Back in session following the Memorial Day recess, the House is pushing forward with appropriations measures for fiscal year 2020, which begins on October 1. There still is no agreement, however, among the House, the Senate, and the White House on raising caps on discretionary spending that were imposed by the Budget Control Act of 2011. Meanwhile, draft legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act is circulating in the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), bills have been introduced to expand and make a wide range of improvements in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, and the Senate Finance Committee leadership continues moving forward on legislation to continue the income tax medical expense deduction’s 7.5% adjusted gross income threshold. The update provides information on the following items:
- Nursing home regulation
- Skilled Nursing Facilities: Proposed Fiscal 2020 Medicare Rule
- Reduction in Regulatory Burden: Patients Over Paperwork
- Workforce
- Immigration
- Medicare Observation Days legislation
- Hospice: Proposed Fiscal 2020 Medicare Rule
- PACE Final Rule for 2020
- Tools and Resources
- And MUCH More
