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Rehab Nursing Essentials Webinar Series
CMS and IRF-PAI Updates | November 12, 1 PM CST
This webinar will review the changes to CMS payment rules for fiscal year 2026 impacting Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRF) and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF).
Learning Objectives
- Understand the changes to the inpatient rehabilitation facility patient assessment instrument for fiscal year 2026.
- Understand how the IRF final rule impacts payment to IRF's in fiscal year 2026.
- Understand the changes to the skilled nursing facility minimum data set for fiscal year 2026
- Understand how the SNF final rule impacts payment to SNF's in fiscal year 2026.
Attendees earn 1 continuing education (CE) hour with this webinar.
Meet the Speaker
Michele Cournan, DNP RN ANP-BC FNP CRRN FARN
Michele Cournan, DNP RN ANP-BC FNP CRRN FARN has been a rehabilitation nurse for over 25 years with experience in acute rehabilitation and academia. She recently retired as the Director of Quality Improvement at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital and the Director of Quality/Risk at Ellis Medicine. She also has a private business as a legal nurse consultant and has had multiple nursing faculty positions both in-person and virtually in LPN, RN, RN to BSN, MSN, NP, and DNP programs. She has published several articles and textbook chapters and has presented at national conferences many times over the past 20 years. Michele was the President of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) and was the past Chair of the ARN Health Policy Committee. She was one of two nurses to serve on the World Health Organization’s Rehabilitation 2030 campaign. She is a Fellow of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses. Her focus is on fall and pressure injury prevention and function of those with impairments in the least restrictive setting possible.
Previous Webinars
ARN Competency Model for Professional Rehabilitation Nursing: Application into Practice
This webinar on the ARN Competency Model for Professional Rehabilitation Nursing featured experts Dr. Stephanie Vaughn, PhD RN FAHA FARN CRRN and Jill Rye, DNP RN CRRN CNL FARN. They provided an overview of the model’s development and explained its four key domains. The presenters also offered practical guidance for applying the model in clinical practice. Attendees earned 1 continuing education (CE) hour for participating. On-Demand Recording
Skin Considerations with Rehab of Acute Neurological Impairments
This webinar, presented by, Kimberly Levenson, RN BSN CRRN CWOCN CFCN, provides healthcare professionals with the strategies they need to assess and prevent skin injuries in patients with spinal cord and acquired brain injuries. It will focus on early intervention, risk identification, and long-term prevention in both inpatient and home settings. On-Demand Recording
Assessing & Addressing the Needs of Family Caregivers Using the PATH Instrument
Join us for a session focused on evaluating caregiver preparedness and understanding the theoretical foundation of the PATH instrument. Learn practical strategies for administering the tool to support comprehensive caregiver assessments. Dr. Barbara Lutz, PhD RN CRRN PHNA-BC FAHA FARN FAAN, and Dr. Michelle Camicia, PhD CRRN CCM NEA-BC FAHA FARN FAAN, are nationally recognized leaders in rehabilitation nursing and caregiver research. On-Demand Recording
Telemonitoring for Fall Prevention
Jo Ellen Rust, MSN RN CNS FCNS CRRN, and Kim Woodard, MSN RN NPD-BC CRRN, led this webinar, which was designed for healthcare providers with information on fall rates and patient complexity. Topics include staffing shortages, artificial intelligence, and telemonitoring. This course also focuses on how telemonitoring has produced continual decrease in hospital-wide fall rates over the past 5 years. Earn 1 CEU with this course. On-Demand Recording
The Essential Brain Injury Guide: Introduction, Overview and Etiology
This webinar, with speaker Jocelyn M. Hendrix, OTR CBIST C/NDT CSRS C/LSVT, is designed for healthcare providers as a brain injury introductory overview for individuals who present with brain injury. Topics include understanding the causes of brain injury, distinguishing between primary and secondary injuries, and understanding the severity of brain injury Mild, Moderate, and Severe. Identifying the differences between most prevalent injuries by specific age groups. In addition to identifying the characteristics of acquired brain injury, traumatic and non- traumatic injuries and their effects on the brain injury survivor/family. On-Demand Recording.
Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy
In this webinar, Sylvia Duraski, MS ANP-BC CRRN CBIS SCRN, will teach participants what patient will benefit most from the device, how the device works and what education is most important for the patient and family to learn. The webinar will also identify what rehabilitation nurses who encounter patients with this device should know, including signs and symptoms of complications and what to do. On-Demand Recording.
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