An opportunity to learn about new reporting requirements for those who need to report on Provider Relief and ARP Rural Funding.

The document available here provides 2023 budgeting guidance for LeadingAge NY nursing home members, specifically on Medicare and Medicaid funding issues. It is designed to help members as they finalize budgets for the following year. Although laid out as a slide presentation, each issue is described in narrative detail with links to helpful resources.

DOH answered questions related to applications from nursing homes that are part of larger systems and county nursing homes.

LeadingAge NY submitted detailed written comments on the CMS SNF PPS Proposed Rule. The comments focused on the proposed recalibration of the PDPM parity adjustment, the market basket index, VBP, QRP, and CMS's request for input into possible staffing requirements.

In Barrows v. Becerra, the Second Circuit held that decisions to reclassify patients from inpatients to patients receiving outpatient observation services implicate the patients' due process rights and that the HHS Secretary must provide a mechanism to appeal the reclassification decisions.

Nursing homes have an extension to respond to the newly updated survey, which impacts rates.

Please consider sharing your completed 2020 cost reports.

NHQI results are now available.