain Management, and Calming the Agitation to Aggression Pipeline
4. Quality Measures - Quality Measure IQ Series: Pressure Ulcer Measures
5. Miscellaneous -Care Conferences, Restorative Nursing Payment and Documentation Issues, and Medicare Advantage vs. FFS Part A Expedited Determinations

FAQs

Member Discussion

If you have not renewed or signed up for membership to the MDS Innovation Team for 2025 yet, please do so prior to attending the next meeing.

Register your facility for the 2025 MDS Innovation Team membership. As a reminder, only LeadingAge Wisconsin provider members/subscribers are allowed to participate in these meetings. This registration is by facility, not at overall organizational level. Please note: It is possible that multiple individuals from your organization may receive this notice. Please coordinate your MDS team application so that each facility completes only one application - thanks! 

The $125 annual facility fee helps offset room rental fees, lunch meal, and handouts.

Spotlight on Amy Veldt

Amy Veldt, RN, RAC-CT, has 40 years of experience in long-term care, 27 years with the RAI process. She started her own health care consulting business in 2005, offering audits, training, and education for nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The goal of Pinnacle Innovative Healthcare Solutions is to assist the facility in achieving and maintaining regulatory compliance, effective reimbursement systems, and resident-centered care delivery. Amy also will provide innovative guidance to ensure efficiency of systems, teams, and individuals.

Amy continues to offer training and educational sessions statewide, as well as on-site consultation, education, and guidance. She often is a featured presenter at the LeadingAge Wisconsin educational events. Amy started the MDS Innovation Team in 2006 and, with the support of LeadingAge Wisconsin, continues to facilitate the meetings in locations throughout the state of Wisconsin.

Questions about the MDS Innovation Team

If you have any questions/concerns, or topics for discussion for the MDS Innovation Team, please contact Robin Wolzenburg (rwolzenburg@LeadingAgeWI.org) or call the LeadingAge Wisconsin office. Thank you!