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E-News Update

Your Link to Long Term Care News in Massachusetts

March 24, 2023

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Legislature Enacts FY23 Supplemental Budget: Includes Funding for (1) Rapid Response Teams and (2) Career Pathways

The Legislature yesterday enacted and laid before the Governor a $1.1 billion fiscal year 2023 Supplemental Budget to provide additional funding for core state programs.

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MassHealth Transition to a Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM)

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Mass Senior Care has long supported and advocated for the conversion of the Medicaid MMQ payment system to the Federal MDS acuity system thereby eliminating the administrative burden of operating 2 acuity systems and to better capture the cost of resident care.

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REMINDER: Cases of C. auris on the Rise in Healthcare Facilities

Candida auris (C. auris) was recently named one of five urgent threats in the CDC Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States. There are active cases of C. auris in long term care facilities in Massachusetts and across the country.

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Upcoming Outage During Planned NHSN Database Upgrade

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Volunteers Needed - RVSR Electronic Death Pronouncement

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Massachusetts of Department of Public Health Registry of Vital Statistics and Records (RVSR) has embarked on a 21st Century Modernization Project. Included in this project is streamlining the death pronouncement process and creating an on-line feature through their newly developed and implemented electronic system.

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Register Now for Important Webinars – New RCA to CNA Pipeline Workshops Next Wednesday, March 29th

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The RCA to CNA Pipeline: Leveraging Rapid Upward MobilityWednesday, March 29, 2023 10:30 am to 11:30 AMTo address our historic, frontline worker shortage, it is critically necessary that facilities adopt

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Annual Report - MA Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Disease and All Other Dementias

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In This Issue

  • Legislature Enacts FY23 Supplemental Budget: Includes Funding for (1) Rapid Response Teams and (2) Career Pathways
  • MassHealth Transition to a Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM)
  • REMINDER: Cases of C. auris on the Rise in Healthcare Facilities
  • Upcoming Outage During Planned NHSN Database Upgrade
  • Volunteers Needed - RVSR Electronic Death Pronouncement
  • Register Now for Important Webinars – New RCA to CNA Pipeline Workshops Next Wednesday, March 29th
  • Annual Report - MA Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Disease and All Other Dementias

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Mar 29

The RCA to CNA Pipeline: Leveraging Rapid Upward Mobility

Apr 4

Audits & Investigations: What to do when the Government comes “knocking”

Apr 5

Successfully Navigating the Informal Dispute Resolution Process (IDR), the Independent Informal Dispute Process (IIDR) and Appeals to the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) - VIRTUAL

   
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