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Webinar on Hazardous Medication on May 15th

LeadingAge is hosting a webinar on May 15th 11:00 AM to 12 Noon (Pacific Time) which details how EPA regulations and USP800 guidelines will affect the handling of hazardous medications from receipt to destruction in long-term care settings. The goals of the updated EPA regulations and USP800 guideline recommendations are to promote patient and personnel Read More…

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CMS Announces Plan for Nursing Home Quality Care

BY JODI EYIGOR, Director, Nursing Home Quality & Policy at LeadingAge  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reviews five-part plan for ensuring quality care in nursing homes. CMS issued somewhat of a manifesto via the CMS Blog on April 15 regarding a five-part plan to ensure quality care in nursing homes. The plan focuses on five Read More…

Nursing Homes

LeadingAge California Sponsored Bill on SNF Staff Training to Be Heard

Please Take Action Now To Support AB 1709 AB 1709 (Jones-Sawyer, D-Los Angeles), a LeadingAge California sponsored bill, was introduced on February 22, 2019. This bill would create a pathway for more nursing home administrators to become preceptors by encouraging different and innovative approaches to training. California is experiencing a crisis-level shortage in the skilled Read More…

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New Online Process for Submitted Patient Needs Waivers

The Department of Public Health has released AFL 19-15.1 which outlines a streamlined process for submitting applications for Skilled Nursing Facilities requesting a Patient Needs Waiver and Workforce Shortage Waiver. Key highlights of AFL 19-15.1: The online waiver application period is only open between January 1st to April 1st for each application year. (This year Read More…