The new stimulus bill signed Dec. 21, 2020, includes $7 billion for broadband initiatives, including funding to provide broadband for low-income families during the pandemic. […]
News Topic: Policy
PRF Reporting Portal Launched, Requirements Revised and Reports Delayed
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Healthcare Extenders In 2020 Year End Omnibus
Medicaid There are several positive policy updates amongst the provisions in the Medicaid extenders. Most notably, for LeadingAge and our members, are extensions of the […]
$24.5B in Phase 3 Provider Relief Begins Arriving Dec. 16
The Phase 3 distribution was open to a broad array of provider types including, but not limited to: assisted living, adult day programs, home and […]
Updates On PRF Phase 2 Payments and Phase 3 Eligibility Expansion
It confirmed that payments continue to roll out in batches for providers who applied for Provider Relief Funds (PRF) under the Phase 2 application process […]
Phase 3 Application for Provider Relief Opens Oct 5
This distribution is a bit unique in a few of ways: Providers who began providing services between January 1 and March 31, 2020 are eligible […]
HHS Issues PRF Reporting Guidance with Limits on Lost Revenue
This document supplements previous reporting information issued in July and revised August. 14. As part of the required reports, providers must report certain data for 2019 […]
CMS Extends Deadlines for HCBS Settings Rule
On July 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidance for states with respect to the home and community-based services (HCBS) […]
Reopening to Visitors: A Review of CMS and States’ Guidance to Nursing Homes
On March 13, CMS issued a memo that drastically changed the way nursing homes operated. In response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, CMS directed nursing […]
States Leverage Medicaid to Provide Nursing Homes a Lifeline through COVID-19
Note: Article originially published April 27, updated May 20 and June 12. Nursing homes are on the front lines of COVID-19 and are faced with […]