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Home Take Action to Ensure Access to Quality Nursing Home Care for Older Adults!: LeadingAge NY is gearing up for the SFY 2026-27 budget fight, and new digital advocacy letters are now available. Please contact the Governor today – it only takes a few clicks!

9 days ago
Home Commissioner Declares Influenza Prevalent in NY: Declaration triggers certain actions for certain DOH-regulated entities.

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Home Register Now for Jan. 7th Webinar: Empowering Older Adults with Technology for Healthy Aging: This webinar will help senior living providers explore how to move residents beyond initial curiosity toward meaningful, sustained use of digital tools that support healthy and productive aging. Free to LeadingAge NY members.

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Home 2026 Advocacy Day: Registration is open for LeadingAge NY's 2026 Advocacy Day. Please register to join us on Feb. 3, 2026 – we need your voice in Albany!

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Home CMS "TEAM" Model Offers Opportunities for Nursing Homes and Residents: New guidance on the Transforming Episode Accountability Model details the availability of a waiver of SNF three-day stay requirements.

Home CMS Releases Updated MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User's Manual v18.0 Effective Jan. 1, 2026: Changes include the respecification of the Long Stay Antipsychotic Measure and a risk adjustor modification to the function measures based on the removal of item O0400 from the MDS version 1.20.1 and the SNF QM User’s Manual V7.0 effective beginning Oct. 1, 2025.
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Home Home Care Minimum Wage Increases Jan. 1, 2026: Wages increase by $0.55 per hour for home care aides upstate and downstate.
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Home New Person-Centered Training Opportunities in December: Sessions include care planning and person-centered care for people experiencing dementia and persons in crisis.
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Home Former ADHCC Leader Passes: Christine Fitzpatrick, former executive director of ADHCC, was a fierce advocate for ADHC programs.
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Home Medicare ACCESS Model Seeks to Expand Technology-Supported Care: The new model seeks to expand access to technology-supported care for chronic conditions through an outcome-based payment arrangement. Applications are due April 1^st.
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Home Homelessness Funding: NYS Leads States in Filing Suit; House Speaks Out; Impact Data: A coalition led by NYS Attorney General Letitia James is seeking a court order blocking the “administration’s cuts and illegal new conditions” on HUD's CoC program funding, which could cause more than 15,000 New Yorkers to lose their homes.
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Home Register Now for Jan. 7th Webinar: Empowering Older Adults with Technology for Healthy Aging: This webinar will help senior living providers explore how to move residents beyond initial curiosity toward meaningful, sustained use of digital tools that support healthy and productive aging. Free to LeadingAge NY members.
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Home Safety and Violence Education Training Webinar Available: Jan. 13^th webinar will focus on both young adults and older adults in community settings.
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Home ProCare: For over 20 years, Leading Age NY ProCareSM has provided a wide range of high-quality and state-of-the-art clinical, administrative and financial consulting services to member and non-member nursing homes and other aging services providers.

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Take Action to Ensure Access to Quality Nursing Home Care for Older Adults!
LeadingAge NY is gearing up for the SFY 2026-27 budget fight, and new digital advocacy letters are now available. Please contact the Governor today – it only takes a few clicks!
Reject Proposed Cuts to Home Health Care and Support Strong HUD Funding
LeadingAge National provides several important advocacy alerts, including alerts urging CMS to rescind proposed cuts to home health Medicare FFS payment rates, urging Congress to support strong HUD funding, and urging Congress to support foreign-born workers in aging services. Please take action today using these simple links!
Urge Congress to Protect Medicaid in 2025!
Congress is moving through the budget reconciliation process, which aims to reduce federal spending by approximately $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. Given the significant amount of savings being sought, Medicaid is a highly likely source of cuts (potentially up to $880 billion). Write to your members of Congress today to urge them not to include Medicaid cuts or harmful changes as part of budget reconciliation bills or other legislation.

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