The Bureau of Assisted Living (BAL) announced earlier today that effective
April 1, 2022, online applications for Adult Family Homes (AFH) will be accepted via the e-Licensure system. AFH applicants are invited to attend a webinar on
April 5, 2022, hosted by the Division of Quality Assurance (DQA). During this time, DQA staff will provide an overview of the new e-Licensure system specific to AFHs with instructions on how to navigate the system.
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Join WHCA/WiCAL, its members, and partners from the long-term care community at the 60th Annual Spring Conference & Expo. WHCA/WiCAL is going back to the ever-popular Hyatt Regency Hotel & KI Convention Center, located in downtown Green Bay.
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Earlier today, as part of an award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced that it will launch a program to award approximately $4.5 million in matching funds to support nursing homes and other types of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) with infection prevention and infrastructure needs. Nursing homes and other LTCFs can apply for matching funds up to 50% of the total project cost with a cap of $20,000 per license.
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The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Provider Relief Fund (PRF)
Reporting Portal is open for providers who need to report the use of PRF funds in Reporting Period 2 (RP2).
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced it is making more than $413 million in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 General Distribution payments to more than 3,600 providers across the country this week
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Marsh’s Senior Living & LTC Industry Practice and Oliver Wyman’s Actuarial Practice are conducting a 2022 update to and expansion of their General and Professional Liability Benchmark Report for Senior Living and Long-Term Care Providers. AHCA/NCAL has partnered again this year with Marsh and Oliver Wyman and other leading national trade organizations including the American Seniors Housing Association, Argentum, and LeadingAge.
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The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) sent a
letter earlier this week to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to request an extension of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration, which is set to expire in a few weeks, so that long term and post-acute care providers can continue to offer the most efficient and effective care possible to our nation’s most vulnerable population.
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) recently announced it is moving forward with its intention to review and revise
DHS 88, state administrative code regulating licensed Adult Family Homes (AFH).
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With the refresh of Care Compare at the end of April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will update the individual quality measure (QM) thresholds that determine Five-Star Quality ratings.
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AHCA/NCAL’s online training titled
Functional Outcomes Improvement is designed for all staff who have a role in improving patient functional outcomes quality and services, including nurses, CNAs, therapists, activities staff, and recreational therapists. Patients and residents often arrive at long term care facilities with the goal of improving their mobility and independence levels.
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On Thursday, March 17, the Wisconsin Nursing Home Administrator Examining Board held its first scheduled meeting of 2022.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced recently that it has revised two QSO memos, affecting COVID guidance for both visitation and testing policies.
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The federal government has launched two new initiatives, “Test to Treat” and “Long-Term Care Pharmacy Program,” to create an allocation of oral antiviral medications for utilization in vulnerable populations.
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A
review of scientific research by leading academic experts in the field found that community spread was the primary driver of COVID-19 outbreaks in long term care facilities. The review examined 36 different studies, and the final analysis was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The paper supports
prior findings that showed that the size and location of a facility were the strongest and most consistent predictors of COVID-19 outcomes, especially if the facility was located in an area with high COVID-19 rates.
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AHCA/NCAL’s Congressional Briefing is back in 2022 and it’s time to
register! Mark your calendars for June 6-7 and join AHCA/NCAL at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill.
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Earlier this month,
LTC Trend Tracker released the new customizable SNF Resident Characteristics report, which replaces the previous CASPER Resident report. This enhanced report provides users with a detailed overview of the organization’s resident characteristics and allows users to customize which measures that would like to see displayed. Registered users can create multiple, different, customized SNF Resident Characteristics reports within this report, as well as build, save, and schedule their customized SNF Resident Characteristics reports directly in their LTC Trend Tracker profile.
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is strongly encouraging nursing homes to report the number of skilled nursing facility (SNF) beds available in their location each day to EMResource as part of a bed tracking system. With the daily reports from nursing homes, DHS hopes the “SNF bed tracker” will provide a real time picture of bed availability across the state, which hospitals can use as they work to identify potential post-acute care placements for their patients.
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