On May 5, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), and Representatives Susan Wild (D-PA) and Susie Lee (D-NV) re-introduced legislation that makes a significant investment in direct care worker career opportunities.
The results will report data on 98 jobs and show salary/hourly rates by unit size, profit type, revenue size, CBSA, state, region, and nationally. Information on 20 fringe benefits will also be reported, including health, dental, vision insurance, 401(k)/403(b) and PTO.
Questionnaires can be downloaded at: https://www.hhcsinc.com/survey-questionnaires.html
We would like to pair each intern with a mentor who brings diversity to the field of aging. The SEP starts in June 2021 with approximately 30 interns at LeadingAge members across the country. This will be an incredible opportunity to mentor a future leader, and to share your passion for the field of aging.
If you are willing to be a mentor, please email me at ckramer@leadingage.org.
With the increasing demand for health care workers, more than 40 states temporarily modified licensing requirements to recruit more health care workers. Vermont, for example, relaxed requirements for retired and out-of-state health professionals, and Kentucky passed a bill allowing medical students to conduct triage, diagnose, and treat patients if under fully accredited supervision.
The McHugh Award recognizes a DON or ADON who creates a supportive and engaged workplace environment by displaying excellent leadership skills while managing nursing and frontline staff.
The winner of the McHugh Award receives:
On April 21st, LeadingAge hosted our first ever Virtual Lobby Day and 423 LeadingAge members hosted 302 virtual congressional meetings to talk about our key legislative priorities. Members were able to share stories and were also able to have discussions with U.S. Representatives and Senators who were able to join the meetings.
Based on conversations with key Senate and House leadership staff, LeadingAge has pulled together an outlook for upcoming Congressional action.
LeadingAge expects the Senate to confirm the nominations of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as the CMS administrator, in spite of an evenly split vote on her nomination from the Senate Finance Committee, which was the result of pushback over CMS’ decision to rescind the Texas Section 1115 waiver extension. The Senate is also expected to confirm Andrea Joan Palm to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
On April 20, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, held a hearing, “COVID-19 Recovery: Supporting Workers and Modernizing the Workforce Through Quality Education, Training, and Employment Opportunities.” The hearing focused on strengthening our nation’s workforce programs to provide quality education, training, and employment opportunities for working families impacted by the pandemic.
June 18 is the deadline to nominate a nurse leader for the Joan Anne McHugh Award for Leadership in Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Nursing.
The deadline for the Life Plan Community/CCRC Salary & Benefits study has been extended to April 12th April 26th, conducted in cooperation between LeadingAge and Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS).
The results will report data on 98 jobs and show salary/hourly rates by unit size, profit type, revenue size, CBSA, state, region, and nationally. Information on 20 fringe benefits will also be reported, including health, dental, vision insurance, 401(k)/403(b) and PTO.
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