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 May 2, 2025
- District Meeting Schedule
- (NEW) Rural Healthcare Facility Recruitment Assistance Program (RHFRAP) 2025 incentive program.
- (NEW) AAPACN and APIC free resources to help LTC professionals
- (NEW) Parties Complete Briefing Schedule in State-Led Legal Challenge to Nursing Home Staffing Rule.
- (NEW) Payroll Based Journal Data Due May 15.
- (NEW) Sepsis Tool Call for Interest.
- (NEW) Grant Opportunity: Support Nurse Well-Being In Rural and Long-Term Care Settings. Nursing Home Revalidation Deadline Extended to August 1. CMS has announced, in an April 17 newsletter, that it has extended the deadline, from May 1 to August 1, for off-cycle revalidation for all Medicare-certified nursing homes to be completed. The extension is great news for providers working to comply with the deadline but faced with a complicated array of submission
- (NEW) NGS Home Health Agency Claims Processing Issues.
- (NEW) CMS Corrects Data Error in July 2025 Home Health Preview Reports.
- (NEW) HHVBP Preliminary April 2025 IPRs Available!
- (NEW) New SMRC Audit Active on Hospital Outpatient Services for Hospice Patients
- (NEW) New SMRC Audit Active on Hospital Outpatient Services for Hospice Patients.
- (NEW) CMS Releases HOPE Manual Version 1.01.
- (NEW) CMS Releases Additional HOPE Data Specs for EMR Vendors.
- (NEW) Hospice Quality Reporting Program Quarterly Updates Available.
- (NEW) CMS Issues Guidance to Hospital Outpatient Services on Hospice Enrollees
- (NEW) CMS Gets Tougher on Terminated Hospice Billing.
- National Policy Pulse Call
- (NEW) Bipartisan Workforce-Related Bills Reintroduced.
- (NEW) CMS Looking to Reduce Prior Authorizations.
- (NEW) Respiratory Virus Updates from CDC
- (NEW) First Swath of Reconciliation Bills Released
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