Attn Assisted Living Members – Assisted Living Summit July 27th
A group of engaged Assisted Living Members has helped us develop this year's Assisted Living Summit. It will feature important topics such as:
Care Transitions -- How to know when it is time and...
Save the Date – Emergency Preparedness Compliance Workshop August 10th in Newton
We have contracted with Stan Szpytek, a national expert for emergency preparedness training, to provide a workshop for members. His presentation will include an actual tabletop exercise that will count toward the CMS requirement.
This...
Money Follows the Person End Date
The current Money Follows the Person demonstration grant as funded by CMS is coming to an end in all 43 participating states. The end date in Kansas for transitions to the community is June...
New Medicare Cards
Medicare is taking steps to remove Social Security numbers from Medicare cards. Through this initiative the Centers for Medicare &a Medicaid Services (CMS) will prevent fraud, fight identity theft and protect essential program funding...
Payroll Based Journaling Data Audits
CMS is beginning a pilot program to audit Payroll Based Journaling data submitted by long-term care providers for the first quarter of 2017. These audits are not part of any health and safety survey...
Integrating Health and Housing for Low-Income Older Adults
A new report released by Community Catalyst in partnership with the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston outlines policy options to improve the integration of health care services with affordable housing for low-income older adults! This study...
End Imposter Syndrome in Your Workplace
In February 2021, we offered one simple idea: Stop telling women they have imposter syndrome. Since then, fixing the places where women work instead of fixing women at work has become a rallying cry for women of all races...
Last Call for Essentials of the DON Role Training
In this DON focused session, you’ll explore infection prevention and control programs, regulations relevant to the nursing department and Human Resources topics the DON might be responsible for and needs to understand. Whether you...
Promotion at Bethesda Home
Bethesda Home is pleased to announce the promotion of Johannes (Jannie) Van Aardt to Environmental Services Director. Jannie has been an invaluable member of our maintenance team for numerous years. This promotion recognizes the...
Katie Sloan to Senate Leaders – The “Settings Rule” is a Bad Fit for...
On June 20th, the Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Senate HELP Committee hosted a panel discussion in honor of the anniversary of the landmark 1999 Supreme Court Decision in Olmstead v L.C....
Provider Partnership to Develop Assisted Living Recommendations
LeadingAge recently joined four other major organizations that represent assisted living providers or regulatory standards developers to announce a new collaboration to develop recommendations for assisted living. The group will build a set of...
U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce Schedules Hearing on Skills-Based Economy
On Thursday, June 22nd, at 9:15 AM CT, the U.S House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing titled: Competencies Over Degrees: Transitioning to...