State budget talks remain stalled with heated discussions surrounding bail and housing reforms preventing any progress from occurring. The Legislature has now passed two budget extender bills – this week and last – to ensure that over 80,000 state workers continue to receive their paychecks. However, major legislation, including the budget itself, hangs in the balance ...
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On April 17, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will transition to the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) for Minimum Data Set (MDS) record submissions and reports. As part of this transition, the QIES Assessment Submission And Processing (ASAP) system for MDS submissions will be turned off on April 13 at 8:00 p.m. ET. See
link for details!
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This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that the Notifications of Enforcement Discretion issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act during the COVID-19 public health emergency will expire at 11:59 pm on May 11, 2023, due to the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency ...
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Please note the next NYSHFA | NYSCAL Town Hall call is scheduled for Thursday, April 20
th. The agenda will be forthcoming ...
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The election of officers to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for NYSHFA will take place at the general membership meeting being held at the Annual Conference on May 10, 2023 at the Turning Stone Resort, Verona, NY...
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In the fall of 2022, CMS issued
Admin Info: 22-09-ALL which outlined several regulatory focus areas for Federal Monitoring Surveys related to specific F-tags for FY2022 and FY2023. One area of regulatory focus is Quality of Life, specifically Activities of Daily Living at F67 ...
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Please see the
attached publication, Capitol Connection, from AHCA/NCAL ...
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Plan to join NYSHFA | NYSCAL for the 74th Annual Conference & Expo, May 9-11, 2023 at Turning Stone Resort & Casino...
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The Foundation for Quality Care, Inc., and the New York State Health Facilities Association/New York State Center for Assisted Living (NYSHFA | NYSCAL) are thrilled to launch the 19th Annual Virtual “Art from the Heart” program, which is designed to spotlight the artists who live in member facilities...
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Once again we are pleased to announce the Foundation for Quality Care Nursing Scholarship Program...
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NYSHFA | NYSCAL sponsors this Scholarship program to provide financial help to the career-minded who are working in health care facilities that are members of NYSHFA/NYSCAL...
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Registration now open for the 42nd Annual Health Care Open happening June 26, 2023...
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Join NYSHFA | NYSCAL for our upcoming webinar opportunities...
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