CMS is hosting a virtual listening session with individual health care staff on emergency preparedness on Tuesday, September 27 at 1 PM Eastern. Space is limited so registration should be limited to those who plan to provide input and the number of registrants per organization should be limited. CMS is looking to gather information from individual health care staff on emergency preparedness. The input and lessons-learned from this session will be used to evaluate CMS regulations regarding emergency preparedness for

Providers who received Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments exceeding $10,000, in the aggregate, between January 1, 2021- June 30, 2021, are required to report in Reporting Period 3 (RP3). There will be no extension. You must submit a report on use of funds by September 30, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. ET.

In March 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released memorandum QSO-19-08-NH. The memo outlines a plan to update the five quality measure (QM) rating thresholds on the Nursing Home Compare website​ every six months. The plan is to increase the thresholds by 50 percent of the average rate of improvement in QM rating scores.

Mass Senior Care is reaching out to our members as there is an urgent need for additional clinical testing sites for nurse aide skills testing, and your final chance to register for the Annual Life Survey Code Webinar.

Join the Advanced Cybersecurity Center (ACSC), Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI), and the MassCyberCenter on October 13 for our monthly health care provider cybersecurity call. As always, we will be joined by representatives of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Massachusetts State Police and Commonwealth Fusion Center who will provide updates on recent cyber threats and trends. This call takes place during 2022 Massachusetts Cybersecurity Month and will include a discussion on cybersecurity threat sharing moderated by the ACSC

To show appreciation for EVS personnel, who ensure that healthcare facilities across the country are clean, safe places for patients, their families, and other staff members, Project Firstline partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a new resource, How to Read a Disinfectant Label.

Submit your ITA in the Quality Award Portal between September 15 and November 15 to receive an automatic discount on the overall application fee when you submit your 2023 application.

Mass Senior Care is pleased to welcome new members to our Association. Our members have demonstrated their commitment to the senior care provider community by joining Mass Senior Care and we are grateful for their support.

CMS has posted a revised advanced copy of Appendix PP as an attachment to QSO-22-19-NH. The advanced copy was revised to include new regulatory language, which was finalized in the Fiscal Year 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule (CMS 1765-F).