LeadingAge Insights offers skilled nursing facility members valuable information about their performance in comparison with other facilities.

We encourage all members to participate in an important LeadingAge (national) survey on social accountability.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is hosting a free webinar on March 12th from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on training direct care staff of long term care facilities to detect and report changes in residents' condition.

The Albany Guardian Society is offering a limited number of scholarships to long term care professionals for ethics training.

CMS has approved 123 new Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) - seven in New York State - to participate in its Medicare Shared Savings Program.  ACOs present opportunities for long term/post-acute care providers seeking to partner with physician practices and hospitals to reduce avoidable hospitalizations and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of post-acute care.

NYSERDA is eager to educate health care facilities about products and services available to capture energy savings.
 

The NYS Departments of Health and Labor are jointly soliciting applications from organizations proposing to train or retrain health industry employees. Applications are due by 3 p.m. on Thurs., Oct. 31.

DOB released an RFP from organizations that seek to partner with the state on Pay for Success contracts - also known as social impact bonds.