Judy Wilhide Brandt, RN, BA, CPC, QCP, RAC-MTA, DNS-CT

The SNF/LTC community has relied on Judy Wilhide Brandt for decades to provider clear, competent analysis, guidance and education.  Now you can too.  

  • Starting at From $10/mo

Exclusive Membership: PDPM Master Class

  • Free 30-day trial

This is an exciting opportunity for an incredibly low price for anyone interested in maximizing PDPM revenue, quality measures, learn ICD-10 coding, or anything else that intersects the MDS.   It's a membership allowing ongoing access to exclusive content, articles, webinars, and tools. Get immediate access to over 30 on demand webinars, to include Judy's 6 part series for MDSCs to learn ICD-10 coding. Another important benefit is access to Judy as your own personal MDS Consultant. You can email her your questions as a member of the Master Class for no additional charge. Try it free for 30 days.

  • $400 or 10 monthly payments of $40

MDS for Beginners: Nine Part Series for FY2027

  • Course
  • 18 Lessons
  • 190-day access

MDS education for beginner MDS Coordinators. Nine part series covers an Introduction to the RAI process, scheduling, line by line coding of the entire MDS, MDS corrections, Care Area Assessments

AAPACN Certification Workshops

Taught by Judy Wilhide Brandt

Judy is a Master Teacher for the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nurses for two certification workshops. Click links for detailed information about each class. Click "find a workshop" and scroll for Judy's classes. Resident Assessment Coordinator-Certified (RAC-CT)

2026: Workshop = AAPACN Members: $800 Non-Members: $1026

Advanced Resident Assessment Coordinator = Certified (RAC-CTA)

AAPACN Members: $905 Non-Members: $1115

PDPM Mastery

  • $50

PDPM ADRs: Getting the claims paid

  • Course
  • 8 Lessons

You may not know it, but the folks in charge have been sweating the money.  Let's keep what should be ours. Free for PDPM Master Class Members

  • Free

How to Triple Check a HIPPS Code

  • Course
  • 6 Lessons

Basic explainer with an example of how to verify a HIPPS code for Triple Check

Medicare Eligibility

  • $50

Beneficiary Notices in a SNF: SNFABN/NOMNC: Includes 2024 revised SNFABN required 10/31/2024

  • Course
  • 8 Lessons

Agenda: Understand proper usage of the updated SNFABN 2024, mandatory 10/31/2024 Explain how to be compliant with CMS requirements concerning issuing the SNFABN, NOMNC, DENC, and ABN. Examine what "proper notice" means

Quality Measurement in a SNF

  • $25

Understanding the Facility Quality Measures Report 2026

  • Course
  • 2 Lessons

This is a recorded webinar, Time 90 minutes with the PPT handouts. It empowers the student to use the MDS based QM guide and the SNF QRP QM guide to understand and explain any QM in those manuals. We use the newer QMs as examples, thereby gaining familiarity with those as well. I do review the new hybrid LS antipsychotic QM at the very end.

  • $5

Long Stay Antipsychotic QM Hybrid 2026

  • Course
  • 2 Lessons

Ths is a 30 minute on-demain explainer of the hybrid long stay antipsychotic quality measure. Judy takes the learner through the data specifications step by step, while explaining CMS's motivation to re-design this quality measure.

  • $25

Five Star Rating System Explainer 2026

  • Course
  • 2 Lessons

Recorded 60 minute webinar Judy explains how each domain is calculated for 2026

  • $50

Discharge Function Score: A deep dive into risk adjustment

  • Course
  • 2 Lessons

Learn how this all-important quality measure is calculated and learn how to manage the process. We'll become familiar with how values are imputed for the DC function score and how an expected discharge function score is calculate. Judy explains in very relatable, simple terms how this measure works.

  • $50 or 5 monthly payments of $10

Introduction to the Survey Process for MDS Coordinators

  • Course
  • 3 Lessons

Participates will become familiar with the LTC Survey Process, Survey Resources, Survey Report and Plan of Correction. This is a 90 minute recorded webinar with two handouts: The PPT handouts and an example of an MDS Indicator Rate Report.

  • $30

PBJ for Clinical Staff: 35 minute recorded webinar

  • Course
  • 4 Lessons

Topics: Brief overview of PBJ Reporting process Importance of timely submission How to validate accuracy with reports from CASPER Potential impact of inaccurate and/or untimely reporting Trends or issues I have seen with other organizations