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News Topic: Policy
What Will EPA’s New Rule on Pharmaceuticals Mean for You?
Effective Aug. 22, 2019, providers of aging services with hospice and nursing home settings will no longer be allowed to dispose of pharmaceuticals by flushing […]
HUD Announces New Sec. 202 Housing Funds
On April 4, 2019, HUD released the Notice of Funding Availability for the new Section 202 funds appropriated by Congress in FY17 and a portion […]
Congressional Telehealth Caucus Request for Information: Comprehensive Telehealth Legislation Recommendations – 2019
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Hospice Quality Measures When Death Is Imminent
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 […]
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 […]