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The Fight Continues on CMS’s Skilled Nursing Facilities Minimum Staffing Rule
By: Alesia Frerichs
June 26, 2024
In April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the minimum staffing mandate for skilled nursing facilities. So, what’s next? Our commitment is to strenuously pursue all financial and programmatic remedies to alleviate the burdens associated with the implementation of this final rule.
Read MoreForging Connections at Grantmakers in Health 2024 Conference
June 25, 2024
By: LSA Staff
As part of our work to strengthen relationships with community-based and national health funders, Susan Newton attended the Grantmakers in Health 2024 Conference where she engaged in timely and relevant discussions aimed at improving equitable healthcare outcomes across the nation.
Read MoreOpposing the CMS Minimum Staffing Rule: What Has Been Done to Date?
June 24, 2024
By: Sarah Dobson
In April, CMS issued the minimum staffing mandate for skilled nursing facilities. From the start, we engaged our members to raise our voice and the visibility of the impact of this ruling with the Biden administration and other key policy makers.
Read MoreSankofa
June 18, 2024
By: Alesia Frerichs
In celebration of Juneteenth, Alesia Frerichs shares a powerful message that draws on the West African proverb Sankofa, urging us to learn from the past to forge a stronger future. As we honor this important day, we also reaffirm our commitment to ending systemic racism and promoting racial equity through intentional allyship and transformational relationships.
Read MoreCMS Final Medicaid Access Rule — Action Moves to States
May 29, 2024
By: Bill Kallestad
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized its Medicaid Access Rule, which will impact the direct care workforce, access to home- and community-based services (HCBS), safety protections and quality measures.
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