Parkside Homes Receives PEAK Award
Parkside resident Jane Makovec and Brenda Hilliard, CNA accept the 2016 Sustaining Person-Centered Care Award on February 22nd at 10:00 AM. The residents, team...
New HCBS Access Act Helps Address Direct Care Workforce Crisis, Medicaid HCBS Expansions
On March 9th, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing, “Uplifting Families, Workers, and Older Adults: Supporting Communities of Care” which examined...
New Toolkit Details Ways to Control Group A Streptococcus in Long-Term Care Facilities
CDC has released new tools to guide effective investigations into group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections in long-term care communities. Targeted to public health departments...
Hearing on Older Americans Act Reauthorization
On March 7, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing on the Older Americans Act, authorization for which...
LeadingAge Submits Comments on CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Proposed Rule
LeadingAge continued to advocate for improvements in the prior authorization processes used by MA plans including shortening the time plans have to make those...