Quarterly Meeting Update with Residential Care Services and CMS Region X Office

Representatives from LeadingAge Washington and WHCA met today for our quarterly meeting with RCS and CMS. The meeting focused on several follow up issues.
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Tacoma City Council Passes New Ordinance with Penalties for “Non-emergent Lift Assistance”

On November 20, 2018, the City of Tacoma passed Ordinance 28550, implementing new fines for “non-emergent lift assistance” provided by the Tacoma Fire Department to assisted living and skilled nursing facility residents in the City of Tacoma. LeadingAge Washington was made aware of the impending action of the Tacoma City Council by a LeadingAge Washington member just days prior to its planned adoption.
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L&I Proposes New Rules Impacting Overtime Eligibility for Salaried Employees

The Department of Labor & Industries is proposing changes to the rules that determine which salaried employees in Washington are required by law to receive overtime pay, minimum wage, and paid sick leave.
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2019 LeadingAge Membership Dues Invoices

Changes to 2019 LeadingAge National Dues. As a state affiliate of LeadingAge national organization, LeadingAge Washington acts as the fiduciary agent for collecting LeadingAge membership dues as well as our own.
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CMS Nursing Home Staff Competency Assessment Toolkit

The Nursing Home Staff Competency Assessment toolkit is available now from CMS. Additional toolkits will be released at a future date.
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DOH Seeking NHA Board Members

The Board of Nursing Home Administrators is recruiting for two members to begin terms on May 28, 2019.  One position is for a public member and the other position is for a nursing home administrator.
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Fingerprint Vendor, IDEMIA, Site Location Updates

For additional information regarding fingerprint appointments, please visit the DSHS website at; https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sesa/background-checks.  
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New CMS Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) Web Resources Now Available

In July 2018, CMS finalized a new case-mix classification model, the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), that, effective beginning October 1, 2019, will be used under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for classifying SNF patients in a covered Part A stay. This site includes a variety of educational and training resources to assist stakeholders in preparing for PDPM implementation.
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