LeadingAge Submits Comments on Proposed FY2025 Hospice Wage Index
On May 28, LeadingAge submitted comments on the FY2025 Hospice Wage Index proposed rule. In 2023, LeadingAge developed multiple recommendations to push CMS to modernize the hospice benefit. LeadingAge responded to a request from...
LeadingAge Submits Comments on Proposed FY2025 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System
On May 23, LeadingAge submitted comments on the FY2025 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) proposed rule. As explained in this press statement, “LeadingAge to CMS: to Achieve Improvements, Focus on Nursing...
Updated FAQs on Enhanced Barrier Precautions
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) held a Townhall on May 22 to discuss recommendations for Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) to reduce the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms in nursing homes. CDC updated...
CMS Updates 2024 and Spousal Impoverishment Standards
CMS released their mid-year updates to Spousal Impoverishment Standards to reflect the updates to the federal poverty level effective July. These changes will affect only the limits for the community spouse’s minimum monthly maintenance...
Weekly Recaps: May 29, 2024
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
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Representative Les Mason, McPherson, Dies at 69
The Kansas House Assistant Majority Leader Les Mason passed away Monday evening after suffering a brain aneurysm the prior weekend. Governor Kelly ordered flags to be flown at half-staff until sundown on the day...
“We Need Real Policy Solutions and Investments, Not Mandates”
At a June 4 press event in Washington, DC, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan joined long-term care associations and nursing home providers to explain why the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final nursing home...
Nursing Home Staffing Mandate Facility Assessment Requirement
LeadingAge will be releasing an updated Facility Assessment toolkit with resources in two phases. The first phase is expected to be released by June 10 and the second by July 8. The updates, new tools...
LeadingAge Advocates to CMS on NHSN Reporting
LeadingAge sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on May 31 related to nursing home requirements for reporting COVID-related data through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) system. Currently,...
PACE User Group Call on Risk Adjustment Data Submission
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a User Group Call for PACE organizations to be held on June 13 at 1:00 PM CT. Advance registration is required and will close on...
CMS Issues Survey Updates for Hospice
On May 28, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Center for Clinical Standards and Quality issued a new memo regarding changes to the hospice conditions of participation (CoPs). The changes focus on the...
Hospice Preview Reports for the August 2024 Now Available
Providers can now access the latest Provider Preview Reports via the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) application. The preview period for the latest Provider Preview Report lasts from June 3, 2024 to...