Senate Passes Resolution to Repeal NLRB Joint Employer Rule 

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On a vote of 50-48, the U.S. Senate, on April 10, voted to overturn a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) final rule, issued in October 2023, establishing a new and broader standard for determining...

CMS Update IDR and Enforcement Procedures for Home Health and Hospice 

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On May 3, the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at CMS issued a memo revising the State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 10 to update informal dispute resolution process and enforcement procedures for hospice...

Weekly Recaps: May 8, 2024 

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Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.  Affordable Housing Weekly Update. Here is your weekly Affordable Housing Update.  Nursing Home Weekly Update. Here is your...

CMS Says It Will Audit and Enforce MA Plan Compliance with New MA Rules...

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The coalition of post-acute care associations and the Center for Medicare Advocacy met January 3rd with roughly 15 CMS leaders and staff who work in the Center for Medicare and oversee the Medicare Advantage...

Weekly Recaps: March 13, 2024 

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Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.  Affordable Housing Weekly Update.  Here is your weekly Affordable Housing Update.  Nursing Home Weekly Update.  Here is your...

New Proposed CAHPS Hospice Survey Available for Review 

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing in the FY2025 Hospice Wage Index to implement a revised CAHPS Hospice Survey beginning with January 2025 decedents. A 2021 CAHPS Hospice Survey mode...

Weekly Recaps: February 14, 2024 

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Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.  Affordable Housing Weekly Update.  Here is your weekly Affordable Housing Update  Nursing Home Weekly Update.  Here is your...

Call for Participants in Benchmark Study 

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Marsh's Senior Living & LTC Industry Practice and Oliver Wyman's Actuarial Practice is inviting LeadingAge members to participate in an exclusive liability benchmark study that aims to provide critical insights into important trends, loss...

January 25th Senate Hearing on Assisted Living 

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Following last month’s Washington Post series on safety and quality in assisted living, the Senate Special Committee on Aging has announced its intention to explore those issues in an upcoming hearing and consider what...

Weekly Recaps: February 7, 2024 

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Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.  Hospice Weekly Update.  Here is your weekly Hospice Update.  Affordable Housing Weekly Update.  Here is your weekly Affordable...

LeadingAge Submits Response on CMMI VBID RFI 

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On February 16th, LeadingAge submitted a response to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) Request for Information (RFI) for the Value-Based Insurance Design Model (VBID). LeadingAge strongly advised CMMI to exert extreme...

Hearing on Older Americans Act Reauthorization 

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On March 7, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing on the Older Americans Act, authorization for which expires on September 30, 2024. Efforts to reauthorize the OAA...