PBS News Hour Shines Light on the Staffing Crisis of Direct Care Professionals
On December 20, 2023, PBS News Hour’s Judy Woodruff published the most recent installment of their series, Disability Reframed, detailing the staffing crisis of direct care professionals. The nearly five million direct care workers...
Unprecedented Acceleration in Value Based Care – What’s Coming in 2024?
Value based care is evolving rapidly in response to high rates of MA penetration, CMMI models and priorities, and other policy, fiscal, and demographic trends. ATI invites interested individuals to a webinar on January...
Weekly Recaps: December 27, 2023
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
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Ziegler Survey: The Future of SNF
In their recent CFO Hotline Report, Ziegler surveyed the CFOs of over 240 LPCs nationwide on their current and future plans for their SNFs. Predominantly, surveyed organizations were SSOs (60% of respondents) and were...
New Brief on Leveraging Medicaid to Expand Community Based Palliative Care
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) released a new brief on how states can leverage current Medicaid services to meet palliative care needs in the community. The brief includes outlines of how HCBS...
CMS Releases Guidance on Program Integrity Changes for Hospice, Home Health and SNF Effective...
The CY 2024 Home Health final rule contained changes to provisions about Medicare provider enrollment. CMS has released guidance for providers as well as Medicare Administrative Contractors on these changes which will go live...
REMINDER: Hospice CAHPS Survey Participation Exemption Deadline is December 31st
Hospices that served fewer than 50 survey-eligible decedents/caregivers in CY 2022 (January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 ) can apply for an exemption from participation in the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and...
CMS Issues Rule Outlining Appeals Processes Relating to Hospital Observation Status
CMS on December 21st released an advanced copy of a proposed rule that would establish appeals processes for certain Medicare beneficiaries who are initially admitted as hospital inpatients but are subsequently reclassified as outpatients...
OSHA Rule Requiring Submission of Injury and Illness Data Takes Effect January 1st
New requirements for submitting workplace injury and illness information to OSHA go into effect January 1st. Specifically, the new rule requires establishments with 100 or more employees in certain designated industry categories to electronically...
CDC Reports and Briefs Released on Vaccination Coverage and Treatment
On December 21st, the CDC published four new publications in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) report. The documents describe COVID booster acceptance, RSV and flu shot numbers, and use of COVID treatments. Two of...
LeadingAge Nursing Homes Outpacing the National Average in Percentage of Residents Who are Up...
There has been a lot of media coverage of low numbers of nursing home residents accepting the most recent COVID booster – also known as being up to date. LeadingAge New York provided the...
Fire Marshal’s Office Provides Guidance on Air Fryers in NF/AL Settings
The Fire Marshal’s office offered guidance through their online consultation form on the use of air fryers in household kitchens in NF and AL settings. The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) advised, “if...