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Laurie Laxton, RN, BSN, CMAS, CCFA, RAC-CT, IP-BC, QCP

Principal Product Manager

Laurie Laxton, a smiling woman with wavy light brown hair and glasses, stands outdoors in a beige shirt, framed by lush green trees in the background.

Laurie has over 30 years of healthcare experience and is a former post-acute care auditor. At Inovalon, Laurie helps skilled nursing customers discover all that the company’s care quality management software solutions have to offer, empowering them to harness the power of data to achieve better patient and resident outcomes in line with quality care, value-based care, and infection control best practices.

With a diverse background as an RN, Laurie has worked for large hospital chains on the West Coast as a clinical nurse coordinator, nurse consultant in the Midwest, and now lives in the Southeast. Infection control is her passion and she assisted in developing Inovalon’s Infection Prevention Starter product, designed to assist nursing homes with the complex regulations. As a seasoned lecturer, she speaks regularly at conferences, on webinars, and in podcast interviews helping the post-acute care world understand the complexities of government regulations and how to use data analytics to improve resident care with data-first care management strategies.

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An elderly woman with gray hair uses a cane while walking outdoors, smiling, assisted by a younger woman in blue scrubs—demonstrating the caring support seen in SNF quality reporting. They are surrounded by greenery and flowers.
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SNF Quality Reporting Requirements: Important Updates From CMS

SNF quality reporting requirements are among the many evolving regulations with which skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) must comply. In this three-part blog series, I’ve been providing highlights from AAPACN 2024 about key topics at the conference — including important regulatory updates.

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A smiling elderly woman with glasses and a cane sits beside a young healthcare worker in blue scrubs, both looking happy and relaxed on a sofa in a bright room, reflecting the compassionate care supported by SNF regulations.
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SNF Regulations: Important Updates for Compliance

The skilled nursing facility (SNF) landscape is continually evolving, which underscores the need to stay abreast of current SNF regulations. In this three-part blog series, we’re providing highlights from AAPACN 2024 about important topics at the conference — including the latest updates related to SNF regulations.

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AAPACN 2024: Hot Topics for Skilled Nursing Facilities

AAPACN 2024 is a wrap, but the learning doesn’t stop there. If you weren’t able to attend — or missed something you wanted to catch — the following is the first of a three-part blog series providing highlights from the con

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The MDS 3.0 and Quality Reporting Program: What SNFs Need to Know

Laurie Laxton explains key MDS 3.0 & SNF Quality Reporting Program updates, impacts on workflows and reimbursement, and how to prepare for new measures.

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SNF QAPI program: How to monitor and improve quality measurement performance issues

Optimizing a QAPI program in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) can be challenging. The detailed and evolving requirements at the federal and state levels can make it difficult to ensure adherence — not to mention the staff time needed to achieve quality improvement in nursing homes. In that context, QAPI regulations that are intended to improve SNF processes may instead be viewed as burdens that hamper improvement efforts

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Challenges and opportunities for skilled nursing in 2023

What does 2023 hold for skilled nursing facilities? As the new year is underway, many questions still linger. Record low unemployment could continue to constrict an already tight labor market.1  While inflation is easing, overall expenses could remain up for the foreseeable future.2 Both disruptions are set against a backdrop of changing government policies and new legislation. All that spells significant challenges for skilled nursing facilities this year, but where there is challenge, there is also opportunity.

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