Nursing Homes

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

19 days 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.

22 days 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.

1 month 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 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.
1 day ago

Nursing Homes DOH Issues April 2026 Aware Prepare Update: Bimonthly newsletter highlights variety of useful resources and trainings.
2 days ago

Nursing Homes Continue to Send Digital Advocacy Letters!: With NYS budget work expected to continue past the April 1^st deadline, it is crucial that we maintain the urgency and frequency of our budget message and requests. Use these links to contact elected officials today!
8 days ago

Nursing Homes DOH Seeks Questions on MAID: DOH has asked associations to provide questions on the Medical Aid in Dying law for purposes of an FAQ resource.
8 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.
1 day ago

Nursing Homes State Legislature Passes Budget Extender, Signaling Delayed SFY 2026-27 Budget: NYS budget deadline extended to April 7, 2026. Your advocacy remains critical!
8 days ago

Nursing Homes CMS Releases Updated MDS Quality Measures User's Manual and Errata Documents: The release is in response to the clarification made to the Long-Stay Antipsychotic measure in Chapter 1, Section 6.
8 days ago

Nursing Homes COVID‑19 "Up to Date" Definition Remains the Same for NHSN Quarter 2: Under the current definition, individuals aged 65 and older are considered up to date for COVID-19 vaccination if they have received two doses of the 2025-2026 vaccine or one dose within the past six months, and individuals under age 65 are considered up to date with one dose of the 2025-2026 vaccine.
9 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!
Urge Congress to Protect Medicaid in 2025!
Congress is moving through the budget reconciliation process, which aims to reduce federal spending by approximately $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. Given the significant amount of savings being sought, Medicaid is a highly likely source of cuts (potentially up to $880 billion). Write to your members of Congress today to urge them not to include Medicaid cuts or harmful changes as part of budget reconciliation bills or other legislation.