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CMS Announces 106 New Accountable Care Organizations
Covering an estimated 4 million Medicare beneficiaries, 106 new accountable care organizations have been formed. There are now more than 250 ACOs nationwide and CMS projects $940 million in shared...
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LeadingAge California Sponsors Legislation to Expand Medical Foster Homes
LeadingAge California is sponsoring legislation recently introduced by Assemblyman Rich Gordon (D-Palo Alto) that will expand the Veterans Administration home-based care model known as Medical Foster...
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LeadingAge California Announces 2013 Issue Papers
In advance of its annual Public Policy Conference, LeadingAge California released its 2013 Issue Papers, which outline its legislative agenda for the year. Consistent with its goal of developing...
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California Homes and Jobs Act Set for Hearing
SB 391 (DeSaulnier, D-Concord), the California Homes and Jobs Act of 2013 is set for a policy hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing on April 9. LeadingAge California supports...
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HUD Issues Memo on Section 8 Sequestration Cuts
Deputy Assistant Secretary Marie Head recently published a memo outlining the Department’s plans for cuts to Project Based Section 8 under Sequestration. The plan is to fund all Housing Assistance...
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Medical Directors Annual Conference
April 26-27, 2013 are the dates for CALTCM’s annual conference, “Mastering Person-Centered Care Through Improved communication Care Transitions, and Palliative Care.” The conference will be held at...
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Small House SNF Pilot Project Moves Forward
Skilled nursing facilities should be receiving a letter from HSAG this week concerning an upcoming Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative webinar on April 11, 2013 that will focus on your facility’s...
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California and CMS Ink MOU on Dual Eligibles Demo
At long last, the awaited MOU between the federal Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the State of California Agency for Health &...
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New Legislation Would Affect RCFEs
Four bills introduced in the California state legislature would have an impact on residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs) if they are passed into law. AB 261 (Chesbro, D-Eureka) would...
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Home Care Licensing Legislation Resurfaces This Year
The push to license private home care services continues in 2013 with the introduction of two competing bills again this year. Last year, SB 411 (Price) and AB 899 (Yamada) were considered by the...
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LeadingAge Sponsoring AB 559 to Allow VA Medical Foster Homes in California
LeadingAge California is sponsoring AB 559 (Gordon) to ensure the VA is able to bring Medical Foster Homes to California. Watch this touching video from AARP for a glimpse into the lives of the...
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Costs of Dementia Care to Double
A recent article from The New York Times, discusses a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine that estimates the costs of dementia care are at least on par or more costly that heart...
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April 2013 Legislative Status Update Now Available
The beginning of the 2013-14 Legislative Session has been a busy one with several pieces of legislation that would impact LeadingAge California members. LeadingAge California’s public policy staff is...
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CMS Releases New Version of Quality Measures Users Manual
On April 13, 2013, CMS released the latest version (v7.0) of the SNF quality measures users manual. A unique CMS identification number is specified for each quality measure. The manual can be accessed...
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New Dining Practice Standards Issued by CMS
A new Survey and Certification Letter announces new dining practice standards. While not new requirements, the letter urges providers and surveyors to be aware of new dining practices. It urges...
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CMS Issues Analytical Tool for Imposition of CMPs
Beginning April 1, 2013, CMS has asked the states to use a new analytical tool that includes specific criteria for when and how to impose civil money penalties for noncompliance in nursing homes. The...
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April is Fair Housing Month
Throughout the month of April, events and public education campaigns will promote fair housing. April has been regarded as fair housing month since the enactment of the federal Fair Housing Act on...
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Affordable Housing Goes Solar
Affordable housing properties across the state are going solar using Mosaic. Mosaic connects investors to solar projects in need of financing. Once the solar projects are in operation ad producing...
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RCFE Sprinkler Bill Stalls in Committee
AB 462 (Stone, D-Monterey) was heard in the Assembly Government Organization Committee on April 10, 2013. The bill would require all residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs) serving six or...
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Home Care Licensing Legislation Advances
AB 322, the Home Care Services Act of 2013, authored by Assemblymember Mariko Yamada (D-Davis), passed the Assembly Committee on Human Services on Tuesday. This bill would establish oversight and...
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