Weekly Recaps
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
Nursing Home Weekly Recap Life Plan Community Weekly Recap Home Health and Hospice Weekly Recap
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LeadingAge Tells Congress to Get Real on Ratios
LeadingAge released a new framework and perspective for federal legislation concerning staffing ratios in nursing homes. They’re calling it “Get Real on Ratios.” They also issued a statement to the media, created talking points...
CMS Takes Aim at Inappropriate Use of Psychotropics
On January 18th, CMS posted QSO Memo 23-05-NH with two purposes: to reduce the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes and to bring greater transparency about nursing home citations to families. In...
Review Quality Measure Data Now
SNF Provider Preview Reports are now available for review. The data contained within the Preview Reports are based on quality assessment data submitted by SNFs from Quarter 3, 2021 through Quarter 2, 2022. Additionally,...
Are You Ready for the New PRF and ARP Rural Reporting Requirements?
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently revised the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting requirements to include how to report on the American Rescue Plan (ARP) rural payments that many providers received and...
New CDC Resources for Enhanced Barrier Precautions
CDC has new resources to assist nursing homes with implementation of enhanced barrier precautions. Recall that enhanced barrier precautions are an accepted standard of care, referenced by CMS in the updated RoPs guidance on...
Home Health Care Compare January Refresh
The January 2023 quarterly refresh for the Home Health Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) will be based on...
Weekly Recaps
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
Nursing Home Weekly RecapHome Health and Hospice Weekly RecapSenior Housing Weekly RecapWorkforce Policy Weekly Recap
LeadingAge Provides Hospice Program Integrity Recommendations to Congress and CMS
Working in partnership with other national hospice association partners, this week LeadingAge provided the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and key Congressional stakeholders with 34 recommendations to improve hospice program integrity. Learn...
Free COVID-19 Test Kits Available to All Providers
LeadingAge continues its partnership with Health and Human Services and others to provide free test kits to all provider settings. View the Frequently Asked Questions and submit your weekly order.
New Upload Tool for CARE/PASRR Process
The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) Client Assistance Referral and Evaluation (CARE) Team is announcing our new upload tool, the CARE Upload Tool. CARE Upload Tool is a new web-based tool...
KDHE COVID-19 Update for Local Partners January Recording Available 
The slides and Q&A for the January 5th COVID-19 Update for Local Partners webinar are now available. You can access the recording of the webinar here.
The next COVID-19 Update for Local Partners will take place Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 at 10am CT. You can register...