Each week, through our Unified Voice Newsletter, recipients will receive an overview of state, federal, policy and additional issues impacting post-acute care. Each story will include a direct link to a more complete overview where readers can find more information on topics relevant to their needs.
Updates for this week:Ā November 3, 2023
- Message from SD DHS on CMS iQIES
- Gov. Noem Joins 14 other Governors in Letter Opposing the CMS Staffing Regulation
- Partnership News and Best Practice Newsletter – November 2023
- Important Vaccine Updates
- Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address the Shortage of Doctors and Nurses
- CMS Releases 2023 Hospice Quality Reporting Program Information Gathering Report.
- Respiratory Virus Season Resources from CDC
- CMS Live Q&A on Health Equity Feedback Reports
- NLRB Releases Final Rule Revising Joint-Employer Standard
- Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Address Nursing Shortage
- New Home Health Code for Pressure Wound Therapy Supplies
- Starting in 2024 Physicians Must Enroll in Medicare or Validly Opt-Out to Refer to Hospice
- Final Home Health PPS Rule Published; Cut Reduced by Half
- President Biden Issues Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
- ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF LEADING AGE NATIONAL?
- Congressional Committee Leaders to HHS: Withdraw the Staffing Rule
- One Week Until Annual Meeting
- Keep Up With Your Peersā Professional Advancement
- Senator Casey Introduces Bill with Proposed HCBS FMAP Boost
- GROWTH in the Nursing Workforce ā A Promising Proposal from Capitol Hill
- HHS Secretary Becerra Meets with LeadingAge on Nursing Home Concerns Saying: āWe should not address all nursing home issues with a blunt instrument.ā
- LeadingAge Comments on Nursing Home Staffing Standards.
- Fraud Alert: Scam Calls Targeting Older Adults.
- Family Caregivers of Medicare Beneficiaries Need More In-Home Services From Paid Caregivers
- Report from the National Bureau of Economic Research ā Patient vs. Provider Incentives in LTC.
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