Member Update: MassHealth Issues Bulletin Implementing Nursing Facility Bariatric Rate Add on; Register Now for Exclusive Members Only MassHealth PDPM Program

Member Update: Reminder: Authorization to allow nursing practice by Graduate Nurses and Nursing Students expires March 31, 2024; Fiscal 2024 Tax Collections Decline Again in January 2024; Exclusive Members Only Program on Recent PDPM Audits; Register Now for Important Webinar on OSHA Expanded Recordkeeping Requirements

Member Update: EOHHS through UMASS Issues RY24 DCC-Q Interim Filing Update: (1) Instructions, (2) Sample Template and (3) FAQ: March 1st Filing Deadline

The DPH is hosting 2023-2024 IDSA LEAP Fellow Dr. Kap Sum Foong, whose project aims to explore penicillin allergies among long-term care residents and strategies for appropriately de-labeling many of these individuals as penicillin allergic.

The next meeting of the Clinical & Regulatory Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, February 7, 10:00 am – 11:30 am.

Annual updates are available from the Department of Family & Medical Leave (DFML) regarding paid family and medical leave (PFML).

Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released materials pertaining to visitation guidance.

Friday, February 16, 2024, is the discount deadline for nursing facility members to save 4% on their MSCA membership renewal if dues are paid in full.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is currently in the process of finalizing the 2024 final rule for ensuring access to home and community-based (HCBS) services.