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11 days ago
Home LeadingAge NY Supports Proposed Amendments to Career Pathways and Medicaid Buy-In Programs: The comments supported the proposed expansions of both programs and requested additional amendments to add aide titles and current students to the CPT Program.

1 month ago
Home 2025 Advocacy Day: REGISTER NOW: LeadingAge NY's 2025 Advocacy Day will be held on Feb. 4, 2025 in Albany, NY.

1 month ago
Home Member Video Advocacy Campaign: Telling Resident and Staff Stories!: The campaign aims to highlight the unique stories of nursing home residents and staff across NYS, with a focus on urging the State to better fund and prioritize the care of older adults.

3 months ago
Home New Grassroots Advocacy Tools to Educate Legislators and Consumers: LeadingAge NY offers summer advocacy materials to support conversations with legislators, residents, and families – including a new piece that explains the recent cut to nursing home capital funding.

4 months ago
Home LeadingAge NY to Governor: Daily HERDS Is Unnecessary and Unproductive: In a letter to the Governor and the Health Commissioner, LeadingAge NY again requested elimination of the daily HERDS reporting required of nursing homes and ACFs since the beginning of the pandemic.

Home DOH Rescinds Third-Party Architectural Certification Requirement for ACF Applications: This is the first of what we hope will be several wins to come out of streamlining efforts.
3 days ago

Home DOH Activates Survey to Assess ACF Compliance with Federal HCBS Rule: All ACFs must complete the survey.
3 days ago

Home EQUAL Funding Revised Intent to Award Letters Issued to ACFs: ACFs must submit proposed spending plans by Jan. 10, 2025.
3 days ago

Home CMS Updates LTC Surveyor Guidance – LeadingAge NY Analysis: Segment 2: Transfer/Discharge: LeadingAge NY continues to analyze the CMS RoP guideline updates recently announced in memorandum QSO-25-07-NH. These changes will take effect on Feb. 24, 2025, leaving providers a few short months to prepare. This article will review the transfer/discharge modifications and major updates facilities should be aware of.
4 days ago

Home DOH Activates 2023 ACF Financial Report: Members may be exempt from securing Opinion of Independent Accountant Statement if certain conditions are met.
3 days ago

Home DOH DAL Regarding SSI COLA for ACFs Contains Errors: DOH is correcting the errors, but be aware that the posting to residents has incorrect information.
3 days ago

Home Support Resident Assistants in Affordable Senior Housing!: Urge Governor Hochul to support funding for Resident Assistants in affordable independent senior housing. Send a letter to the Governor TODAY, and share these additional advocacy materials with your residents!
4 days ago

Home HUD Publishes 2025 Annual Adjustment Factors: The 2025 AAFs are effective as of Dec. 3, 2024. HUD’s OCAF notice is still forthcoming for 2025.
4 days ago

Home ProCare: For over 20 years, Leading Age NY ProCareSM has provided a wide range of high-quality and state-of-the-art clinical, administrative and financial consulting services to member and non-member nursing homes and other aging services providers.

Take Action

Urge Governor Hochul to Eliminate the Daily HERDS Survey!
Nursing homes and ACFs have been completing the daily HERDS survey for over four years. LeadingAge NY thanks members for their advocacy thus far and encourages members to send an email to the Governor urging the elimination of this burdensome requirement.
Urge Governor to Update Nursing Home Rates and Improve Access to Quality Care!
Join us in urging Governor Hochul to increase nursing home Medicaid rates by 20 percent. Send a letter to the Governor TODAY, and share these new grassroots advocacy flyers with families, staff, and volunteers!

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LeadingAge is an association of 5,600 not-for-profit organizations dedicated to expanding the world of possibilities for aging. Together, we advance policies, promote practices and conduct research that supports, enables and empowers people to live fully as they age.