It was announced this Wednesday via Twitter that AB 36 (Bloom, D-Santa Monica) was being withdrawn from consideration. “I am asking that AB 36 be moved to Rules so we can continue to work towards reasonable reforms to Costa-Hawkins to deliver meaningful protections to the millions of California renters who are struggling to remain housed,” Read More…
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 (Pub.L. 115-97) brought with it a surprise for nonprofit organizations. One major issue for nonprofits is the 21% tax on employee fringe benefits. LeadingAge California has been working with the American Society of Association Executives who has spent the last year stressing to Congress that the new Read More…
by Brenda Klutz, Senior Policy Advisor A total of 584 facilities submitted staffing waiver requests for the first-year implementation of this new process. These waiver requests covered July 1, 2018 through June 30th of 2019. 344 facilities submitted workforce shortage waiver requests; 115 of those requests were approved [33%]. 390 facilities submitted patient needs waiver Read More…
The Department of Social Services has released a draft uniform assessment tool for comment by stakeholder with responses due by May 31, 2019. The Uniform Assessment Tool is being developed to implement Health and Safety Code (HSC) section 1562.62(c)(1) which states: “The department shall develop a uniform resident assessment tool to be used by all Read More…
Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) can potentially avoid a 2% reduction on their Medicare Fee For Service (FFS) rates by ensuring they have submitted all necessary MDS data for admissions and discharges between October 1 – December 31 (Q4) of calendar year (CY) 2018 as part of the required reporting for the SNF Quality Reporting Program Read More…
AB 1379 (Quirk, D-Hayward) Seeks to Change Provider Fee Fund and Require Enhanced Financial Reporting AB 1379 (Quirk, D-Hayward) would change the way the allocations are calculated and rename the Continuing Care Provider Fee Fund. The bill would also require enhanced financial reporting to the Department of Social Services if certain conditions are met. AB Read More…
