Nursing Homes

1 month ago
Nursing Homes Criminal History Record Check Requirements and Best Practices: DOH issues updated CHRC DAL highlighting requirements and best practices.

1 month ago
Nursing Homes State Lawmakers and Nonprofit Nursing Home Providers are Sounding the Alarm on Growing Funding Crisis: LeadingAge New York members, along with Senate and Assembly lawmakers, hosted a press conference on March 19^th spotlighting the growing nursing home funding crisis and its direct impact on families across New York State.

1 month ago
Nursing Homes LeadingAge NY Calls for Fixes to Staffing Penalties, Labor Shortage Determinations: The association recommended changes in the nursing home staffing penalty framework and pointed out fundamental flaws in the methodology for determining acute labor shortage areas.

1 month ago
Nursing Homes Your Feedback Requested: Opportunities for NYS Regulatory Reform Affecting Senior Housing, Care: As Governor Hochul has launched the EXPRESS NY online portal to collect stakeholder feedback, LeadingAge NY wants to hear from members how state regulations, policies, and practices are impacting their ability to house and serve older adults.

2 months ago
Nursing Homes LeadingAge NY Comments on Proposed LNHA Regulations: The proposed regulations provide welcome updates. Additional reforms would help to expand the field.

Nursing Homes CMS Clarifies Federal Nurse Aide Training Requirements: CMS reaffirmed that while the agency establishes federal standards for nurse aide training and competency evaluation, states retain authority to approve, deny, or disallow NATCEPs and CEPs.
15 days ago

Nursing Homes CMS Issues Additional Clarifications to SNF Complaint Investigation and Enforcement Guidance: Clarifications supplement updates previously made to the State Operations Manual earlier this year.
22 days ago

Nursing Homes Join Us in DC for LeadingAge National Leadership Summit and Lobby Day!: Register today! Lobby Day talking points and materials now available.
22 days ago

Nursing Homes Advocacy Win: CMS Proposes Removing COVID‑19 Vaccination Measures for SNFs in FY 2027: If finalized, SNFs would no longer be required to report staff COVID‑19 vaccination status through NHSN, and the COVID‑19 vaccination item would be removed from the MDS beginning in FY 2027.
22 days ago

Nursing Homes CMS Publishes FFY 2027 SNF Proposed Medicare Payment Rule: Proposal would increase SNF Medicare base rates by 2.4% and update QRP and VBP program policies.
21 days ago

Nursing Homes Bill to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians Gains Traction: A U.S. House of Representatives petition has gained enough signatures to bring a bill to a vote on extending Temporary Protected Status for Haiti.
22 days ago

Nursing Homes LeadingAge NY Recommends Reforms in State Regulations: The association called for a broad array of reforms in response to Governor Hochul's EXPRESS NY solicitation.
22 days ago

Nursing Homes Letters of Intent Due April 10th for MAHA ELEVATE Grant Opportunity: Applicants interested in this program to “transform healthy aging through lifestyle medicine” must submit letters of intent by April 10^th and complete the full application by May 15^th.
22 days ago

Nursing Homes 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 to Ensure Access to Quality Nursing Home Care for Older Adults!
LeadingAge NY is gearing up for the SFY 2026-27 budget fight, and digital advocacy letters are now available. Please contact the Governor today, and share links with board members, staff, family members, and more!
Reject Proposed Cuts to Home Health Care and Support Strong HUD Funding
LeadingAge National provides several important advocacy alerts, including alerts urging CMS to rescind proposed cuts to home health Medicare FFS payment rates, urging Congress to support strong HUD funding, and urging Congress to support foreign-born workers in aging services. Please take action today using these simple links!