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The updated Nursing Home Care Compare Technical Users’ Guide has been posted on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Five Star Quality Rating System Page.

Earlier this week, Governor Healey filed a supplemental spending bill requesting an additional $425 million to fund the emergency assistance program over the final 6 months of fiscal year 2025.

We need YOU to make a difference! Join us in taking vital action in our grassroots effort for quality nursing facility care. We need your help to thank Governor Healey for championing the long term care reform law and to now urge her to include in the FY 2026 budget the $280 million necessary to implement the workforce and resident care provisions contained in the law.

On January 2, 2025, President Biden signed the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act into law.

On Monday, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue reported to the Legislature that revenue figures for the month of December 2024 totaled $4.35 billion, $267 million or 6.5% above the benchmark for the month.

The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (BORN) has posted a website update reporting on the timing and steps necessary for the nurse licensure compact (NLC) to become operational in the Commonwealth.