The 2025 AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Intent to Apply (ITA) period is now open! AHCA encourages applicants who plan to apply for a 2025 Quality Award to submit an ITA by logging into the Quality Award Portal before the deadline on November 14, 2024.
Join the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) and the MassCyberCenter on September 12th at 10 am for the monthly health care provider cybersecurity call.
A federal judge in Texas earlier this week barred the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Final Non-Compete Rule from taking effect. As previously reported, this non-compete rule was scheduled to go into effect on September 4, 2024.
Member Update: Governor Healey Announces Preliminary Agreement to Keep Five of Seven Steward Hospitals Open; WellCare Medicare Advantage Provider Will Exit Massachusetts in 2025
Join AHCA/NCAL in Orlando, FL from October 6-9 for Delivering Solutions 24! The annual AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo is the premier gathering of long term and post-acute care, and assisted living providers, vendors, and affiliates.
The revised Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System: Technical Users’ Guide is now available. The revised guide includes changes implemented in July 2024 made to the Staffing Domain star calculations, PDPM Nursing Case-Mix Indexes by Nursing CMG, Ranges for Point Values for Staffing Measures and cut-points for the hospitalization and ED visit quality measures.
The revised Appendix PP State Operations Manual Appendix PP - Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities is now available. The manual revision includes updates to the requirements and interpretive guidance for F 838 Facility Assessment per the Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting Final Rule.