CMS plans to begin displaying the first measure—which covers the last three days of a hospice patient’s life—on Hospice Compare in summer 2019 but will […]
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Congressional Telehealth Caucus Request for Information: Comprehensive Telehealth Legislation Recommendations – 2019
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New Heightened Scrutiny Guidance Answers Some Questions, Raises New Ones
On March 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidance to states on how to implement the HCBS Settings Rule with […]
Observation Stays Legislation Introduced in House and Senate
On March 12, Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019 in the House […]
LeadingAge NORC Poll: Older Baby Boomers’ Preferences on Aging
Contact: Lisa Sanders lsanders@leadingage.org 202-508-9407 or 347-385-2218 Washington D.C. March 18, 2019 — How do older baby boomers want to age? Would they prefer to […]
Senate Finance Committee Not Forgotten: Protecting Americans from Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes March 6, 2019 Statement for the Record
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New EPA Rule on Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal
Many types of healthcare providers are covered under the Final Rule including long-term care facilities which are defined as hospice facilities, nursing facilities, skilled nursing […]
New Report Shows SNFs If They Are at Risk of a 2% Rate Penalty
The report shows SNFs if they are meeting the 80% reporting threshold requirement on the SNF QRP measures during a calendar year. Failure to meet this […]
Nursing Homes: Tools for RoPs 3 and PDPM
RoPs 3: Webinar Date: February 27th, 2019, 2:00pm – 3:00pm EST Topic: Get Ready for Phase 3 RoPs: Elements of a successful QAPI program Speakers: […]
Medical Marijuana FAQs-Feb. 2019
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