Providing Guidance: Updates to the Requirements for Participation for Long-Term Care Facilities: PSSNY October 13th 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Target Audience
All pharmacists
Learning Objectives
At the completion of the activity, the participant will be able to:
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
Identify the relevant changes made by the CMS to the Appendix PP Guidance to Surveyors
Discuss the new emphasis surrounding the requirements to provide care for those with substance use disorders and mental health
Recognize changes to the requirements for the review of psychotropics and gradual dose reductions
Describe the refinements to the infection preventionist requirements
Robert C. Accetta , RPh, BCGP, FASCP
Robert C. Accetta is the President/Owner of Rivercare Consulting, LLC, a pharmacy care, strategy, education and consulting business. Robert is a Fellow, ASCP and Board Certified in Geriatric Pharmacy; an active participant in the Connecticut and New York Chapters of ASCP; a regular columnist for Caring
for the Ages, for AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine; active in ASCP on the Senior Care Pharmacist Workgroup, the Deprescribing Taskforce, and co-chair of the Opioid Stewardship Workgroup in 2020-22. He serves on the ASCP Finance Committee and on the Board of Directors, representing Region A Northeast. He resides in Trumbull, Connecticut.
ACPE UAN #
0042-9999-22-030-L99-P
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPE
The Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.