FEDERAL NEWS

HRSA Sends 9^th Batch of Phase 4 PRF Payments
HRSA distributed another round of Phase 4 payments totaling $892 million to 839 providers on Friday, Aug. 5. This leaves just 1% of applications for Phase 4 yet to be processed. All ARP Rural payments have now been distributed to eligible providers. To date, HRSA has distributed $15.4B of the $17B set aside for Phase 4. HRSA has said their goal is to complete all Phase 4 payment determinations by early August suggesting that one more round of payments may be distributed in the next week or so. Providers who are just now receiving PRF payments will have at least 45 days from payment receipt to request reconsideration, if they believe that the payment they received does not reflect the methodology for Phase 4 or the ARP rural payment.  

CMS Releases Chart on State Waiver Flexibilities to Support Medicaid Renewals During Unwinding
This chart provides greater transparency into the work that CMS and states have engaged in to prepare for the unwinding period after the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends.Specifically, the chart outlines the approved section 1902 (e)(14) waiver flexibilities that CMS has granted to states. These waiver flexibilities support states’ efforts to pursue strategies that facilitate the renewal process and ensure due process protections during the unwinding period following the end of the COVID-19 PHE.

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS

Friday Webinars
Get the latest on COVID-19, CMS, the Legislature and more each Friday at 10 AM. If you haven’t registered for future calls, you can do so here. If you would like to listen to updates you have missed, visit this page.

LEADINGAGE NATIONAL NEWS

LeadingAge Weekly COVID Update Calls this week
Join us today at 2:30 PM CT, asJoshua Smith, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at LeadingAge California, discusses their state efforts in the areas of DEI and workforce, including the Gateway-In Project.

Wednesday August 10th, Ron Hetrick from EMSI will talk about workforce changes and how demographics are shaping these new trends.

If you haven’t registered for LeadingAge Update Calls, you can do so here. You can also find previous call recordings here. Note that to access recordings of the calls you need a LeadingAge password. Any staff member of any LeadingAge member organization can set up a password to access previous calls and other “members only” content.

RESOURCES

Long-Term Effects of COVID
In response to President Biden’s April 5, 2022, Memorandum on Addressing the Long-Term Effects of COVID-⁠19, HSS delivered these two reports:

• The Services and Supports for Longer-Term Impacts of COVID-19 Report (Services Report) outlines federally funded support and services that can help individuals experiencing the longer-term effects of COVID-19, including Long COVID and its associated conditions, mental health, substance use, and bereavement. 
• The National Research Action Plan on Long COVID (the Research Plan) proposes a comprehensive and equitable research strategy to inform our national response to Long COVID.

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