Member Update: CNA to LPN Career Ladder Program Expands to Include all MA Community Colleges; CHIA Releases New Interactive Dashboard of Workforce Data; CMS Adopts FFY2025 Medicare Advantage Rule: Enhances MA Beneficiary Protections
Senator Markey Chairs Subcommittee Meeting on Health Care Private Equity
Amendments to Assisted Living Residence Regulations
Current Statutory Authorization Allowing (1) Nursing School Graduate Students to Practice Nursing and (2) Nurses to Provide Skilled Care in an ALR Expired on March 31st
Limited Seats Available for Mass Senior Care's Spring Conference & Trade Show on April 25, 2024
National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW) is a great time to celebrate all who live and work in nursing facilities. The American Health Care Association (AHCA) has deemed this year’s theme "Radiant Memories: A Time of Golden Age Radio.” The national observance will take place from Sunday, May 12 to Saturday, May 18, 2024.
Register Now! Enhancing Resident Care and Reducing Unnecessary Resident Hospitalizations in Nursing Facilities: A 5-Part Virtual Interdisciplinary Hospice Education Series Jointly Sponsored by Mass Senior Care Association and the Hospice & Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts
The authorization allowing graduate nurses and students in their final semester of nursing education to practice nursing in in-patient health care settings and allowing nurses employed by an Assisted Living Residence (ALR) to provide skilled nursing care in accordance with valid medical orders expired March 31, 2024.
On Friday, March 29, 2024, the amended 651 CMR 12.00: Certification procedures and standards for assisted living residences regulations were published by the Secretary of State’s office and became effective immediately.
On April 3, 2024, Senator Ed Markey held a Congressional Subcommittee meeting to examine for-profit health systems, focusing on Steward Health Care and the role of private equity in health care.