Learn How to Improve Your Life Safety Code Survey Scores & Emergency Preparedness Compliance
Join LeadingAge Kansas and LeadingAge Iowa for a virtual webinar on October 10th from 12:00-4:15 PM CT on LTC Life Safety Code & Emergency...
Weekly Recaps
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
Home Health and Hospice Weekly Recaps
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Restart of Free COVID Tests Mailed to Household
Beginning September 25th, every U.S. household can again place an order to receive four more free COVID-19 rapid tests delivered directly to their home....
Straightening Out Vaccine Coverage Confusion
Guests from Omnicare/CVS on LeadingAge’s member call addressed a number of issues related to COVID, flu, and RSV vaccines. In particular, they offered a...
HHS Posts Staff Contingency Plan for Potential Shutdown
On September 21st, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released an updated contingency plan for a potential government shutdown beginning October 1st. ...
CAHPS Hospice Survey Quality Assurance Guide Updated
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated CAHPS Hospice Survey Quality Assurance Guide. The manual was created to standardize the...
Hospice Members: LeadingAge Needs Your Help Identifying Auditor Denial Issues
LeadingAge, along with the three other national hospice associations (the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization,...
Coalition Letter on Observation Stays Sent to Congress
On September 18th, LeadingAge joined a broad coalition of health care providers and advocates in sending letters to two Congressional Committees expressing support for...
WiFi Access in Nursing Homes
CMS is assessing access to WiFi in nursing homes. They consider WiFi for residents a basic standard of convenience and comfort that any individual...
Oral Health in Nursing Home Residents Under Scrutiny
CMS published a paper in JAMA Network OPEN on September 12th analyzing oral health problems among Medicare beneficiaries living in nursing homes. CMS contends...
CMS Announces Updates to Care Compare Staffing and Quality Measures
CMS released memo QSO-23-21-NH on September 20th that outlines changes to Care Compare coming with the April 2024 refresh. The changes are largely due...
CMP Reinvestment Program is Back
CMS has unfrozen the CMP Reinvestment Program, but the months-long review has led to a few changes. CMS released QSO-23-23-NH on September 25th outlining...