April Eppstein-Baughman, LNHA, LCP
Partner & Consultant
Mrs. Baughman is a licensed nursing home administrator for over seventeen years with particular experience in the domains of practice within skilled nursing facilities www.msnha.ms.gov/PDFs/Domains_of_Practice.pdf. As a life care planner, she brings this added service of "creating a dynamic document based upon published standards of practice, comprehensive assessment, data analysis and research, which provides an organized concise plan for current and future needs with associated costs, for individuals who have experienced catastrophic injury or have chronic health care needs." Life Care Planning and Case Management Handbook. Third edition. Weed and Berens.
Mrs. Baughman also has considerable experience in Marketing Consulting and being the first licensed administrator on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to introduce facility based Orthopaedic Physician Services in skilled nursing facilities. In addition, Mrs. Baughman's exposure to various levels of management and experience has prepared her for expert witnessing in the specialized area of nursing home administration and operations. She has served on the Mississippi State Board of Assisted Living Facilities and has a prestigious record of four deficiency free state surveys while serving as a long term care administrator.
She has also written specific policies and procedures for skilled nursing facilities in the medical community for streamlined, improved processes. Mrs. Baughman fulfills interim administrator assignments in recent years to assist facilities in a time of need.
Mrs. Baughman maintains an active Mississippi Administrator’s License and is in good standing with the Mississippi State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.
A detailed listing of her credentials is as follows:
EDUCATION
COLLEGE: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gautier, Mississippi 1993-1995, Associate of Arts Degree 1995
COLLEGE: University of Southern, Mississippi, 1995-May 28, 1997, Bachelor of Science Degree in Healthcare Administration & Health Education including a minor in Biology, Cum Laude
HEALTH EDUCATION INTERNSHIP: Methodist Hospital, Hattiesburg, MS 1996
INTERNSHIP: Administrator in Training Program, 2000
LICENSING: Mississippi State Board of Nursing Home Administrators, 2001
AWARDS & SOCIETIES
My InnerView Excellence in Action Award Facility, Widham House of Hattiesburg, 2006
University of Southern Mississippi- Full Academic Scholarship Recipient, 1995-1997, one of three awarded to Junior Year Admissions
MGCCC Public Speaking Award, First Place, 1995
MGCCC Miss Jackson County Campus, 1995
MGCCC Honors Program Graduate/Full Scholarship 1994 & 1995
SERVICE & ASSOCIATION AFFILIATIONS
RECENT COURSES & CEU’S ATTENDED
Partner & Consultant
Mrs. Baughman is a licensed nursing home administrator for over seventeen years with particular experience in the domains of practice within skilled nursing facilities www.msnha.ms.gov/PDFs/Domains_of_Practice.pdf. As a life care planner, she brings this added service of "creating a dynamic document based upon published standards of practice, comprehensive assessment, data analysis and research, which provides an organized concise plan for current and future needs with associated costs, for individuals who have experienced catastrophic injury or have chronic health care needs." Life Care Planning and Case Management Handbook. Third edition. Weed and Berens.
Mrs. Baughman also has considerable experience in Marketing Consulting and being the first licensed administrator on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to introduce facility based Orthopaedic Physician Services in skilled nursing facilities. In addition, Mrs. Baughman's exposure to various levels of management and experience has prepared her for expert witnessing in the specialized area of nursing home administration and operations. She has served on the Mississippi State Board of Assisted Living Facilities and has a prestigious record of four deficiency free state surveys while serving as a long term care administrator.
She has also written specific policies and procedures for skilled nursing facilities in the medical community for streamlined, improved processes. Mrs. Baughman fulfills interim administrator assignments in recent years to assist facilities in a time of need.
Mrs. Baughman maintains an active Mississippi Administrator’s License and is in good standing with the Mississippi State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.
A detailed listing of her credentials is as follows:
EDUCATION
COLLEGE: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gautier, Mississippi 1993-1995, Associate of Arts Degree 1995
COLLEGE: University of Southern, Mississippi, 1995-May 28, 1997, Bachelor of Science Degree in Healthcare Administration & Health Education including a minor in Biology, Cum Laude
HEALTH EDUCATION INTERNSHIP: Methodist Hospital, Hattiesburg, MS 1996
INTERNSHIP: Administrator in Training Program, 2000
LICENSING: Mississippi State Board of Nursing Home Administrators, 2001
AWARDS & SOCIETIES
My InnerView Excellence in Action Award Facility, Widham House of Hattiesburg, 2006
University of Southern Mississippi- Full Academic Scholarship Recipient, 1995-1997, one of three awarded to Junior Year Admissions
MGCCC Public Speaking Award, First Place, 1995
MGCCC Miss Jackson County Campus, 1995
MGCCC Honors Program Graduate/Full Scholarship 1994 & 1995
SERVICE & ASSOCIATION AFFILIATIONS
- Pascagoula Ladies Elk Auxiliary & Past Vice-President
- Salvation Army- Past Board Member, Jackson County
- National Association of Professional Women
- Eta Sigma Gamma Honor Society Alumni
- Rotary Club/Rotary International
- MS Rural Healthcare Association Member
RECENT COURSES & CEU’S ATTENDED
- Successful Life Care Planning Practices
- Ethics for Healthcare Professionals
- CMS New Regulations- Final Rule Part 1 & Part 2
- Roadmap to ACO Training
- MACRA & MIPS
- Culture Change in Skilled Nursing Facilities
