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Updates for this week:Ā November 4, 2022
- Remember to VOTE on Tuesday, November 8th!
- Electronic Visit Verification – SD Medicaid Home Health Services.
- SD State Loan Repayment Program Update.
- SD DSS November 2022 Medicaid Payroll Changes
- Final Home Health PPS Rule Published; Cut Reduced by Half.
- Coding for Chaplain Services APPROVED!
- CMS releases qualitative report on Medicare Value Based Insurance Design Model .
- CMS Home Health, Hospice, and DME Open Door Forum Announced.
- CDC Webinar on Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes.
- DHS to Supplement H-2B Cap with Nearly 65,000 Additional Visas for Fiscal Year 2023
- Just Released: LeadingAge Ziegler 200.
- The New MDS V1.18.11: Are You Prepared?
- MDS Webinar in the LeadingAge Learning Hub.
- LeadingAge Meeting with White House COVID Team.
- New Phishing Alert: Be aware of a monkeypox-themed malspam campaign that is currently
- Department of Labor Resources on Workplace Stress.
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Outpatient Treatment of COVID-19
- COVID-19ās Lasting Impact on the Body
- National Governorās Association, āAddressing Wages of the Direct Care Workforce Through Medicaid Policiesā paper
- Upcoming Education
