Weekly Recaps: July 31, 2024
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
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Home Health and Nursing Home Employees Likely to Have Educational and/or Medical Debt
A study published in JAMA Health Forum on July 26, 2024, analyzing medical and educational indebtedness among US health care workers found that 21% of home health care workers and almost 20% of nursing...
Discover an Exclusive UST Workforce Solutions Member Benefit Offering
UST Workforce Solutions has partnered with leading nonprofit associations across the country since 1990 to provide members with a wide variety of cost-saving HR, unemployment and workforce solutions designed to meet the unique needs...
CMS Shares Video Tutorial on the Patient Mood Interview
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a video tutorial for completing D0150, Patient Mood Interview (PHQ-2 to 9) and D0160, Total Severity Score. This video depicts two scenarios that demonstrate the...
Save the Date for Fall Joint Provider
It’s time to mark your calendars to join us for Fall Joint Provider! We will be offering three attendance options this year. Participants can plan to attend the session in Topeka on October 16...
Register for Mastering QAPI Webinar on October 8
We are bringing back the Mastering QAPI session as a webinar for members who were unable to attend the breakout session at our past Spring Conference or for members who did attend and want...
Inform Your Organization’s Policy by Attending Gun Policy Considerations Webinar
LeadingAge Kansas is offering a new webinar: Gun Policy Considerations in Health Care Organizations for members during a time when having a safety plan and policy in place is increasingly necessary. Join Alex Schulte...
CMS Releases RFI on PEPPER and CBR Reports
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced they are seeking information for a re-evaluation of the Comparative Billing Reports (CBRs) and Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPERs) to improve the...
Senators Introduce Bill to Enhance Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Senator Kaine(D-VA) and Senator Casey(D-PA) introduced the Strengthening Advocacy for Long-Term Care Residents Act to improve advocacy for residents of long-term care. The proposed legislation would require the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...
Senator Casey Introduces the PACE Anytime Act
On July 25, Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced an act that would compel CMS to open enrollment of PACE to anytime of month. The one-pager describing the Act references how...
LeadingAge Sends Letter to CMS Administrator Seeking MA Marketing Protections for PACE Enrollees
On July 24, LeadingAge and the National PACE Association sent a joint letter urging CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to include stricter marketing rules for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and improve transparency for PACE participants...
CMS Open Door Forum Focuses on Payment Adequacy Provisions in Medicaid Access Rule
On July 30, the Centers for Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Door Forum (ODF) was hosted by Alyssa DeBoy (director) and Melissa Harris (deputy director) from the Medicaid Benefits and Health Programs Group. This group...