AHCA/NCAL

During a recent U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing, lawmakers expressed extreme concern over the CMS recent finalization of the federal minimum staffing rule for nursing homes. See below what lawmakers said at the hearing.

AHCA/NCAL has announced our support for support for the bipartisan “Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act.” This would make long-needed changes to the Medicare three-day stay requirement.

ICYMI: the Biden Administration announced the Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Final Rule this week. The finalization has been met with bipartisan opposition from lawmakers, as well as long term care leaders and health care policy experts across the country.

Read our statement in response to the Biden Administration's announcement about the Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Final Rule.

The Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities has announced new educational events for May, many of which offer ACCME and NAB credits.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and CMS issued a final rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act advancing protections against discrimination in health care.

The CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization program provides tools, resources, and support to nursing home providers to help them improve the quality of healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries.

Effective May 1, 2024, hospitals are no longer required to report Hospital Respiratory Pathogen, Bed Capacity, and Supply Data to the Department of Health and Human Services via the NHSN.