Reta Underwood

President at CLTC, Inc.

Reta has over 35+ years of professional work experience in the long-term care industry. Reta’s experience has included management and director positions with nursing facilities and healthcare companies. She has also provided corporate-wide MDS support services, conducted numerous mock surveys, regulatory compliance correction, education programs, clinical documentation, quality assurance programming and, implemented and supports PDPM in facilities nationwide. Most recently you may have heard her speak on the new 5-Star Rating during McKnight News Spring Expo last month.

Reta has supplied IRO services and input to CMS on a variety of projects and discussions pertaining to post-acute care. She holds national certifications through the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination (AANAC) as a Resident Assessment Coordinator (RAC-CT); Quality Professional and Nurse Manager and is a ICD-10-CM coder. Reta has had numerous articles published in the long-term care industry trade publications and has been used as an expert resource professional for media interviews including McKnight News; HCPro MDS and PPS Advisor and Provider AHCA magazine. She has also copyrighted several clinical documentation forms and tools, such as for Medicare Post Billing Review (triple check process), nutritional assessment, skilled clinical and MDS documentation, and restorative nursing programs.