Member Update: MA Board of Registration in Nursing announces 12 Month Timeline for Nurse Licensure Compact Implementation; First Half Fiscal Year 2025 Tax Collections: 1% Over Benchmark; Governor Healey Files $425 Million FY25 Supplemental Budget to Fund Emergency Shelter Costs; Register Now for Upcoming Education Programs

Member Update: Mandatory Medicare Provider Revalidation Process Update

Member Update: EOHHS Issues Proposed Temporary Nursing Services (TNS) Agency Rates, Effective March 2025

Register now for these January programs.

The Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has issued a new Hospital Readmissions Report documenting annual trends in statewide all-payer readmissions and readmission rates, covering SFY2011 through SFY2023.

MassHealth issued Eligibility Operations Memo 25-01 which provides a listing of current MassHealth applications, renewals and member forms.

Massachusetts Senior Care Association extends our best wishes for a happy and healthy 2025!

Please call Governor Maura Healey today at (617) 725-4005 to thank her for signing the Long Term Care Reform Law - Chapter 197 of the Acts of 2024 and to urge her to invest the $280 million necessary to implement the historic reforms in her FY 2026 budget recommendation, which will be released later this month.

REVISED: EOHHS Issues Amendment to Its Request for Applications (RFA) for Nursing Facility Specialized Behavioral Unit: HPPD Requirement Changed and Deadline is January 13, 2025