Let's Keep the Momentum Going! Please engage in advocacy efforts to oppose the recently released minimum staffing rule. AHCA is spearheading a letter writing campaign...
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Updated Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports are available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has given notice of upcoming measures slated for removal from the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP). Those...
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Whether your residents celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Diwali, Eid al-Fitr, Kwanzaa, or just enjoy winter festivities, don't let the Grinch steal your facility's joy! In a...
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On October 12, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2024 premiums, deductibles and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A...
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Long-term care facilities can bill Medicare for these four respiratory viruses: RSV, Influenza, Pneumococcal and COVID. All Part B vaccines (e.g., Influenza, Pneumococcal and COVID)...
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With the October 1, 2023, changes to the direct care worker wage increase, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) published the form that facilities need...
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According to senior focus groups, we are far from promoting excellence in senior living. According to research, many people remain "fearful" and "distrusting" of our...
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In the CMS minimum staffing proposed rule, CMS requests comments on an alternative total nurse staffing standard of 3.48 hours per resident day (HPRD). We appreciate...
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