SDAHO Long-Term Care Weekly Update December 9, 2022

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Updates for this week:  December 9, 2022

State

• Governor Noem’s Budget Address Summary
• Immunize South Dakota Webinar Series

Federal

•  Nursing Home Transfers to Hospital/Acute Care – 483.15 (F622, F623, F626)
• Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements
• Urge Congress to Enact Key Priorities in Year-End Spending Package.  Final OASIS-E Instrument and Manual Released.
• Final OASIS-E Instrument and Manual Released
• Senators Rosen, Barrasso, Baldwin, and Fischer Pass Bipartisan Resolution to Designate November as “National Hospice and Palliative Care Month”.
• Develop your COVID personal action plan now
• White House Spells Out Needs if There is a Year-Long CR, Includes Immigration Policies
• White House Spells Out Needs if There is a Year-Long CR, Includes Immigration Policies
• New OASIS-E PHQ- 2 to 9 Cue Card
• Timeline Updates for MDS/RAI Manual
• NHSN Webinar on Person-Level Event Reporting
• Top 10 Nursing Home Citations Nationwide – 2022

LeadingAge

• Registration Open for February 2, 2023 Provider Relief Reporting Webinar
• Moving Forward Coalition Seeks Input on Nursing Home Reform Proposals.
• Last Call: Proposals Due Soon for LeadingAge 2023 Annual Meeting Sessions.
• LeadingAge Comments on CMS RFI on Establishing a National Provider Directory.
• LeadingAge Comments on 2022 SNF and HH Measures Under Consideration. Adequacy.
• LeadingAge signs onto letter to EPA in support of greenhouse gas reduction in affordable housing
• Walgreens, DoorDash, and Uber partner to provide free deliver
• MACPAC Discusses Nursing Home Medicaid Rate Adequacy. y of Paxlovid
• LeadingAge Writes in Opposition to Proposed NLRB Rule

Other

• SDAHO Webinar Recording (12/7): RoP Interpretative Guidance: Phase 2 and Phase 3 – Select F-Tag Review
• ICAA Releases White Paper
• Legislative Forum Schedule
• Upcoming Education