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…
UPDATED 4/25/19: Assemblymember Marc Levin (D-Marin County) introduced AB 1777, a bill which would require RCFEs to disclose compliance history with local government bodies, including city councils and boards of supervisors for the purposes of obtaining a land use permit. LeadingAge California opposes this measure because it upends the long standing division of responsibilities between Read More…
By Colleen Bloom, Director of Housing Operations, LeadingAge Below is a press release from HUD concerning implementation plans for development funding for low-income housing in certain areas referred to as “Opportunity Zones” (OZs), announcing as well plans for a new OpportunityZones.gov website and a new series of listening sessions (details not yet available). In a Read More…
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…
March 15, 2019 Overview: President Trump presented his fiscal 2020 budget proposals to Congress on March 11. LeadingAge has a number of concerns about the proposed budget across all federal aging services programs. Fortunately, the President’s budget proposal is just the first step in the budget and spending process for the fiscal year that will Read More…
LeadingAge has updated Medicare Part-A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) calculator and the Medicare Part B therapy rate calculator to help members assess and estimate the impact of final payment changes for FY 2019, that began on Oct. 1, 2018. Access to this tool requires login via My.LeadingAge.
