IHI Seeking Nursing Homes to Join Age Friendly Health System Movement

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The Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) movement is currently recruiting nursing home teams for the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) “Action Community”...

LeadingAge July 20th Session on MDS 3.0 Updates Coming in October

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Join LeadingAge on July 20, 1–2:30pm CT, for a comprehensive look at how skilled nursing providers can plan for the October 2023 MDS updates....

MDS Updates are Coming and So Is Our MDS Updates and Beyond Training

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As you know, MDS changes are coming in October. We want to help you prepare for the changes and equip you for long-term MDS...

Fire Marshall Joint Provider is Coming Quickly; Get Registered Today

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Join peers from across the state for the Joint Provider Fire Marshall training.  The training will include sessions on the following topics. Top Five K-Tags...

Weekly Recaps

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

MovingForward Milestone: Nursing Home Quality Action Plans Released

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On July 19th, the Moving Forward Coalition launched action plans to take steps toward implementing and scaling strengths based approaches to promote nursing home...

CMS Seeks Input on Future Episode Based Payment Model

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CMS published a request for information on the July 18 Federal Register seeking input from the public on the design of a future episode-based...

United/Humana Merger Limited to Commercial Business

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We reported on June 26th that United Healthcare and Humana were planning a $5.5B merger in the fall of 2023. We originally assumed this...

NIC: ESI Reports Improvement in Staffing and Occupancy

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The National Investment Center’s latest Executive Survey Insights report offered another positive outlook on staffing and occupancy challenges for senior housing providers. Almost all...

NCSL Report Highlights State Programs to Address or Mitigate Workforce Shortages

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The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) on June 29 published a report that provides an overview of programs states have implemented to address...

LeadingAge Meets with CMS to Discuss New Hospice Program Integrity Initiatives

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On July 12th, LeadingAge along with three other hospice organizations and Congressman Blumenauer (D-OR) met with CMS in follow up to our 34 hospice...

Proposed Staffing Ratio Rule NOT Released Yet; KFF Analysis Looks at Possible Scenarios Pointing...

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On July 14th, KFF released “What Share of Nursing Facilities Would Meet Possible New Staffing Requirements,” a report detailing the number of nursing homes...