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Unlock the Power of MDS Data: A Strategic CEU Course for Nursing Home Administrators…

Most nursing home administrators know the Minimum Data Set (MDS) as a form that must be completed. Few fully leverage it as the powerful strategic tool...

Nutrition Is a Care Standard — Is Your AFC Team Trained to Meet It?

What residents eat, how meals are planned, and whether special diets are followed correctly are not afterthoughts in Michigan Adult Foster Care — they are compliance...

Food Safety Is a Resident Rights Issue — Are Your AFC Staff Trained?

In Michigan Adult Foster Care, food safety is not optional — it is a compliance requirement, a resident dignity issue, and a direct care competency that...

Why Every AFC Staff Member Needs This Course: Introduction to Human Services and Meeting Special Needs

Working in Michigan Adult Foster Care means showing up every day for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities — individuals with intellectual disabilities,...

Trained for Georgia. Built for the Work You Actually Do.

Macon, GA: There is a version of staff training that checks the box. You know it when you see it — generic content written for no...

Continuing Education: The Quiet Force Behind Every Great AFC Provider…

Running an Adult Foster Care home in Michigan is not a static endeavor. The residents change. Their needs deepen. The regulations evolve. And the skills that...

Beyond Employment: The Clinical and Environmental Power of Vocational Rehabilitation for Individuals with Mental Illness and Developmental Disabilities…

(A Trade Article with cited references) Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) has traditionally been framed as a pathway to employment. While employment outcomes remain central, a growing body...

Recreational Therapy Under Michigan No-Fault: Standards, Coding,and Practical Billing Guidance

This article, authored by Bruce W. McCollum, MHA, Clinical Reimbursement Expert, provides practical guidance on the application of Recreational Therapy within Michigan’s No-Fault system. Drawing on...

A Mixed Bowl of Cost Saving and Potential Impropriety…

Michigan’s no-fault insurance system has never lacked tension between cost containment and the obligation to provide reasonably necessary care to catastrophically injured individuals. That tension appears...

Bruce W. McCollum

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