MassHealth requires that nursing facilities and chronic disease and rehabilitation inpatient hospitals annually account for the balances of personal needs allowance (PNA) account funds.

Please continue to 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.

On March 26th, two former officials of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, where 76 individuals died during the COVID outbreak settled their criminal cases originally filed in 2020.

Member Update: House Conference Committee Members Appointed for FY2024 Supplemental Bill; DPH Updates Recommendations for the General Public to Prevent the Spread of Respiratory Viruses; Change Healthcare Update: Payer Contacts and Resources

Member Update: Informal Dispute Resolution Meeting; Register Now for Upcoming Webinars

Member Update: Register Now for Upcoming Webinars

Member Update: CMS Releases New Guidance on Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes

While RVRS continues to prepare for the new MAVRIC death registration system, the go-live timeframe will be pushed out from April.

The CMS National Stakeholder Calls summary, recording and transcript from the January 23, 2024 is now available.

On March 20, 2024, CMS released QSO-24-08-NH on implementing Enhanced Barrier Precautions(EBPs) in Nursing Homes to prevent the spread of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs).