Legal Nurse Consultant - Home Health care Services, Medicare

November 2005 Selected by the Surgeon General, representing the Public Health Service, out of thousands of applicant healthcare volunteers, and cleared by the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to serve in the Public Health Service in New Orleans for Katrina relief.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member of the Technical Expert Panel related to the Health Care Financing Administration?s (HCFA) study entitled Staff Time Measurement Study for National Skilled Nursing Facility System: Resource Utilization Group Validation for Sub-Acute and Very High Rehabilitation, 1996 to 1998.

Executive Director and Founder of the Association of Hospital Based Nursing Facilities from January 1992 to October 1997

Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, Maryland, Multistate Nursing Home Case Mix and Quality Demonstration Project, Nurses Clinical Panel, 1992 to 1998.

Health Care Financing Administration Advisory Panel on the Development of a Uniform Needs Assessment Instrument for Discharge Planning, 1988 - 1989.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Long-Term Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee, 1988 - 1992.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Task Force Regarding Subacute/Transitional Care Services, 1994.

American Medical Peer Review Association (AMPRA) Continuing Care Committee, 1988 to 1990.

Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration for Evaluating Future Requirements for Nursing Personnel, Panel of Expert Consultants, 1989.

U. S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) Advisory Panel, Medicare and Preventive Services for the Elderly, 1988 - 1989.

Health Care Financing Administration Expert Peer Review Panel for the Development of Quality Screens for Post-Hospital Levels of Care, 1987.

American Hospital Association's "Hospital-Based Skilled Nursing Facility" National Focus Group, 1986.

ANA Chairperson, Recruitment Committee for Gerontological Nursing, 1985 to 1989.

ANA Chairperson, Task Force to Revise the Scope of Gerontological Nursing Practice and Standards, 1987. (Selected as a 1988 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year for Gerontological Nursing.)

ANA National Council on Gerontological Nursing, Executive Committee Member, 1985 to 1989.

Gerontological Nurse Clinician Special Interest Group Philadelphia Chapter, Co-Chairperson, 1984 to 1987.

PPS Alert for Long-Term Care, 1999 to 2002.
The Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 1989 to present.
Long Term Care Quality Management, 1996 to present.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal, manuscript reviewer, 1990 to present.
Managing Senior Care, Sage Publications, 1991 to 1993.
Geriatric Nursing American Journal of Care for the Aging, Nursing Home Management Consultant Advisor, 1989 to 1991.

American Academy of Nursing
American Nurses Association; Pennsylvania Nurses Association
Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, XI Chapter, 1982 to present.

Provided expert testimony before the Medicare PRRB, HCFA regarding Medicare Skilled Care Reimbursement, 1998

Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged regarding the development of the Health Care Financing Administration Minimum Data Set and Resident Assessment Protocols, 1985.

Institute of Medicine Panel, "Answering Quality in Medicare Program", provided expert testimony for American Nurses Association, Washington, DC, 1990.

Institute of Medicine task force to recommend minimum professional nurse staffing in nursing homes, 1984.

President, The Whitman Group, selected by Entrepreneur Magazine as the Pennsylvania Company, 1994.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations Citation for Service on Long Term Care Professional Technical Advisory Committee.

Health Care Financing Administration, Health Standards and Quality Bureau, Director's Citation, July 1989.

American Journal of Nursing / Pennsylvania Nurses Association Excellence in Writing Award, 1986.

Director of Nursing at Friends Hall when listed in Good Housekeeping Magazine as one of "85 Best Nursing Homes" in the U.S., August, 1985.

Knapp, Mary (September 20, 2004). 10 Steps to Medicare Compliance, Financial Security in Clinical Trials. Report on Medicare Compliance, Vol 13, Number 33.

Knapp, Mary and Rogers, Martin (September 6, 2004). Security Essentials for Privacy Compliance. Report on Medicare Compliance, Vol. 13, Number 31.

Knapp, Mary (June 21, 2004). Hospitals Hit Billing Snags for Clinical Trials; Contract Conflicts, Complexity Drive Errors. Report on Medicare Compliance, Vol. 13, Number 11.

Knapp, Mary. (November/December 1999). Out Like a Lamb, In Like a Lion: Subacute Care in the New Millennium. Subacute Care Today, p43.

Knapp, M. (November/December 1999). The Role of the Clinical Compliance Coordinator in Long-Term Care. Balance, Vol. 3, Number 6: 12-14.

Knapp, Mary. (May 1999). Nurses’ Basic Guide to Understanding the Medicare PPS. Nursing Management, pp 14-15, Vol. 30, No. 5.

Knapp, Mary. (April, 1998). The Power of Paperwork Under PPS. Contemporary Long Term Care, pp. 10-11.

Knapp, Mary. (May, 1997). Practicing Universal Gerontology, Nursing 97, Vol. 27, No.5.

Knapp, Mary & Wheeling, Paul. (December 18, 1996). Benchmarking Answers Question on Hospital Based SNF Bed Needs, National Report on Subacute Care, Vol. 4 No.26.

Knapp, Mary. (September 2; 5, 1996). Five Trends Point to Subacute Opportunities in Managed Care, National Report on Subacute Care, Vol. 4, No. 20.

Knapp, Mary (January/February 1997). Autopsy of a Smear?, Health Systems Review, Vol. 30. No 1.

Knapp, M., Book Review, (November 1996). Questions and Answers about Sex in Later Life, Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 40-41.

Knapp, M., Book Review (May 1996). Profiles in Gerontology: A Biographical Dictionary, Journal of Gerontological Nursing.

Keane, W., & Knapp, M. (1996). Planning for Medicare’s Future in Your Hospital, New England Healthcare Assembly’s On-Site Resource Guide.

Knapp, M. (1994). Acute Care Gerontological Nursing: Its Time Has Come, Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 20(5).

Knapp, M. (1994). Nurse Practitioners: Expanded Role in Long-Term Care, The Brown University Long-Term Care Quality Letter, 6 (5).

Knapp, M. (1994). Night Shift: Specialists in Sleep, The Brown University Long-Term Care Quality Letter, 6 (1).

Knapp, M. (1994). How to Get a Good Night's Sleep, Masonic Home & Hospital Share Newsletter.

Knapp, M. (1994). Where Should Subacute Care Be Delivered? Hospitals Are Often the Best Setting, McKnight's Long-Term Care NEWS, 15 (1).

Knapp, M. (1993). Hospital-Based Nursing Facilities: An Overview, Managing Senior Care, 2-3.

Knapp, M. (1993). Night Shift: The Restorative Sleep Specialists, Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 38-41.

Mezey, M., & Knapp, M. (1993). Nurse Staffing in Nursing Facilities: Implications for Achieving Quality of Care, Advances in Long-Term Care, 2 (4), 130-151.

Knapp, M. (1993). "Last Hurrah" for Committee Member Means Less "Busy Work" for Nurses, The American Nurse, 27.

Knapp, M. (1992). Nurses Ease Resident Pain Through Treatment Plan, Provider, 35.

Knapp, M. S., & Shaid, E. C. (1992). Managing Difficult Behaviors, Provider, 17-24.

Knapp, M. (1991). Providing Inpatient Skilled Care. Geriatric Research & Training Center: Philadelphia, PA (previously published by National Health Publishing, Baltimore, MD).

Hegland, A., & Knapp, M. (contributor). (1991). Hospital-Based Long-Term Care Beds on the Rise. Contemporary Long Term Care.

Knapp, M. (1990). Geriatric Care Plans. (Sexual Dysfunction; Falls; Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis; Gout; Cerebrovascular Accident; Sensory Deprivation; Disruptive Behavior; Insomnia; Sleep Disturbances) Newman, D; Smith, D. (eds). Springhouse Corporation.

Knapp, M. (1990). Eldercare: A Product Line with a Future, Hospital News, 4 (9), 4.

Knapp, M., & Walker, S. N. (1990). Development and Use of the ANA Standards of Gerontological Nursing Practice, Journal of Nursing Quality Assurance, IV (3), 1-14.

Knapp, M., & DeAngelis, P. (1989). Strategic Planning Vital to Eldercare Diversification, Healthcare Financial Management, 43 (9).

Knapp, M., & Stoehr, A. (1989). Physician Checklist for Visually Impaired Elderly in Nursing Homes, Geriatrics, 44 (7).

Knapp, M. (1988). Guest Relations and the Aging Patient: Environment and Patient Satisfactions, Grip, 3 (3).

Grzeczkowski, A., & Knapp, M. (1988). The Gerontological Nurse Practitioner as Director of Nursing in the Long-Term Care Facility, Nursing Management.

Knapp, M. (1988). Intervening Skilled Care: Are There Differences? The AMPRA Review, 5 (1).

Knapp, M. (1987). Functional Assessment of the Elderly in Swing Beds, Text published by The Rural Hospital Program of Extended Care Services, New York University.

Knapp, M. (1986). Planning a Continuum of Gerontological Care: The Hospital-Based Skilled Nursing Facility, The Pennsylvania Nurse; American Journal of Nursing and the Pennsylvania Nurses Association 1986 Award of Excellence in Writing Competition Winning Entry.

Knapp, M., Colling, J., & Chenitz, C. (Contributors). (1986). Gerontology Nurses in Clinical Settings Survey Analysis, American Nurses' Association.

Whitman, J., DeAngelis, P., & Knapp, M. (1986). Restructuring Hospital Capacity: The Hospital-Based Skilled Nursing Facility, Series on Aging From The Hospital Research and Educational Trust.

Knapp, M. (1986). Filling the Gaps in Health Care: A Hospital-Based Skilled Nursing Facility, Nursing Management, 19.

Knapp, M. (1986). Preparing the Ventilator Dependent Patient for Home Care: Using the Hospital-Based Skilled Nursing Facility for Transition, Pride Institute Journal of Long Term Home Health Care, 5 (2), 8-14.

Whitman, J., Knapp, M., & LaRusso, J. (1985). Ventilator Dependent Patients Pose Problems for Acute Care Hospital, American Hospital Association Aging and Long-Term Care Newsletter, 1 (6).

Knapp, M., Madison, J., & Whitman, J. (1985). The Relocation of Long Term Care Patients: A Practical Guide. Booklet published through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends: Richard Cadbury Fund.

American Consultant Pharmacist Association, "When Acute Care Meets Long Term Care" VHS-VCR, 1994.

Geriatric Research & Training Center, "The Physicians Role in A Hospital Based Nursing Facility," 4-part VHS-VCR and guide, 1993 and “The Interdisciplinary Care Team: A Collaborative Approach”.

3/3/00	Delaware Nurses Association, “Medicare Managed Care Update”, Wilmington, Delaware
3/1/00	VHA, Middle Atlantic Division, “Long Term Care 2000+, Charlotte, NC.
2/22/00.	South Carolina Hospital Association, “Long Term Care 2000+”, Charleston, SC
3/18/99	Cambridge Health Resources, PPS for Skilled Nursing, “Critical Success Factors for Skilled Nursing PPS,” Washington, D.C.
11/19/98	AIC Worldwide, Inc., The First National Congress on the Prospective Payment System for Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Facilities, “Case Studies in Clinical Documentation for RUGs and MDS”, Orlando, FL.
8/20/98	Florida Chapter HFMA, Almost Fall Institute, “What Bean Counters Need to Know About the New PPS”, Palm Beach, FL.
8/12/98	Georgia Hospital Association, Capitalizing on the Change in Health Care: An Educational Conference for Small Hospitals and LTC Facilities, “A Planning Approach for Developing a Senior Care Continuum”, Hilton Head, SC.
6/29/98	Ohio Hospital Association, Medicare Skilled Nursing Prospective Payment System, “Background and Review: MDS and RUGs III”, “Critical Success Patterns for the SNF PPS”, Cincinnati, OH.
6/18/98	North Dakota Health Care Association, “Preparing for PPS in Your Skilled Nursing Facility”, Bismarck, ND.
6/11/98	Sisters of Mercy Health System, “The 1997 Balanced Budget Act: Critical Success Factors for Subacute Care Survival under the PPS”, St. Louis, MO.
5/28/98	Global Business Research, Effective Implementation of the PPS, “Building Your Clinical Documentation Competencies Within the RUG III Methodology and the MDS 2.0., Washington D.C.
5/20/98	Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Gerontological Nursing ’98, “Medicare, Managed Care: How Will it Impact Your Practice”, Philadelphia, PA.
5/13/98	South Carolina Hospital Association, “PPS for Hospital Based and Free-Standing Nursing Facilities”, Columbia, SC.
4/28-30/98	Hospital Association of Philadelphia, “The 1997 Budget Act: Critical Success Factors for Subacute Care Survival under the PPS”, Warrendale, PA and Philadelphia, PA.
4/23/98	Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania, “Outpatient Centers for Older Adults: The How To’s to Successful Development”, Warrendale, PA.
4/14/98	National Subacute Care Association, Subacute Care ’98, “Developing Clinical Documentation Competencies Within the RUGs III Methodology and the MDS 2.0., Chicago, IL.
3/26/98	New York State Health Facilities Association, Spring Conference, “Diversification Strategies: Options for Survival” and “The 1997 Budget Act: Critical Success Factors for Subacute Care Survival under the Prospective Payment System”, Albany, NY.
3/16/98	National Psychiatric Alliance, “Revenue Generating Opportunities within Senior Health Care Settings”, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
3/9-10/98	National Subacute Care Association, “Facility Survival within the Framework of the New PPS”, Dallas, TX.
2/26-27/98	National Subacute Care Association, “Facility Survival within the Framework of the New PPS” and “Prospective Payment System and Documentation”, Baltimore, MD.
2/24/98	South Carolina Hospital Association, Balanced Budget Act of 1997: What Does it Mean?, “Critical Success Factors for Subacute Care Under the New PPS”, Columbia, SC.
2/11-12/98	National Subacute Care Association, “Facility Survival within the Framework of the New PPS” and ”Prospective Payment System and Documentation”, Los Angeles, CA.
1/27-28/98	National Subacute Care Association, “Facility Survival within the Framework of the PPS” and “Prospective Payment System and Documentation”, Chicago, IL.
12/7/97	Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing, Gwynedd Mercy College, Gwynedd, PA.
11/11/97	7New Jersey Chapter – HFMA, “Subacute Care: Pro’s and Con’s for New Jersey Hospitals”, Princeton, NJ.
11/7/97	Allegheny University of Health Sciences, Executive Nurse Conference ‘97/98, “Subacute Care: It’s Place in the Managed Care Market”, Philadelphia, PA.
1/4/97	Springhouse Corporation, 1997 Nursing Management Conference, “Developing an Effective Post-Acute Service Network of Care”, Boston MA.
10/31/97	Health Research and Educational Trust of NJ, “Hospital-Based Subacute Care: A Realistic Look”, Princeton, NJ.
9/27/97	Ohio Department of Aging / Health / Human Services, National Case Mix Conference, “A Provider – Consumer Perspective of Subacute Care”, Cleveland, OH.
6/13/97	Contemporary Forums, Gerontological Nursing Conference, “Outpatient Subacute Care” and “Confronting the Challenge of Managed Medicare”, New Orleans, LA.
12/11/96	Delaware Valley Healthcare Council, Ready for a Gray America? Gerontology Tools and Practices, Philadelphia, PA.
12/5/96	Massachusetts Hospital Association, Keynote Speaker, Educational Symposium on Senior Healthcare, The Graying of Americas Growing and Turning White! Natick, MA.
11/19/96	Global Business Research, Obtaining CORF Certification and Maximizing Reimbursement, Washington, DC.
11/14-11/15/96	Contemporary Trends?The Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Subacute Care, and ?Forums, Toward Managed Care: How Does Subacute Care Fit?
10/17-10/25/96	Contemporary Forums, Subacute Care: Best Practice, Issues and Challenges, The Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Subacute Care and Trends Toward Managed Care: How Does Subacute Care Fit, New Orleans, LA and Pasadena, CA.
10/11/96	Association of Rehabilitation Nursing, 1996 ARN Annual Educational Conference, Retooling for Subacute Care, Seattle, WA.
10/1/96	Global Business Research, Workshop: Obtaining CORF Certification and Maximizing Reimbursement, Philadelphia, PA.
9/30-10/1/96	Contemporary Role of the Nurse?Forums, Subacute Care: Clinical Issues and Trends, Practitioner in Subacute Care and Trends Toward Managed Care: How Does Subacute Care Fit?
9/26-9/27/96	Contemporary Forums, Subacute Care: Best Practice, Issues and Challenges, Washington, DC.
8/13/96	Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey, Hospital Based Nursing Facility: Putting the Concept into Action, Princeton, New Jersey.
7/23/96	Caritas Christi Catholic Health Care System, Confronting the Challenges of Managed Long - Term Care, Boston, MA.
6/21/96	Contemporary Forums, Reimbursement Issues: Geriatric Care, Washington, DC.
5/30/96	Health Research & Educational Trust of New Jersey, Changing for Survival: Developing Your Geriatric Continuum of Care, Princeton, NJ.
5/30/96	Health Research & Educational Trust of New Jersey, Turning the Spotlight on a New Opportunity for Hospitals: Assisted Living, Princeton, NJ.
5/20/96	Medical College of PA and Hahnemann University, Case Management/Staff Development Managed Care Strategies for Subacute Care, Philadelphia, PA.
5/7/96	Pennsylvania Association of Not for Profit Homes, Seeing Aging Services With New Eyes, King of Prussia, PA.
5/2/96	MCP and Hahnemann University, Managed Care Strategies for Subacute Care, Philadelphia, PA.
4/27-29/96	International Sleep Disorders in the?Nursing Conference, The Nursing Entrepreneur and Elderly, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
4/19/96	Michigan Nurses Association, Keynote: Standards of Gerontological Nursing - Now and in Subacute Care: The Hot Topic of the?the Future, and Concurrent Session: 90's.
4/18/96	University of Michigan Medical Center, Patient Care Services, Subacute Care: What it is and How it Ties in to the Rehabilitation Environment - Now and Future, Ann Arbor, MI.
4/15/96	Ohio Hospital Association, Confronting the Challenges of Managed Long Term Care, Columbus, OH.
3/27/96	Autumn Enterprises, Subacute Care: Trends, Realities and the Future, North Canton, OH.
3/20/96	New England Healthcare Assembly, Excess Hospital Bed Capacity? Decision Making With a Vision for Optimum Utilization and Nursing Home Affiliations: A Strategy to Service the Managed Care Environment, Boston, MA.
3/18/96	New England Healthcare Association, The Hospital Based Skilled Nursing in a Capitated Environment: A Case Study, Boston, MA.
2/14/96	Ohio Chapter - American College of Health Care Administrators, Confronting the Challenges of Managed Long-Term Care, Toledo, OH.
2/13/96	Delaware Valley Healthcare Network, Bala Cynwyd, PA.
2/1/96	National Case Mix Reimbursement and Quality Assurance Conference, Case Mix: A Strong Foundation for Quality Care and Subacute Care: Old Wine in a New Bottle, and MDS Data Quality, San Antonio, TX.
1/19/96	Michigan Health Care Institute, Confronting the Challenges of Managed Long Term Care, Lansing, MI.
10/26/95	Florida Society for Hospital Based Skilled Nursing Facilities, Case Mix - Managed Care: Reimbursement Changes and Future Trends for Hospital Based Nursing Facilities and How to Start a Gerosphere Process, Orlando, FL.
9/12/95	Pennsylvania Association of Not-For-Profit Homes for the Aging, Subacute Market Trends, Mechanicsburg, PA.
8/10/95	Global Business Research, Emergency Issues in Subacute Care and Subacute Care: The Flight from Acute Care, New York, NY.
8/9/95	Georgia and South Carolina Hospital Association, Current and Future Trends in Subacute Reimbursement, Marietta, GA.
7/11/95	New Jersey Chapter - HFMA, Reimbursement, Case Mix, Current and Future Trends, Princeton, NJ.
6/27/95	Massachusetts Hospital Association, Reimbursement Effecting Subacute Providers, Natick, MA.
6/4/95	American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, Keynote: Expanding Hospital Pharmacy Services into Long Term Care: Hospital Based Skilled/Subacute, Philadelphia, PA.
5/18/95	Gerontology '95, Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University Continuing Nursing Education, "Keynote: Building a Gerontological Continuum of Care!” Philadelphia, PA.
5/12/95	Contemporary Forums, Session I: "Subacute Care Within the Hospital Walls", and Session II: "Clinical Care of the Elderly in a Managed Care Environment", San Francisco, CA.
4/27/95	Barrow Neurological Institute, "Merging Subacute and the Long Term Care Environment", "Strategies for Successful Utilization of the MDS, RAPS and Care Plans in a Subacute Setting", "Subacute Basic Financials", "Developing Bowel and Retraining Programs", Phoenix, AZ.
4/19/95	Hospital Shared Services, "Subacute Care Levels: Defining Their Place in the Long Term Care Continuum and Assessing Their Reimbursement Potential", Warrendale, PA.
4/12/95	Contemporary Long Term Care & Summit Healthcare Services, "The Basics of Skilled Care Reimbursement", Nashville, TN.
4/11/95	New England Healthcare Assembly, "Managed Care Contracts in Long Term Care: Who's Nursing Home is it Anyway?", Boston, MA
4/11/95	New England Healthcare Assembly, "Subacute Care: How to Optimize Your Continuum of Care", Boston, MA.
3/16/95	St. Alexius Medical Center, "Quality Assessment of the Elderly: Their Changing Needs", Bismarck, ND.
3/11-14/95	American Society on Aging, "A Continuum of Care Vision: The Subacute Connection", 41st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
3/8-9/95	Autumn Enterprises, "Subacute Care; Another Piece of the Continuum of Care", Columbus and Layuga Falls, OH.
3/3/95	Pennsylvania Association Non-Profit Homes for Aged (PANPHA), "Managed Care", Mechanicsburg, PA.
3/1/95	Gerontology Institute of New Jersey, "Subacute Care: The Hot Topic of the 90's ... How Does It Fit Into New Jersey Providers Care Continuum", Milltown, NJ.
2/23/95	Pennsylvania Association Non-Profit Homes for Aged (PANPHA), "The Impact of Managed Care on Nursing Facilities", Valley Forge, PA.
2/14/95	Hospital Association of Pennsylvania, "The Flight From Subacute Care: Planning & Selecting Non-Acute Services for Older Adults", Harrisburg, PA.
2/10/95	Massachusetts Hospital Association, "Clinical Issues in Subacute Care", Framingham, MA.
1/27/95	Florida Nurses Association, "The Nurses Role in the Development of a Gerontological Continuum of Care", Pensacola, FL.
1/27/95	Senior Health Services - West Florida Regional Medical Center, A Keynote: "Making Your Way Along the Gerontological Care Continuum", Pensacola, FL
1/19/95	Mosby Year Book, Inc., Management Development '95, "Subacute Care: The Hot Topic of the 90's", New Orleans, LA
12/14/94	Hospital Association of Pennsylvania, "Optimizing Your Reimbursement Through Subacute Care", Harrisburg, PA.
12/12-13/94	Success Therapy, Inc. "Quality Education in Long Term Care", "How to Maximize Reimbursement through Subacute Care", Richmond, VA and Baltimore, MD.
12/1-2/94	Success Therapy, Inc. "Quality Education in Long Term Care", "Maximizing Reimbursement through Subacute Care . . . Is It Right for You?", Springfield, IL and Indianapolis, IN.
11/10/94	American Association of Homes and Services for Aging, 33rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, "Building a Successful Subacute Program", Orlando, FL.
10/28/94	Florida Society of HBSNF, "Creating a Systemwide Gerontological Center of Excellence Through your HBNF", Orlando, FL.
10/20/94	Manor Health Care Corporation, First Annual Nurse Consultant Conference, "Gerontological Nursing: Our Time Has Come", Annapolis, MD.
10/5/94	Pennsylvania Society of Hospital Pharmacists Conference, "Hospital Based Subacute Skilled Care: More Than a Prescription Labeling Challenge", Mt. Laurel, PA.
10/4/94	Nursing Management Journal, Nursing Management Congress - 1994, "Getting Started in Subacute Care: The Nuts and Bolts", Washington, DC.
9/21/94	Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, "Subacute Services - Establishing a Critical Path for Success", Lake Harmony Resort, Poconos.
9/20/94	Kansas Skilled Care Professionals, Semi-annual Meeting, "Case Mix as Applied to Reimbursement"; "Critical Pathways", Hutchinson, KS.
9/16/94	John C. Valley Conference, Interventions for Healthy Aging, "A Whole New World: Caring for Older Adults in the New Millennium", Houston, TX.
9/15/94	National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners, Thirteenth Annual Convention, "Emerging Roles of the Gerontological Nurse Practitioner and Critical Nurse Specialist" "Panelist: Acute Care", Richmond, VA.
1985 through 1994	Conference Chair and Honorary Chair, Faculty for Medical College of Pennsylvania, "Gerontological Nursing" Update.
8/18/94	Georgia Hospital Association, "Implications of Health Care Reform on Long Term Care Facilities," and "HCFA Demonstration Project," Marietta, GA.
8/4/94	Missouri Hospital Association, "Subacute Care: Defining the Levels . . . Identifying Reimbursement Potentials," Jefferson City, MO.
7/11-12/94	The National Institute for Health and Human Services, "The Changing Role of Nurses . . . New Decision Making and Managerial Powers," King of Prussia and Scranton, PA.
6/14/94	American Nurses Association, "From Nursing Facility to a Gerontological Center of Excellence," San Antonio, TX.
4/7/94	American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, "When Acute Care Meets Long Term Care: What Hospitals Need to Know," Alexandria, VA.
1994-1995	Expert Source, "Beyond Four Walls - Cost Effective Management of Chronic Congestive Heart Failure," The Advisory Board Company.
5/20/94	Pennsylvania Nurses Association - District 20, "Healthcare Reform: ElderCare Challenges Panel," Harrisburg, PA.
5/6/94	Contemporary Forums, "How to Put Together a Successful Subacute Program," Dublin, LA.
4/25/94	Illinois Association of Homes for the Aged, "The Flight from Acute Care: Planning and Selecting Non-Acute Services for the Older Adult," Hinsdale, IL.
4/19/94	American College of HealthCare Administrators, "Not a Nursing Facility . . . Not a Hospital: Operating a Hospital Based Nursing Facility," Alexander, VA.
4/12/94	Ohio Region-American College of Health Care Administrators, "Subacute Care: Understanding Its Overlapping Levels of Care," Solon, OH.
4/5/94	Hospital Shared Services, "A Continuum of Care Vision: The Subacute Connection," Warrendale, PA.
3/30/94	New England Healthcare Assembly, "Subacute Care: How to Optimize Your Continuum of Care," Boston, MA.
3/24-25/94	Tennessee Health Care Association, "The Demands of Patient Acuity: Shortened Length of Acute Stay, Higher Level of Patient Need," Oakridge, TN.
3/12/94	American Medical Directors Association, 17th Annual Scientific Symposium, "Nurse Staffing/Nurse Practitioner Role: Implications for LTC," San Diego, CA.
3/10/94	N.J. Region American College of Health Care Administrators, "Understanding the Overlapping Levels of Subacute Care," Lynnwood, NJ.
0/30/93	Florida Hospital and TWG, joint sponsorship, "Subacute: The Emerging Levels of Care," Orlando, FL.
10/29/93	Florida Hospital Association/Florida Society of SNFs, Annual Meeting and Conference, "What's Ahead for your HBNF? New Directions - New Services - New Reimbursement," Orlando, FL.
10/20/93	American College of Health Care Administrators, Maryland, DC, Delaware Region, "Art and Science of Medicare Inpatient Skilled Care," Lutherville, MD.
10/7/93	Health Care Reform - The Continuum of Care to Ensure Continuity Across all Health Delivery Systems," Long Term Care 2000: A Vision for Continuing Health Care, New York State Hospital Association, NY, NY.
9/28/93	American Health Care Association 44th Annual Convention, "Nurse Practitioners: A Sign of Excellence or Just an Added Expense?" Washington, DC.
8/25/93	North Carolina Hospital Association, Long-Term Care Contingency Group "Critical Success Factors in an HBNF," Raleigh, NC.
8/4/93	American College of Health Care Administration, Ohio Regional Meeting, "Understanding the Overlapping Levels of Sub-Acute Care," Cincinnati, OH.
7/29/93	Tennessee Hospital Association, "Selecting and Developing Specialty Units for your Hospital-Based Nursing Facility," Nashville, TN.
6/18-19/93	Contemporary Forums, Gerontological Nursing Forums, "Developing a Sub-Acute Level of Care within your Nursing Facility or Hospital;” - "Staffing: Retention and Management," Washington, DC.
5/19/93	Medical College of Pennsylvania, Gero Nursing '93, "Hospital Based Nursing: How to Develop Specialty Programs in HBNFs," Philadelphia, PA.
5/1/93	American College of Health Care Administrator’s 27th Annual Convocation, "The Art and Science of Inpatient Medicare Skilled Care," Nashville, TN.
4/1/93	New England Healthcare Assembly, "Selecting and Developing Specialty Units for Your Nursing Facility or Nursing Home," Boston, MA.
3/28/93	American Society on Aging's 39th Annual Meeting, "Medicare Skilled Coverage: Is it an Art or a Science?" Chicago, IL.
1993	Poster presentation, "Long Term Hospital", American Hospital Association, Section on Aging Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, 1993.
10/21/92	American Health Care Association, Annual Convention, "Continence Treatment: Realities and Cures," San Francisco, CA.
7/27/92	American Hospital Association, Section for Aging and Long-Term Care Services, 9th Annual Conference, "Financial and Management Issues for Current Hospital-Based SNF Providers," Denver, CO.
6/3/92	Hospital Association of Pennsylvania “The Art & Science of Providing Inpatient Medicare Skilled Care," Harrisburg, PA.
4/2/92	New England Healthcare Assembly, "Focusing on Medicare Skilled Care: Operationally and Financially,” Boston, MA.
3/16/92	American Society on Aging, "Hospital Based Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Financially Successful Geriatric Specialty Unit," San Francisco, CA.
10/10/91	Tennessee Hospital Association, "Discharge Planning," Nashville, TN.
7/24/91	Illinois Hospital Association, "Focusing on Inpatient Medicare Skilled Care: Operationally and Financially,” Lisle, IL.
6/27/91	Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania, "Product Line Development Through Strategic Planning for the Hospital's Elderly Market,” Warrendale, PA.
5/7/91	New Jersey Hospital Association, "Eldercare Product Line Development," Princeton, NJ.
4/26/91	Washington Geriatric Society, "Nurse Staffing in Nursing Homes," Seattle, WA.
12/5/90	South Carolina Hospital Association, "HB/SNFs and OBRA '87."
9/25/90	The Ed Chancey Radio Talk Show, "Geriatric Healthcare," New Orleans, LA.
9/24/90	American Journal of Nursing National Conference "Atypical Signs of Distress in the Elderly" and "Medications and the Elderly,” New Orleans, LA.
9/24/90	American Hospital Association, "Quality Assurance and Clinical Care in a Hospital-Based Skilled Nursing Facility," Orlando, FL.
5/18/90	North Carolina Association of Continuity of Care, "Uniform Needs Assessment: HCFA's Approach to Discharge Planning," Greensboro, NC.
1/18/90	American Hospital Association Section on Long Term Care Conference, "Clinically Speaking," San Antonio, Texas.
10/19/89	American Hospital Association Annual Section of Long-Term Care Conference, "Clinically Speaking," Tampa, FL.
9/22/89	Kansas Hospital Association, "Functional Assessment of the Older Adult in the Swing Bed Program," Salina, KS.
7/13/89	American Medical Peer Review Association, "Applying Newest ANA Standards for Gerontological Nursing in Practice," Boston, MA.
6/28/89	Healthcare Financial Management Association, Annual National Institute, "Developing a Geriatric Product Line," New Orleans, LA.
6/15/89	American Hospital Association, "Hospital-Based Skilled Care," Chicago, IL.
2/8-9/89	Michigan Hospital Association, "Hospital-Based Skilled Care," Lansing, MI.
6/28/88	Healthcare Financial Management Association Annual National Institute, "Hospital-Based and Community Skilled Care Facilities," Washington, D.C.
6/22/88	Maryland Nurses Association, "Applying the Newest Gerontological Standards in Practice," Annapolis, MD.
3/25/88	Michigan Hospital Association, "Hospital Options for Entering Into Long-Term Care," Lansing, MI.
11/11/87	American Hospital Association Section on Aging and Long-Term Care, "Geriatric Strategic Planning," Washington, DC.
10/24/87	Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Third Annual Conference, “Creative Care: Nurse Practitioners in Long-Term Care," Harrisburg, PA.
9/29/87	Health Facility Surveyors' Training Conference, HCFA Region IV, "Health Assessment of the Elderly," Atlanta, GA.
9/18-19/87	National Gerontological Nurses Association, Second Annual Conference, "Applying the Newest Gerontological Nursing Standards Into Practice," Chicago, IL.
8/18/87	Health Facilities of Maryland Association, "New Long-Term Care Survey Process Update," Baltimore, MD.
5-6/87	Health Care Finance Administration, Department of Health Surveyors Seminars "Monitoring Gerontological Care Through the New Long-Term Care Survey (PACS)," Baltimore, Atlanta and Dallas.
4/5-7/87	American College of Health Care Administrators Silver Jubilee Convocation, "Long-Term Care of Ventilator Dependent Patients: Issues and Options for Nursing Homes" and "Current and Future Status of Medicare Certification for Nursing Homes," Washington, DC.
9/26/86	National Gerontological Nursing Association's First National Education Conference, "Rapid Assessment" and "Cardio-Pulmonary Physical Assessment of the Older Adult," Bethesda, MD.
9/20/86	WDVT - 900 AM, "Healthtalk", a two hour radio talk show on the topic of "Geriatric Health Care."
6/17/86	National ANA Convention, "Applications for Gerontological Nursing Practice and Education: Analysis and Impact of Findings From 1985 ANA Surveys," Anaheim, CA.
11/85	Featured guest, WCAU Radio, Ron Eisenberg AM Talk Show, "The Cost Effectiveness of Nursing," Philadelphia, PA.
5/84	Featured Guest ABC-TV, Philadelphia, Channel 6, "Changes" two part (one-half hour each) program concerning "Aging and Its Impact on Health." (Aired June 17 and June 24, 1984.)
4/84	Northeastern Gerontological Society Seminar, "Care of Ventilator Dependent Patients in the Nursing Home Setting," Bellevue Stratford, Philadelphia, PA.

Knapp, Mary; "Applying the Newest ANA Gerontological Nursing Standards in the Long-Term Care Setting" accepted for presentation at the International Council of Nurses, Seoul, Korea, June 1989, presentation by Lucille Joel, RN, Ph.D., President American Nurses Association.

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