Competency and Communication, Crucial Success for ROP Compliance Webinar
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
1:00pm – 2:00pm (EST)

A webinar presentation in partnership with LeadingAge Pennsylvania

In meeting the requirements of Phase Three of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Final Requirements of Participation (ROP), facilities must reevaluate communication efficiency and competency surrounding quality, safety, and compliance. With this heightened focus and the need to ensure all staff members are educated, it's vital to determine competency and verify that processes and requirements are understood and followed.

This session will provide an overview of the requirements, programming ideas, and establish basic building blocks for competent staff that will contribute to meeting the safety/needs of the residents and promoting their rights and wellbeing. We will explore ways to empower staff as well as review barriers that may hinder those efforts.

Target Audience:
Administrators, DONs, Compliance Officers

Event Objectives:
•  Participants will be able to discuss the need for a heightened focus on communication and competency as related to the ROP phase 3 requirements
•  Participant will be able to describe a successful outcomes-based training program and list building blocks necessary in improving competency among all staff
•  Participant will be able to discuss common pitfalls and ways to circumvent them through the use of procedures and tools in their efforts to ensure well-educated, competent staff

Webinar Pricing:
$75 for LeadingAge Connecticut Members
$150 for Non-LeadingAge Connecticut Members

Registration is a commitment to pay in full.

CEU Information:
• This Webinar Qualifies for Nursing Home Administrator Emergency Preparedness Requirements.
• This program has been submitted but not yet approved for Continuing Education for 1.0 total participation hours by NAB/NCERS.
• To receive continuing education credit for LeadingAge PA-sponsored webinars or LeadingAge CT, attendees must register under their name, participate through the link supplied after registering and complete the evaluation after the webinar.
• Registration is for ONE computer login access per webinar.
• Recordings of live sessions are included in webinar purchase.

Speaker Bios:
Julie Bellucci, Director of Clinical Development
Is the Director of Clinical Development for Premier Therapy, LLC. She has over 30 years of clinical experience in geriatrics, specializing in dysphagia, aphasia, and cognitive-linguistic disorders. She has significant work experience in both clinical and operational management, focusing on outcomes and risk management.
Bellucci has presented Continuing Education classes on documentation, billing and reimbursement, swallowing, dementia, pain, and evidence-based practice. She is a past presenter at OHCA, Leading Age, PCHA, ASHA, and PACAH.

Questions or Concerns? Contact LeadingAge Connecticut at (203) 678-4477 or [email protected]