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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
Weekly Recaps: May 29, 2024
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CMS Releases FAQs for PACE and MAOs on Overpayment Reruns
On May 21, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released FAQs from a User Group Call that occurred on May 1 regarding submission...
DUALS Act Introduced in House
Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) introduced the House version of the Delivering Unified Access to Lifesaving Services (DUALS) Act on...