Member Updates: Governor Healey to Issue $375 Million 9C Budget Cut Plan to Balance FY24 Budget; MassHealth Issues Corrected Nursing Facility Bulletin 181
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) will open nominations for the second class of its Diversity Executive Leadership Program (DELP) on January 14, 2024.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule on December 27, 2023, to implement an order from the Federal district court for the District of Connecticut in Alexander v. Azar that requires HHS to establish appeals processes for certain Medicare beneficiaries who are initially admitted as hospital inpatients but are subsequently reclassified as outpatients receiving observation services during their hospital stay and meet other eligibility criteria.
Authorization to continue to allow nursing practice by graduate nurses and students in their last semester of nursing education programs will expire on March 31, 2024.
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DoR) has released preliminary revenue figures for the first half of December showing a continued decline in state revenue.