I. Current Talking Points for Media Engagement:
CMS Proposed Payment Rule Talking Points
See link to full State Media Resources folder at bottom of page.
II. Following the Narrative: A quick summary of national media trends last week.
(* indicates that LeadingAge is featured in the story.)
Although non-aging related stories dominated much of national news last week, workforce and access-to-care issues continue to break through. Trades took note of LeadingAge’s role as convener for next steps on the NASEM report implementation.
Biden Administration, Congress, Government Agencies
- Healthcare Finance: Home health agency payments in 2023 decrease by 4.2%, or $810 million, under proposed rule, June 20, 2022
- Home Health Care News: The stability of Home Health Care is at Risk: CMS Proposes 4.2% Decrease to Provider Payments in 2023, June 17, 2022
- New York Times: The White House Covid czar says he’s still optimistic about more aid, despite recent Republican objections, June 23, 2022 .
- *Skilled Nursing News, Federal Bill Aims to Free Up Nursing Homes Facing Education ‘Lockouts’ Triggered By CMPs
- *McKnight’s Long-Term Care, Hiring ‘handcuffs’ would come off under new measure to end CNA training lockouts
- *McKnight’s Senior Living, Senators re-introduce legislation to improve vetting, training of caregivers in nursing homes
- *McKnight’s Long-Term Care, Flurry of immigration legislation would reduce hiring barriers
- *Bloomberg Law, Nursing Homes Blast Plans for Medicare Pay Cut, Staffing Mandate
- *McKnight’s Senior Living, Advocacy groups ‘strongly urge’ DOL to consider changes to processing Schedule A petitions
- *McKnight’s Senior Living: Providing palliative care to wider group of people, including assisted living residents, gains bipartisan support, June 24, 2022
- Fierce Healthcare: OIG finds major inaccuracies in Medicare’s race and ethnicities data, June 17, 2022
Workforce, Waivers, Coronavirus, Vaccines, Closures
- *Inside Health Policy, LeadingAge Receives $1.2 Million To Implement NASEM Proposals
- *McKnight’s Senior Living, $1.2 million nursing home quality initiative to be spearheaded by LeadingAge
- *Health Leaders, $1m Grant Aims To Improve Nursing Home Quality
- CNN.com: Covid is still keeping hospitals backed up, even as new admissions stay low, June 24, 2022
- CBSNews: “It’s Just a Form of Neglect”: Nursing homes face severe staffing shortages, putting elderly at risk, June 21, 2022
- AP: Nursing home owner whose residents suffered in Ida arrested, June 22, 2022
- *Hospice News, The Biggest Barriers to Hospice Recruiting
- McKnight’s Long Term Care News: ‘Vision’ translates into skilled nursing action at landmark conference, June 22, 2022
- *McKnight’s Long-Term Care, Providers push feds for more support in hiring foreign workers amid workforce crisis
- Hospice News, How Does the Workforce Shortage Affect Hospice M&A?
- Skilled Nursing News, Why Nursing Home Operators Need to Look Beyond Traditional Recruitment Tools to Move the Needle on Staffing
- AARP: Nursing Home COVID-19 Cases Quadruple as Booster Rates Slow
III. Other Clips that Influenced the Week: LeadingAge is a sought-out, reliable source for multiple trade and national media outlets (see that coverage posted in our LeadingAge Press Room). Other key clips that shaped the narrative last week:
- *McKnight’s Senior Living, ‘Overdue’ UN Convention would ensure aging with dignity as a right, not a privilege: groups, June 21, 2022
- *Home Health Care News, Study: Caseload, Telehealth Focus Drives Quality for Home Health Agencies
- *Becker’s Hospital Review, 3 findings from LeadingAge’s new home health industry report
- *Hospice News: Hospice Sustainability Rides Hand in Hand with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, June 22, 2022
- *(Editor’s Column) McKnight’s Senior Living, Assisted living’s place in the long-term care continuum
- McKnight’s Senior Living, Former school repurposed for New England’s first LBGTQ affordable senior housing community
- Hospice News, Rising Per Patient Costs Spur Calls for Higher Hospice Pay Rates
- Fast Company: How to Design Homes for Life Well Beyond 100, June 23, 2022
- *McKnight’s Home Care: InnovAge lawsuit, not a ‘black eye’ for PACE, experts say, June 24, 2022
IV. What’s On Our Radar — this week’s likely priorities:
- Media push re: home health proposed payment rule
- Impact of nursing home closures
- Ongoing engagement with White House, federal agencies re: POTUS Quality of Care in Nursing Homes Initiative
V. National Statements & Products (all posted on the Press Room page):
