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.

Per Assisted Living Residences (ALR) regulations, all certified ALRs in Massachusetts must annually report an Annual Aggregate Data Report (AADR) on or before March 1st and a Financial Disclosure Statement within 90 days of the end of the ALR's fiscal year to EOEA.

On March 29, 2023, Governor Healey signed an authorization to continue to allow nursing practice by graduates and students in their last semester of nursing education programs in accordance with guidance from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (BORN) until March 31, 2024.