Member Updates: CMS Announces Medicare Accelerated Payments Eligibility Process for SNFs Impacted by Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption; Final Reminder: For Facilities Billing for SUD Rate Add-Ons Signed Attestation Form is Due March 12th

National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW) is a great time to celebrate all who live and work in nursing facilities.

Join the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) and the MassCyberCenter on March 14th at 10 am for the monthly health care provider cybersecurity call.

The new electronic death reporting system is on track for an April 2024 launch of the death certificate module of the Massachusetts Vital Records Information Collaborative (MAVRIC) system. The exact date will be announced in the coming weeks.

We are currently sold out of regular exhibitor booths. Please consider one of our remaining sponsorship opportunities, or contact us to be added to our waitlist!

DPH continues to investigate invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) cases and clusters in long-term care facilities (LTCF).

We urge you to join us on Thursday, March 14th at 11:00am for an interactive webinar with state officials and nursing facility operators who are actively working with local shelters to employ new entrants.

The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee yesterday advanced legislation to bar CMS from finalizing its proposed minimum staffing rule.

Please ask your State Representative and Senator to support Mass Senior Care’s FY2025 Nursing Facility Budget Proposal, which would fund vital workforce investments of $128 million in FY2025.