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 that the study highlights “the need for targeted interventions that...
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...
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 the re-introduction and passage of H.R. 5138, the Improving Access...
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, and the National Partnership for Healthcare Innovation), are partnering to...
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 survey data collection process and to ensure comparability of data...
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. According to the plan, the agency expects to furlough about...
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...
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...
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
Life Plan Community Weekly Recap
Medicaid HCBS and PACE Weekly Recap
Nursing Home Weekly...
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 Preparedness Regulations.
The LTC Life Safety Code and Emergency Preparedness Regulatory...
“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...
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...