Nursing Home Care Compare Refresh
The monthly Care Compare refresh took place on October 25th. The October refresh is also a quarterly refresh, and this quarter is the first time that Flu Vaccination Coverage Among Healthcare Personnel is being...
Weekly Recaps
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...
KDADS Hosts Regional Round Tables on Survey Trends
The Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) hosted regional round tables the week of November 6th through November 9th in various locations throughout Kansas. For providers in the Southwestern region of the...
Appendix K Unwinding Notice for HCBS Service Changes
On Tuesday, November 7th, KDADS sent out a notice outlining changes to HCBS services that go into effect November 11, 2023. The service changes are taking place due to the end of the public...
Meeting with HHS Secretary Becerra – Full Report Out
LeadingAge met with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on October 31st to discuss staffing challenges and concerns with the increasing number of immediate jeopardy findings that do not appear to rise to the IJ level....
LeadingAge Comments on Nursing Home Staffing Standards
LeadingAge posted their comments on the nursing home staffing standards proposed rule to the Federal Register on November 1st. Read the press release and access the comments here.
LeadingAge Joins Letter to CMS on the Staffing Mandate’s Exclusion of LPNs
On October 27th, LeadingAge joined several organizations in sending a letter to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure highlighting the agency’s failure to acknowledge and include Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) in the proposed federal staffing rule. ...
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address the Shortage of Doctors and Nurses
On November 2nd, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), introduced bipartisan legislation to address the shortage of doctors and nurses. The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would...
HHS Releases Proposed Rule Establishing “Disincentives” for Information Blocking
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on November 1st published a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for health care providers found by the HHS Office of Inspector...
Final Home Health PPS Rule Published; Cut Reduced by Half; LeadingAge Continues to Advocate...
On Wednesday, November 1st at 3:15 PM CT, CMS released the final Home Health prospective payment rule for CY2024. CMS backed off on their initial proposed cut; CMS finalized a -2.89% cut, offset by...
CMS Finalizes Proposed Hospice Special Focus Program Algorithm
After LeadingAge and their industry partners went through tremendous efforts to educate CMS on the reality of implementing the proposed Special Focus Program (SFP) as proposed in the CY2024 Home Health Rule, CMS has...
Annual 2023 Financial Trends and Ratios Analysis for CCRCs Publication Released Late October
This article summarizes the webinar and publication that were released in tandem, along with a press release by Baker Tilly. Both single site (SSO) and multi-site (MSO) CCRCs’ FY2022 performance, in many of the...