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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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