Continuing Care Retirement Communities

2 days ago
Continuing Care Retirement Communities LeadingAge NY Accepting Applications for MCHF-Funded "Journey to Excellence" DNS/DSW Mentoring Program: Applications are due Jan. 17, 2025.

2 months ago
Continuing Care Retirement Communities CMS Begins Off-Cycle Enrollment Revalidation for All SNFs: All SNFs will have to submit a new CMS Form 855A, disclosing extensive information about entities and individuals who provide administrative, operational, clinical, consulting, and financial services. Guidance is being released on a rolling basis.

4 months ago
Continuing Care Retirement Communities 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.

1 year ago
Continuing Care Retirement Communities DOH Posts Nursing Home Quality Initiative Score Sheets for Review: Along with the release of 2022 review score sheets, DOH convened the NHQI Workgroup to review 2022 results and preview measures being considered for 2023.

1 year ago
Continuing Care Retirement Communities DOH Posts Appeals Review FAQs: Nursing homes are asked to review the posted appeals listing to identify those that are still outstanding.

Continuing Care Retirement Communities DOH to Pause Nursing Home/ACF HERDS Reporting on Christmas and New Year's: Reporting will resume on Thurs., Dec. 26^th and Thurs., Jan. 2^nd.
1 day ago

Continuing Care Retirement Communities Updated Nurse and Social Work Training Requirement: The NYS Education Department has established new training requirements for certain professions that must be completed by April 1, 2025.
4 days ago

Continuing Care Retirement Communities December SNF VBP Feedback Reports Available: CMS has posted data for the baseline period that will be used in FY 2026 VBP calculations for providers to review.
4 days ago

Continuing Care Retirement Communities DataPoint: KFF Data Highlights Need for Significant Investment in Nursing Home Staff: A recent study from a leading source in health policy research spotlights the need for increased funding to support adequate nursing home staffing based on data from 2015-2024.
4 days ago

Continuing Care Retirement Communities DOH Commissioner Declares Influenza Prevalent: Declaration triggers requirement for certain members.
2 days ago

Continuing Care Retirement Communities LeadingAge NY Accepting Applications for MCHF-Funded "Journey to Excellence" DNS/DSW Mentoring Program: Applications are due Jan. 17, 2025.
2 days ago

Continuing Care Retirement Communities MedPAC Reviews Medicare Provider Data at December Meeting: Recommendations regarding Medicare payments will be submitted to Congress in March.
4 days ago

Continuing Care Retirement Communities CMS Releases Updated Five-Star Technical Users' Guide Effective January 2025: This comes in response to changes to four quality measures that will be used to calculate the Quality Measures domain of the Five-Star Quality Rating System at the January 2025 Care Compare refresh.
4 days ago

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.
Action Alert: Urge Congress to Support the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
The bill would allow 40,000 foreign-born nurses and physicians to work in aging services, helping to alleviate staffing burdens on LTC facilities.
Urge Congress to Extend Telehealth Flexibilities
Email Congress today to urge swift action on legislation to extend key Medicare telehealth flexibilities that are set to expire at the end of 2024.
Urge Congress to Oppose Implementation of Federal Nursing Home Staffing Standards!