LEAH KLUSCHRN, BSN, FACHCA

Nurse | Educator | Consultant | Speaker

About Leah Klusch, RN, BSN, FACHCA Executive Director of The Alliance Training Center

Leah Klusch’s education and consulting to healthcare professionals isdefined by her dynamic style, sense of humor, no-nonsense advice andinnovative ideas. Her ability to focus on learning rather than teachingmakes her a welcomed and applauded industry speaker, educator, andnurse leader.

She’s the founder and director of The Alliance Training Center, an educational foundation focused geriatric care issues in Alliance, Ohio and

the author of numerous published articles in industry journals, periodicals,

trade publications, books, video trainings, and lectures nationally on current

industry topics. Leah is passionate about her work and her energy is

contagious when helping clients and industry members manage:

• Care Delivery • Nursing Home Management

• Wellness & Restorative Care Giving • Payment & Reimbursement

• Regulatory Compliance • Assessment and Assessment

• Leadership Documentation

• Re-engineering & Facility Planning

Thought LeadershipAs a healthcare industry consultant with a penchant for bridging clinical, financial and compliance needs in an easy-to-understand, funway, Leah’s insights are captured and read throughout the industry, online as well as offline.

• Highly-Sought Speaker & TrainerLeah can be found on the speaker and trainer lists of the industry’s

most well-respected association conferences including AHCA,

ACHCA, LeadingAge, ASCP, and ALFA, as well as many state and local

professional associations and ownership groups. Her expertise has

attracted packed sessions on hot topics like the recent MDS changes,

understanding RAPS, and care area assessments. She has authored

and co-authored videos for the Briggs Corporation, and recently

launched a series of MDS web-learning sessions with RediLearning for

skilled nursing, rehab, specialty, hospice and home health.

Recent WebinarsRisk & Payment Issues with the MDS3.0 (McKnights)

MDS 3.0 Update Compliance & Payment Issues (MDI Achieve)

Ensuring Compliance with your Utilization Review Process (ACHCA)

MDS 3.0 Structure & Implementation(MDI Achieve)

MDS 3.0 New Database — SixMonths Later (Redi-Learning)

Quality Care in Challenging Times(McKnights)

Interview Process — MDS 3.0 Training (Redi-Learning)

QI/QM Data Base Creating Accuracyat the Source (Redi-Learning)

MDS 3.0 Data Coding and AssessmentProcess Update (McKnights)

Is Your Facility Ready for the PPSRule Changes? (Redi-Learning)

Creative Payment Options at thePoint of SNF Admission (Redi-Learning)

CMS Training (Redi-Learning)

Making the Most of the New MDS 3.0(McKnights)

Managing Change in Your AssessmentProcess- An Overview of the April2012 Changes to the RAI Manual (MDI Achieve)

The CAA Process (Redi-Learning)

LEAH KLUSCHRN, BSN, FACHCA

Nurse | Educator | Consultant | Speaker

• Widely Published AuthorCovering the industry’s biggest topics, Leah’s work has been featured

in Long Term Living, McKnight’s Long Term Care News, Provider Magazine, and The Director. She was first published in 1968 in theAmerican Journal of Nursing and has authored more than 25 published

articles. In addition, she has authored two books on restorative care

giving and understanding RAPS.

• ConsultantIndividual facilities and nursing home management groups and owners

from across the country rely on Leah’s ability to assess and advise

them on operational and clinical issues. She also works with

industry-vendors to supply applicable solutions to the industry, like

RediLearning, MDI Achieve, eHealth Data Solutions, Direct Supply,

Encore Rehab, AccuNurse, and McKnights.

Professional BackgroundLeah received her bachelor of science in nursing from Capital University

and continued graduate studies in curriculum and education at Ohio State

University. In 2009, she completed the Fellowship program with the

American College of Healthcare Administrators (ACHCA). The ACHCA

awarded Leah with their Education Award in 2011.

In 1989, Leah launched The Alliance Training Center, an educational

foundation focused on issues related to the care of the frail elderly.

About The Alliance Training CenterThe Alliance Training Center is located in Alliance, Ohio and is home to

many accredited training classes for Ohio nurses and aides. Leah Klusch

launched the Center in 1989 to help her facilitate and educate care

practitioners on helping to care for the frail elderly.

In addition, the Center serves as headquarters for many services offered

to the professionals in long-term care including: educational services,

management consultation, facility consultation, and development of

specialized and custom training programs.

The Alliance Training Center is an approved provider of continuing

education credits by the State of Ohio Counselor/Social Worker Board

#RSX019103.

Recent Published ArticlesEmbrace the Operational Approach toMSD 3.0 (CS), Long Term Living, 3/11

Organizing the MDS Office, LongTerm Living, 12/10

Special Report: Get Ready for MDS3.0, Long Term Living, 8/10

A New Look at Incontinence,Provider Care News, 6/10

Avoid Payment Denial, McKnight’sLong Term Care News, 11/09

Start Now – Preparation for Recovery Audit Contractor Program,Long Term Living, 10/09

Are You Ready for the New SurveyProcess? The QIS is Coming andNow is a Good Time to Start GearingUp, Long Term Living, 12/08

60 Seconds with…Leah Klusch Re:QIS Survey, McKnight’s Long TermCare News, 6/08

Meds on the Mind: What we’velearned about medication managementin last few months, ContemporaryLong Term Care, 4/07

Hard Data: Get a Handle on Your Facility Database, Contemporary LongTerm Care, 2/07

Oh, by the Way… (Gary Tetz) on MDS,Nursing Homes, 1/07

Mastering Reimbursement UnderRUGs 53, Contemporary Long TermCare, 10/06

Leah can be reached atThe Alliance Training Center at 330.821.7616 or www.tatci.com.

LEAH KLUSCHRN, BSN, FACHCA

Nurse | Educator | Consultant | Speaker

Magazine Title Date

AJN the American Journal Nurse Recovers From 10/68Of Nursing Deadly Appointment

Nursing Homes The Basics of Staff Education: 04/02It involves much more than mandatory in-services, and pays offin many ways

Nursing Homes Targeting Our Approach to 12/03Incontinence: Negligent and Imprecise responses to residents’Incontinence carry a heavy price- here’s how not to pay for it!

HC Pro Incontinence Management for 9/05Nursing Homes – A Training and Resource Guide to F315 Compliance

PPS Alert for ADL Scores Rule New Payment System 12/05Long Term Care

Nursing Homes The Importance of Properly Sizing 12/05Incontinence Products

Nursing Homes CNAs are speaking but are 3/06you listening? (with Sandra Hoban)

Nursing Homes Our Cup Runneth Over (with 9/06Richard Peck)

Contemporary Long-Term Mastering Reimbursement under 10/06Care RUGs 53

Nursing Homes Oh by the Way…… 1/07(Gary Tetz) on MDS

Contemporary Long-Term Hard data: Get a handle on your 2/07Care facility database

Contemporary Long-Term Meds on the mind: What we’ve 4/07Care learned about medication

management in the last few mos.

McKnights Long Term 60 Seconds with……Leah Klusch 6/08Care News RE: QIS Survey

Long Term Living Are you Ready for the New Survey 12/08Process? The QIS is coming-and nowis a good time to start gearing up

Magazine Title Date

Long Term Living Start now – Preparation critical for 10/09Recovery Audit Contractor Program

McKnights Long Term Avoid Payment Denial 11/09Care News

Provider A New Look at Incontinence 6/10

Long Term Living Special Report: Get Ready for MDS 3.0 8/10

Long Term Living Organizing the MDS Office 12/10

Long Term Living Embrace the Operational Approach 3/11to MDS 3.0 (cover story)

McKnights Long Term 5th Online Expo features major TLC 3/11Care News topics (by James Berklan)

Provider HIT Panel Yields Valuable Tips 4/11

Provider for LTC Professionals Focus On: Urinary Incontinence 6/11

The Director (NADONA) Transitioning to the MDS 3.0 6/11Strategies for Success

Long Term Living Urinary Incontinence – Large Issue 8/11that Requires Focus from the EntireInterdisciplinary Team

McKnights Long Term Providers Trail on MDS Prep 2/12Care News

McKnights Long Term A good first step but more to do 3/12Care News with MDS 3.0

Provider The MDS 3.0 and Its Impact on 6/12Bladder and Bowel Care

Book Publisher Date

Solutions in Restorative Care Giving Briggs Corp. 1995

Understanding RAPs: A Training Briggs Corp. 1998Program for Everyone Involving All Staff in Maximizing Positive Resident Outcomes

LEAH KLUSCHRN, BSN, FACHCA

Nurse | Educator | Consultant | Speaker