Penalty Box: CMS Official Says Moratorium On Nursing Home Fines Will End In May

A long-running moratorium on monetary fines for nursing homes will expire in May, a top Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official testified to federal...
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LeadingAge Washington's 68th Annual Conference Registration is LIVE

SEMIAHMOO RESORT, BLAINE WA * JUNE, SUNDAY 9 –  WEDNESDAY 12 Schedule: (Sunday) June 9th – Golf Tournament and Wine and Paint Event  (Monday) June 10th – EXPO...
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CMS Announces Significant Updates To The Five Star Rating System

These changes will be effective April 24, 2019. Here are some highlights: Health Inspection: The most significant change is the ending of the ‘freeze’ which...
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New Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule

Significant Changes Coming: Health care facilities that provide a host of health care-related services or distribute, sell, or dispense pharmaceuticals1 will need to learn a whole...
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Free Online Infection Preventionist Training for Nursing Facilities Released

This CMS-approved course developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides infection prevention and control (IPC) training for individuals responsible for IPC...
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Support for Geriatric Workforce Improvement Act

LeadingAge strongly supports S. 299, the Geriatric Workforce Improvement Act, introduced by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Bob Casey (D-PA). The legislation would address the widening...
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Now Available to SNFs: Free Employee Satisfaction Survey For Your Members From CMS

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a program designed to improve nursing home care for residents.  CMS' Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment...
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Seattle Stakeholder meeting on HUD's new inspection model.

HUD will be implementing shortened time frames between the inspection notification and the inspection date. The purpose of the shortened timeline is to prevent owners...
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S&C QCOR Online Reporting System

The goal of S&C QCOR is to provide timely data about providers and suppliers of Medicare and Medicaid services, such as hospitals and nursing homes....
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Gain Expertise Infection Prevention In Order To Pass The Certification In Infection Control (CIC) Exam

Register for EQuIP for LTC and CAH on Mar 20, 2019 10:00 AM PDT here at LINK   In this webinar, infection preventionists from nursing homes and...
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