I. Current Talking Points & Templates for Media Engagement:
- Template Op-Ed: Aging Service Workforce Now Campaign
- CMS Home Health Proposed Payment Talking Points
- CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed Payment Rule Talking Points
- CCRC Solvency Talking Points
- NASEM Report Talking Points
See link to full State Media Resources folder at bottom of page.
II. Following the Narrative: A quick summary of national media trends last week.
(* indicates that LeadingAge is featured in the story.)
This week, national outlets delivered a steady flow of coverage on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and other congressional action around health care. Among aging services’ trades and a handful of national outlets, comments on the home health proposed rules remained in the spotlight throughout the week. Towards the end of the week, more conversation around the fall boosters, the end of the PHE, and state legislation were the main topics for aging services trades. Workforce issues and solutions remain an evergreen story peg.
Biden Administration, Congress, Government Agencies
- Associated Press: Biden to sign massive climate and health care legislation
- *McKnight’s Senior Living: Inflation Reduction Act has mixed value for older adults, experts say
- *McKnight’s Senior Living: ‘Real solutions’ for long-term care needed from legislators, industry leader says
- Hospice News: Congress Mulls Bills to Investigate Travel Nurse Agency Business Practices
- Hospice News: Fixing the Flaws in Palliative Care Laws
- *McKnight’s Senior Living: Updated law expected to boost CCRC construction, expansions
- Axios: Congress isn’t done with messy health care fights
- *Home Health Care News: Hundreds Of Stakeholders Voice Concerns As Home Health Proposed Rule Commenting Period Ends
- LA Times: Home health agencies warn of fallout if Medicare cuts payments
- *McKnight’s Long-Term Care: Provider group urges LTC caucus to address finance, workforce
- *McKnight’s Home Care: Home care providers call on CMS to scrap proposed home health rule
- Modern Healthcare: Home health agencies make legal case against CMS’ proposed cuts
- Hospice News: Medicare Claims for Unrelated Services Put Hospices at Risk
- Hospice News: From Sea to Shining Sea: State Palliative Care Laws Yield Mixed Results
Workforce, Coronavirus, Vaccines, Waivers, Closures
- *McKnight’s Long-Term Care: Workers at 39 PA SNFs threaten strike over pay, conditions
- McKnight’s Senior Living: How to face staffing challenges head on: report
- (Paywall) Crain’s New York: Solutions to workforce challenges should focus on recruitment as well as retention, report finds
- *Skilled Nursing News: New York Revises Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Penalties Just Months After Implementation
- Stat: A complicated fall vaccine campaign: Updated Covid boosters, flu shots, and how to time the jabs
- NBC News: Everyone over 12 expected to be eligible for new boosters, White House official says
- McKnight’s Long-Term Care: CDC’s refreshed COVID guidance zeros in on the vulnerable
- Hospice News: CMS: Hospice Recertification Via Telehealth Ends With COVID PHE
- *McKnight’s Long-Term Care: After 105 years, Denver nursing home closing, moves underway
- *KELO, CBS (South Dakota): Why should you care if nursing homes close?
III. Other Clips that Influenced the Week: LeadingAge is a sought-out, reliable source for multiple trade and national media outlets (see that coverage posted in our LeadingAge Press Room). Other key clips that shaped the narrative last week:
- Boston Globe: The Netherlands makes aging and long-term care a priority. In the US, it’s a different story.
- MarketWatch, Next Avenue: Families drain their savings: The need for long-term care coverage is becoming a big-time problem
- McKnight’s Senior Living: 40 states now cover around-the-clock Medicaid HCBS as provided in assisted living
- Home Health Care News: Homebound Seniors Remain Disproportionately Costly For Medicare
- *McKnight’s Senior Living: CCRC’s bankruptcy plan is pure ‘fantasy,’ landlord says
- McKnight’s Home Care: What’s happening in California? Widespread hospice fraud troubles providers
- McKnight’s Senior Living: Take stock of LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination practices, attorneys advise
- McKnight’s Senior Living: Network infrastructure upgrades necessary after pandemic’s rapid technology adoption: experts
IV. What’s On Our Radar — this week’s likely priorities:
- Media outreach on aging services workforce (immigration solutions; member innovation)
- Hospice focused trade engagement
- Member / Congressional offices visits
V. National Statements & Products (all posted on the Press Room page):
