Member Updates: Senate Adopts FY 2024 Budget; Register Now for CNA to LPN Pipeline Webinar

The DPH has provided Mass Senior Care with the following contact information for the Department of Facility Licensure and Certification:

The healthcare industry is an ever-fluctuating arena deeply impacted by Federal and State legislative changes, economic turmoil and resident expectations.

To address our historic nursing shortage, it is critically necessary that facilities invest in strategies to grow your own workforce, including upskilling CNAs to become LPNs. Register now for MSCA's webinar "The CNA to LPN Pipeline: Steps to Growing Your Own Nurses".

Adam Ernst, Executive Director of the Leonard Florence Center for Living, has been selected as one of 38 long term care professionals from across the country to participate in the nineteenth annual "Future Leaders of Long Term Care (LTC) in America" program hosted by the American Health Care Association (AHCA)/National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL).

CMS has reissued transmittal instructions for Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to perform a 5-claim probe and educate medical review on every SNF in their jurisdiction.

CMS has released updates to several survey resource documents, including the Entrance Conference form and the Infection Prevention, Control, and Immunization Critical Element (CE) pathway.

The CMS Quality, Safety & Evaluation Portal (QSEP) provides the full curriculum of surveyor training and guidance on health care facility regulations. QSEP is an online platform, and all training is available on-demand.

On May 22, 2023, EOEA Secretary Elizabeth Chen released guidance for assisted living facilities on Best Practices for Preventing the Transmission of Respiratory Viruses, such as COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza.

On May 18th, the U.S. Senate Special Committee issued a new report, titled “Uninspected and Neglected,” detailing the results of a year-long investigation into the capacity of state survey agencies to oversee health and safety standards at the Nation’s 15,000 nursing homes.