LeadingAge has put together a summary table of the new QRP & VBP measures outlining the years the new measures will begin impacting payments, as […]
News Topic: Policy
CMS Issues RFI Requesting Thoughts on Medicare Advantage
CMS seeks feedback from a wide variety of stakeholders on ways MA can: Advance Health Equity; Expand Access to Coverage and Care; Drive Innovation to […]
Telehealth Congressional Update
One silver lining of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has been the rapid expansion of telehealth. Congress is still figuring out exactly which flexibilities […]
Improving Medicaid Redeterminations
HHS Secretary Becerra has committed to giving states at least 60 days of advance notice before the end of the PHE, so if this current […]
Deadline for Late Reporting and Reissued PRF Opportunity July 29
Providers who failed to submit a PRF report for Reporting Period 1(RP1) and returned the corresponding PRF payments to HRSA before HRSA announced a late reporting […]
First-Ever HCBS Quality Measure Set
On 7/21/22, CMS issued a letter to State Medicaid Directors on the recommended HCBS Quality Measure Set that is intended to support states with improving […]
LeadingAge Hosts Congressional Briefing: Addressing the Workforce Crisis in Aging Services
To coincide with our new campaign, “Aging Services Workforce Now,” LeadingAge held a Congressional Briefing on July 20, 2022, for Senate and House staff. The […]
HCBS Investment Opportunities
CMS and Medicaid leaders have been weighing in on Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) possibilities during these historic times of federal investment. On the […]
Medicaid Policies and Pathways Impacting Older Adults
From March through May 2022, the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a survey of Medicaid state eligibility officials. KFF has provided two policy briefs based on […]
PDPM, OBRA, and Case-Mix: Considerations for Using the MDS
The beginning of the fiscal year 2020 brought about significant changes in Medicare Part A with an entirely new system for billing in the Patient-Driven […]