DOL Proposal to Increase Salary Level Needed for White Collar Overtime Exemption: Summary
The Wage & Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule on September 8th that would revise federal regulations relating to exemption from overtime pay requirements for executive, administrative,...
Catholic Care Center Earns Sixth ‘Excellence in Care” Distinction
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) has announced that Catholic Care Center, in Wichita, Kan., has achieved AFA’s “Excellence in Care (EIC) Dementia Care Program of Distinction.” This is the sixth time the organization...
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 could expect in their home and are therefore considering ways...
Correction to Center for Leadership Announcement
In a recent newsletter article, LeadingAge Kansas published the list of the 2018 Class of the Center for Leadership. We inadvertently missed a name on that list and apologize for the omission. The list...
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. Starting September 25th, the free tests can be ordered via...
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 quick primer on coverage. More details will be addressed related...
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 these changes, including funding caps and an extended list of...
Weekly Recaps
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
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New CMS Resource for BIMS and BIMS Summary Score Explainer Video
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a new 3-minute, animated explainer video, BIMS and BIMS Summary Score: Stopping and Coding an Incomplete Interview for Home Health and Skilled Nursing Providers. This video...
Workforce: Reimagining Federal Pell Grants
The Young Invincibles released a report, Reimagining Federal Pell Grants: Reshaping the Talent Pipeline for Young Adults, which examines how increasing access to financial aid for short term credential programs may jump start the...
Join Us This Friday for Our Weekly Webinars
Join us each Friday at 10:00 AM CT for the Weekly Webcast Update. If you have not registered to view the weekly webinar, you can do so here. For archives of past Weekly Webcast Updates,...
“Up to Date” Definition Change Reporting Trainings
CDC will change the NHSN surveillance definition of “up to date” for reporting weeks beginning on September 25th to align with new ACIP recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines. Once the new vaccine and new vaccination recommendations...