LeadingAge hosting webinar on budget’s effect on affordable housing
LeadingAge is offering a webinar on Monday on "How President Trump's First Budget Could Impact Affordable Housing." The webinar, which begins at 2 p.m. CST/1 p.m. CST, features speakers from LeadingAge, other leaders of the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) and advocates from across the nation.
Engaging Staff in Individualizing Care toolkit available
The Engaging Staff in Individualizing Care: An Implementation Handbook toolkit is available for loan to SDAHO members.
Medicare and Medicaid Requirements of Participation for Long-Term Care Facilities
This proposed federal rule revises the requirements that care centers must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. It will update or reorganize nearly all existing regulatory requirements and create new requirements.
Revised Nursing Facility Survey Process
CMS intends to revise the nursing facility survey process, with the goal of moving to a uniform national system that blends traditional survey processes with the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) process. CMS has indicated the revised process will continue to be computer-based and will use QIS critical element pathways.
Emergency Preparedness Requirements
Issued in late 2013, this proposed federal rule establishes emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare and Medicaid providers. The goal is for providers to prepare to meet the needs of patients, residents, clients, and participants during disasters and emergency situations.
Nondiscrimination Rule
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights, has finalized a regulation that implements nondiscrimination provisions enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Those provisions state that an individual shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program
The IMPACT Act mandates a quality reporting program for skilled nursing facilities. For federal fiscal year 2018 (FY18), SNFs that do not report required quality data to CMS will have their market basket updates reduced by two percent.
2012 Edition of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code
CMS has adopted the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code (LSC) as well as provisions of the NFPA’s 2012 edition of the Health Care Facilities Code. The 2012 LSC includes important changes from the 2000 edition of the LSC.
Payroll Based Journal Reporting
Effective July 1, 2016, care centers must electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, including information for agency and contract staff, based on payroll and other auditable data according to specifications established by CMS. This new system is called Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ).
Revision of Federal Overtime Rules
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule that affects overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees (the "white collar" exemption). It's currently on hold due to a preliminary injunction.
