LT assignment 1

HCAD 635 Long-Term Care Administration: Welcome to Your Administration Rotation – Part 2 Letter

Read On or Before the Start of Week 3

Dear AIT Student,

You are doing great and moving right along in your LTC administrator-in-

training course! Our focus this week will be an introduction to Home and Community-

Based Care Services (HCBS) within Long Term Care industry. We will learn a good

amount of information on some of the various home care options and community-based

services, while exploring some of the important operational functionalities from an

administrator’s lens. Some of the different services and settings that we will investigate

this week include home health, hospice, senior centers, adult day services, and medical

home services. It is important to note that there is not a discussion this week, as your

first assignment will be due on Tuesday of Week 3 by 11:59 pm EST.

A primary learning aspect to your Week 3 Rotation is understanding that

regulatory bodies operate differently within each type of service area. Certified Medicare

and/or Medicaid home health agencies, also frequently referenced as HHAs, have G-

Tags that correspond to specific federal standards and there may be state-based

standards that also have to be adhered too. However, you must investigate this

regulatory information based on the state residence that you are reviewing. Certified

Medicare and Medicaid hospice providers also have L-Tags that also correspond to

specific federal standards. There may be state-based standards that require hospice

compliance, but you will have to research this information based on the state residence

of interest. Each of these tags are similar to the SNF F-Tags that we learned about last

week. Remember to use the Medicare SOM Appendix PDF located in the classroom to

explore Federal-Level CMS regulations, simply select your specific type of healthcare

setting to review the associated regulations.

You may also want to search the CMS website to assist you in learning more

about the different home and community-based care services. It is important to note

that there are several components to the HCBS and community-living options, ranging

HCAD 635 Long-Term Care Administration: Welcome to Your Administration Rotation – Part 2 Letter

from distinct quality measures that are based upon service delivery mechanisms to end-

of life care services that involve specific quality care considerations. Depending on your

interest for this week’s focus area, you may want to research more information on

specific services provided in home settings or explore aging-in-place options.

As shared earlier in this letter, your first assignment will be due on Tuesday,

which will require you to apply the knowledge that you have learned during the first

three weeks of this course. You will use the AIT Experience: LTC Settings and Services

Report Template to complete this task, which is provided to you in the assignment

prompt. I am excited to have you complete this assignment, as you will have the

opportunity to demonstrate your new wisdom within each part of the report. You will

have the ability to customize your report based on the various options that you feel are

important to your own personalized learning needs. The report will also allow you to

learn more information about some actual LTC service providers. The assignment

should allow you to showcase your new knowledge, allowing you to apply an

administrator’s lens and consumer’s view to each of your selected companies from the

report listings.

Here's to a wonderful week and I look forward to reading your first assignment!

Sincerely,

Your Professor and AIT Preceptor