Save the Date! Joint meetings with Washington Health Care Association and Residential Care Services * Dec. 1st

LeadingAge WA and WHCA have joined together for meetings with both associations and RCS.  These meetings will be held via Zoom and will be for...
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LeadingAge Washington's 69th Annual Virtual Conference * TOGETHER * October 27-29th * Registration is OPEN

Why YOU should attend!  Our 2020 Annual  Virtual Conference theme is  Healing Together... Join our community of aging professionals as we come together around our common goal...
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Webinar: Election Do’s and Don’ts for Your Residents * October 2nd 10:30 a.m.

LeadingAge WA is hosting an important call with Secretary of State Kim Wyman and Election Director Lori Augino on Friday, October 2nd at 10:30 AM...
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COVID-19 Emergency Prep: Are You Ready for What’s Next?

If the COVID-19 pandemic follows a pattern that is similar to other respiratory viruses, many infectious disease experts anticipate that the United States could see a...
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CMS Updates COVID-19 Testing Methodology for Nursing Homes

CMS has updated the methodology the agency employs to determine the rate of COVID-19 positivity in counties.  Counties with 20 total (positive and negative) or fewer...
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COVID-19: Considerations, Strategies, and Resources for Crisis Standards of Care in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Facilities

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, entities such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, long-term acute care...
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Long Term Care Waivers

While we have yet to receive the official notice, we do believe that the long-term care waivers, set to expire tomorrow at midnight, will be...
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NICHE CMP Project to Launch Second Cohort of Nursing Homes in January

Nursing homes have another opportunity to apply to participate in the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) Washington State Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) project....
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QSO 20-41-ALL Guidance related to the Emergency Preparedness Testing Exercise Requirements - COVID-19

Revisions in the Final Rule include: CMS removed the requirements for facilities to document efforts to contact local, tribal, regional, State, and Federal emergency preparedness...
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Survey Request: Affordable Housing Providers: Your Input Needed by October 7th

Affordable senior housing providers: we need you! To inform our housing policy work, LeadingAge is circulating a quick survey about the impacts of COVID-19 on affordable...
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LeadingAge National Submits Letters of Concern to Seema Verma – COVID-19 Testing

LeadingAge National has submitted letters of concern to Seema Verma at CMS regarding COVID testing for surveyors and hospital staff.  LeadingAge Washington has also been...
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AHRQ Establishes National Nursing Home COVID Action Network

In partnership with the University of New Mexico’s ECHO Institute and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), AHRQ has established a National Nursing Home COVID...
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Updated House HEROES Act

The House of Representatives released an updated HEROES Act this week and are currently negotiating with the White House in order to come to an...
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License Expiration Date Extensions

Health professional licenses that expire on September 30, 2020, and are in the renewal process, will be considered by the department as active until October...
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Registration Opens for Next RCS MDS Webinar * October 8th

Residential Care Services has opened registration for the third of seven webinars regarding the MDS assessment and the RAI manual.  This webinar will be held...
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Save the Date! Joint meetings with Washington Health Care Association and Residential Care Services * Dec. 1st

LeadingAge WA and WHCA have joined together for meetings with both associations and RCS.  These meetings will be held via Zoom and will be for...
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LeadingAge Learning HUB: Complimentary - Resilience Strategy in Disruptive Times * 18-minute QuickCast

Expert-Led Education at Your Fingertips The LeadingAge Learning Hub offers a mix of learning opportunities across a wide range of topics to give aging services...
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