Congratulations to Notre Dame Long Term Care and Rehabilitation Center which celebrated its 30th anniversary on June 17th.

The Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH) has started Online Peer Support Communities (OPSC), which is a national, peer focused program that provides individuals, who have experienced a natural or human-caused disaster, opportunities to come together for mutual aid, to share trusted resources, and to help one another heal from the effects of a traumatic event.

Mass Senior Care Association is pleased to welcome new members to our Association.

During the public health emergency (PHE), the CMS utilized enforcement discretion to allow entities, such as long-term care pharmacies, that provide vaccinations to nursing facility residents to directly bill and receive payment for the administration of COVID-19, influenza, and pneumococcal vaccines.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the start of the SNF (skilled nursing facility) 5-Claim Probe & Educate Review program.

Since their release on April 3, 2023, MDS 3.0 version v1.8.11v2 final item sets and draft RAI guidance were updated and substantial changes were made to several sections.

The NHSN Vaccination team will be hosting upcoming trainings to review important changes and information regarding reporting person-level resident and health care personnel COVID-19 vaccination data through the NHSN Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Component.

Mass Senior Care member facilities celebrated their CNAs during National Certified Nursing Assistants Week from June 15-21, 2023 in creative and thoughtful ways.

Six Mass Senior Care member facilities are being recognized with a 2023 Silver – Achievement in Quality Award by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL).