Money Follows the Person Demonstration Expansion: Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Webinars for Applicants
CMS released a Notice of Funding Opportunity that will offer up to $110 million to expand access to home and community-based services (HBCS) through Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person (MFP) program. The new NOFO...
SNF PPS Proposed Rule Released
CMS recently released the Fiscal Year (FY) Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS 1765-P). The rule updates Medicare payment policies and includes proposals for the SNF QRP and VBP programs. There is a...
LeadingAge Joins LTC Providers in Asking DOL Implement a Streamlined Wage Determination Process for...
To assist with the labor and nursing shortage, LeadingAge and a coalition of 12 long-term care provider organizations, sent an April 1st letter calling on the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to improve the processing...
Next LPC Member Network Meeting
Join us for the next monthly meeting on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 1:00 PM CT. The topic of discussion will be on risk, liability and contract revisions in a post-pandemic landscape. We have...
LeadingAge Housing Network Call
Join us on Monday, April 18th, at 11 :30 AM CT for our regular Housing Network call. We’ll discuss HUD’s recent efforts on criminal background screenings, and we’ll review LeadingAge’s work with HUD on...
LeadingAge Weekly Updates
Affordable Housing Weekly Update Recap is available hereHome Health and Hospice Weekly Update Recap is available here Life Plan Community Weekly Update Recap is available hereNursing Home Weekly Update Recap is available herePACE Weekly Update Recap is available here
LeadingAge Submits Comments Medicaid RFI
LeadingAge submitted comments on CMS' Request for Information RFI on Access to Coverage and Care in Medicaid & CHIP. This RFI is one of many actions CMS is taking to develop a more comprehensive access strategy...
LeadingAge Week in Media for April 11 – 17, 2022
I. FOLLOWING THE NARRATIVE: A quick summary of national media trends last week.(* indicates that LeadingAge is featured in the story.)
The impact of proposed Medicare funding cuts announced last week spurred a fresh wave...
Home Health Member Network Recap Available
LeadingAge’s Home Health Member Network met on April 5, 2022, to discuss the Medicare Home Infusion Therapy benefit and health equity issues in home health as well as updates on national legislation and regulation...
New Resources on Home Health Value Based Purchasing
The Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Technical Assistance (TA) team announce two new resources are now available on the Expanded HHVBP Model webpage:
1) April edition of the Expanded HHVBP Model Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), to...
LeadingAge Comments on OASIS-E Changes in Home Health
LeadingAge submitted comments on the proposed OASIS-E changes in home health. We asked for OASIS-E to be delayed until CY2024 and cited the current workforce shortage and competing pressure with home health value based...
CMS Hospice Public Reporting Key Dates for Hospices
CMS updated their website listing the key reporting dates for hospice agencies. This includes schedules refreshes of the Care Compare website, upcoming data correction deadlines for public reporting, and the CAHPS Hospice Survey upcoming data submission...