Diane Carter's Email & Phone

In 1999, Diane Carter saw the need, and was the creative force behind the development of the AANAC. AANAC provides support for the work life of Nurse Assessment Coordinators. Since then she has provided the leadership and management to bring this start-up organization to national prominence with 8,000 professional clinicians receiving the most accurate, current information daily to support their professional work day. In addition, AANAC offers nationally recognized certification to Nurse Assessment Coordinators. With the launch of The American Association of Nurse Executive (AANEX) in 2007, materials, services and support are now available to Nurse Executives. Prior to forming AANAC, Diane held positions as the Associate Director of the Colorado Association of Home and Services for the Aging, RAI/MDS Coordinator for the State of Colorado and was instrumental in successfully implementing the Colorado beta test for MDS automation and transmission. In addition, she conducted provider training throughout the state and nationally on a variety of regulatory issues. Diane was a HCFA instructor and advisor on Quality Indicators. Formerly, the Deputy Director of Support and Analytical Services for the Health Facilities Division of the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, she worked extensively in survey and certification, complaint investigations and regulatory analysis. She is SMQT certified in survey and complaint investigations by CMS (formerly HCFA). Diane has been a provider trainer since 1990, when she was the Director of Regulatory Affairs for the Colorado Health Care Association where she has provided more than 300 programs in Colorado and nationally on a variety of issues including Federal regulation, survey and certification, OSHA regulations, Train the Trainer for Certified Nursing Assistants and a variety of other regulatory issues. Diane worked for more than five years at the Center for Health Services Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, where she assisted in conducting the national Swing Bed Study; the Cost, Quality and Case Mix Study; the Teaching Nursing Home Study; and the Colorado Case Mix Study. She began her nursing career as a nursing assistant in Colorado nursing homes in the 1960s. She holds a Bachelors Degree in English and Nursing, and a Master in Nursing Administration. She is also a Clinical Specialist in Psychiatric Nursing. She began her career as the Director of Nursing in a Denver nursing home.