Diane Atchison, president of DPA

  Diane has over 15 years experience in the MDS process.

  She is AANAC certified in MDS 3.0 & RUG IV

Welcome, I'm Diane Atchinson
President of DPA Associates, Inc.

DPA Associates, Inc, is a nationally active health care consulting and education corporation that assists long term care providers with operations and management including:

  • Transitional/short stay unit design & clinical implementation
  • Medicare & RUG IV audits
  • MDS 3.0 education for both administrative & direct care staff
  • Mock survey with a QIS focus
  • Restorative nursing program design & implementation
  • Nurse leadership in resident centered care
  • Medicard RUG usage & care mix
  • 10/01/11 RUG IV changes - ARD, EOT-R, COT
  • ADL monitoring & coding - data analysis
  • Care Planning & CAA reviews
  • Communication between therapy & nursing

Questions, education and consulting are available to you and your staff. Let us know what you need in order to enhance your quality of care in a cost effective way.