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New Federal Rule On Minimum Staffing For Nursing Homes Takes Effect
Marketplace (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 25, 2024

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Nursing Homes Could Challenge Staffing Mandate Via Legal, Congressional, and Funding Routes
Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 25, 2024

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Wait-And-See Staffing Rule Exemptions Meant To 'Safeguard' Residents: CMS
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Jodi Eyigor)
April 25, 2024

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Federal Final Rule Drops Bring Cries Of 'Flawed,' 'Aggressive,' 'Dramatic' From Senior Living Industry
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Georgia Goodman, Mollie Gurian, and Jonathan Lips)
April 25, 2024

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Nursing Homes, HHS on Collision Path Over Staffing Mandate
Bloomberg Law (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 24, 2024

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Home Care Industry Slams Finalized 80-20 Rule, Warns Agency Closures Are Coming
Home Health Care News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 23, 2024

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Minimum-Staffing Rule For Nursing Homes Finalized, Likely Complicating Post-Acute Care Labor Dynamics
Home Health Care News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan
April 23, 2024

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'An Extinction Event': Industry Leaders Blast Finalized Nursing Home Staffing Mandate
Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 23, 2024

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Biden Administration Finalizes Controversial Minimum Staffing Mandate At Nursing Homes
CNN (featuring LeadingAge)
April 23, 2024

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CMS Finalizes Controversial 80/20 Rule
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 23, 2024

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Medicaid Access Rule Shortcomings Could Decrease Access To Care, Industry Advocates Say
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Georgia Goodman and Katie Smith Sloan)
April 23, 2024

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Federal Nursing Home Staffing Mandate Will Siphon Workers From Senior Living, Groups Fear
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 23, 2024

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Providers: Staffing Rule A CMS 'Fairy Tale' That Will 'Exacerbate' Nursing Home Access Issue
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 23, 2024

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EXTRA: CMS Publishes Rule Outlining Final Staffing Requirements
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 23, 2024

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Medicare Advantage Growth Could Normalize, but Nursing Home Leaders Call for Rate Floor and Other Changes
Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon)
April 22, 2024

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Workforce, Advocacy, Provider Support Comprise New LeadingAge Strategic Plan
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge)
April 18, 2024

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'The Devil Is In The Details': Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act Is Introduced
Home Health Care News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 17, 2024

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Senate Hearing Focuses on Long-Term Care Worker Woes, But Provider Groups Say Related Bill 'Misses the Mark'
Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 17, 2024

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In Hearing, Senators Split Down Party Lines On How To Best Support Home Care, Other Long-Term Care, Workers
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 17, 2024

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Bill Promises 'Generational Investment' In Senior Living And Care Workforce
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 17, 2024

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Democrats Push New LTC Workforce Bill As Offset To Nursing Home Mandate
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 17, 2024

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Advocates Work Behind Scenes To Stop, Reshape Staffing Rule As Finalization Nears
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge)
April 16, 2024

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CMS Changes Quality Measure Set For Home- And Community-Based Services
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Georgia Goodman)
April 15, 2024

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House Bill Calls For $1.6B Program To Bolster Nursing Home Workforce
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 12, 2024

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CMS' Proposed Hospice Rule Suggests Move Toward Payment Reform For High-Intensity Palliative Care Services
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge)
April 11, 2024

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President Biden Appears To Tout Looming '80-20' Home Care Rule In Campaign Speech
Home Health Care News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 10, 2024

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Biden Shares Plans To Issue Proposed Staffing Mandate for Nursing Homes in 'Coming Weeks'
Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 10, 2024

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White House Promises Staffing Rule Is Near As Biden Courts Fresh Attention For Caregiving Agenda
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 10, 2024

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Biden Foreshadows Controversial 80/20 Rule, Offers Plan To Shorten Medicaid Home Care Waiting Lists
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 10, 2024

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Current Federal Efforts Targeting Care Economy 'Miss The Mark,' Industry Advocates Say
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 10, 2024

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Where Nursing Homes Hide Their Profits
The Lever (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 8, 2024

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'Gobbled Up': CMS Medicare Increase for Nursing Homes Fails to Price in Dire Economic Environment, Costly Regulation
Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 8, 2024

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Medicare Advantage Rule Finalizes Independent Appeals Process, Helping Providers 'Stuck In The Middle'
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon)
April 8, 2024

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Why Long Island Nursing Homes Were Fined $148,000 By NYS In 2023
Newsday (featuring LeadingAge NY's Jim Clyne)
April 8, 2024

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Why Humana Stock Fell 10.9% This Week
The Motley Fool (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 5, 2024

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MA Oversight Is Critical To Ensure Home Care Providers' Financial Stability, Experts Offer
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Mollie Gurian)
April 5, 2024

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Home Care Industry Voices Influence CMMI's New Value-Based Strategy
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon)
April 5, 2024

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Proposed Hospice Rule Offers Key Quality Improvement Changes, Experts Offer
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Katy Barnett and Mollie Gurian)
April 4, 2024

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CMS Provides First Look At Shorter, Risk-Based Survey Process
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Jodi Eyigor)
April 4, 2024

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Why Shares of UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health, and Humana Fell Today
The Motley Fool (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 3, 2024

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CMS Finalizes 3.7% Payment Increase For Medicare Advantage Plans
Healthcare Finance News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 3, 2024

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CMS Finalizes Underwhelming Payment Adjustment For Medicare Advantage Plans
Home Health Care News (featuring LeadingAge's Mollie Gurian and Katie Smith Sloan)
April 3, 2024

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CMS Hands Medicare Advantage Plans 3.7 Percent Payment Bump For 2025
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 2, 2024

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CMS Proposes 2.6% Payment Increase For Hospices
Healthcare Finance News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 2, 2024

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[UPDATED] CMS 2025 Proposed Rule Signals Changes to Quality Measurement, Omits Program Integrity Actions
Hospice News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
April 1, 2024

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Experts Fear 'Bigger, Stronger Stick' In New Medicare Pay Rule
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Jodi Eyigor)
April 1, 2024

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Providers Get Another Valuable Tool To Help Cope After Change Healthcare Cyberattack
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon)
March 28, 2024

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Providers Applaud Long-Awaited Update To Older Americans Act Programs
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
March 28, 2024

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'Landmark Legislation' Aims To Streamline, Coordinate Care For 12 Million Dually Eligible Individuals
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon and Katie Smith Sloan
March 21, 2024

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NY Assisted Living Providers Hopeful For Rate Bump For Medicaid-Funded Program
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge NY's Jim Clyne)
March 20, 2024

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House Committee Hearing 'Setting The Stage' For Home Care Support, Policy Expert Says
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Mollie Gurian)
March 18, 2024

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Dual Eligibles, PACE Expansion Bill Draws Bipartisan Support, Industry Endorsements
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
March 18, 2024

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New Bill Seeks To Reduce Challenges For Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries, Expand PACE Model Across US
Home Health Care News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
March 15, 2024

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Push For Permanent Telehealth Funding Kicks Into High Gear In Congress
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge)
March 15, 2024

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[UPDATED] Nearly 53% of Hospices Undergo Multiple Audits Simultaneously
Hospice News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
March 13, 2024

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[Updated] Inefficient, Unfair Audits Continue To Burden Hospices, New Survey Report Finds
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
March 13, 2024

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CMS Delivers Providers Payment Lifelines In The Wake Of Change Healthcare Outage
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
March 12, 2024

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Providers Push Lawmakers To Make Telehealth Provisions Permanent
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge)
March 11, 2024

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HRSA May Seek Recovery Of $159M In Potential PRF Overpayments
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon)
March 11, 2024

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Bill to Re-Allocate Federal Hospice Dollars Moving Forward in Congress
Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
March 7, 2024

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House Advances Legislation To Block Nursing Home Federal Staffing Proposal
Hospice News (featuring LeadingAge)
March 7, 2024

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House-Passed Funding Bill Makes Medicare Hospice Benefit A 'Piggybank,' Provider Groups Argue
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge)
March 7, 2024

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While MA Penetration Grows, Plans Continue To Underpay Providers, Home Care Advocates Say
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon and Mollie Gurian)
March 7, 2024

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Hospices Welcome VBID's Demise, But Questions Remain
Hospice News (featuring LeadingAge's Mollie Gurian)
March 6, 2024

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End-Of-Life Care Stakeholders Celebrate End Of Hospice VBID Carve-In
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Mollie Gurian)
March 6, 2024

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FY24 Appropriations Bills A Mixed Bag For Affordable Senior Housing
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Linda Couch)
March 5, 2024

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Thousands of Nursing Home Leaders Pen Letter to Congress, Again Urging Rejection of Federal Staffing Proposal
Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
March 4, 2024

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White House Highlights Efforts To Increase Supply Of Affordable Senior Housing
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Juliana Bilowich)
March 4, 2024

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Senior Living Providers Should Follow CDC's New 'Unified' Recommendations For COVID, Flu, RSV
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge)
March 4, 2024

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New Isolation Guidance For COVID-19 Excludes Nursing Homes
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge)
March 4, 2024

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Federal Bill Would Provide $32.5 Million for States to Create Master Plans for Aging

McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)

March 1, 2024

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More than 1,100 Organizations Urge Congress to Pass Anti-Staffing Mandate Bill

McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)

March 1, 2024

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Massive Cyber Attack Creates Crushing Billing Burdens for Skilled Nursing; Sparks Efforts for Payment Relief

McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Nicole Fallon)

March 1, 2024

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Workforce improvement No. 1 Target in Final OIG Report on Nursing Home Pandemic Effects

McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)

March 1, 2024

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OIG to CMS: Implement and Expand Policies to Strengthen Nursing Home Workforce, Training Initiatives

Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)

March 1, 2024

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Nursing Home Staffing Shortages and Other Problems Persist, U.S. Report Says

The New York Times (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)

March 1, 2024

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House Set To Vote On Bill That Could Give Dramatic Boost To Nurse-Aide Training Efforts
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
February 28, 2024

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HUD Announces $115 Million In Grants For Affordable Senior Housing Projects
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Linda Couch)
February 23, 2024

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Providers Urge CMS To Use Caution In Midst Of Hospice VBID Implementation
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Katy Barnett)
February 23, 2024

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A Year After Jimmy Carter Entered Hospice Care, Advocates Hope His Endurance Drives Awareness
The Associated Press (featuring LeadingAge's Mollie Gurian)
February 22, 2024

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Elephant in the Room': Medicare Advantage a Huge Factor in CCRC Decision Making Around Nursing Home Services
Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon)
February 20, 2024

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Timeline for Proposed Nursing Home Staff Hikes Prompts Unease
Bloomberg Law (featuring LeadingAge's Janine Finck-Boyle)
February 16, 2024

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CMS Takes Action To Prevent Skilled Nursing Terminations By MA Plans
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon)
February 16, 2024

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A Variety Of Models Can Help CCRC Operators Meet Residents' Increasing Healthcare Needs
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon)
February 16, 2024

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CCRCs Facing Financial Threats In Their Skilled Care Units, But There Are Silver Linings: Experts
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon)
February 16, 2024

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Patients Stuck In Limbo For Weeks, Months, Even Years: 11 NYS Associations Advance Recommendations To Address Care Delays Experienced By Patients With Complex Needs
Healthcare Association of New York State (featuring LeadingAge NY's Jim Clyne)
February 16, 2024

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New COVID Shots Sparse At Nursing Homes
The Hill (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
February 14, 2024

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CMS: Medicare Advantage Plans Can Use AI Tools To 'Assist' but Not Terminate Post-Acute Care Stays
Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon)
February 9, 2024

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OAA Update Includes 'Disappointing' Language That Could Burden Providers, Group Says
McKnight's Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge's Georgia Goodman)
February 9, 2024

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Consumer Advocates Call For More CMS Audits Of Nursing Homes Over Related-Party Activity
McKnight's (featuring LeadingAge's Katie Smith Sloan)
February 9, 2024

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In Positive Move for Nursing Homes, CMS' Prior Auth Rule Cracks Down Further on Medicare Advantage Plans
Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon)
February 8, 2024

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CMS Must Do More To Improve MA Prior Authorization, Payment Issues, Policy Experts Say
McKnight's Home Care (featuring LeadingAge's Nicole Fallon and Mollie Gurian)
February 8, 2024

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LeadingAge Urges Congress To ‘Robustly’ Fund Affordable Senior Housing Programs
McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Linda Couch)
February 7, 2024

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Feds Plan Fall Vax Push For Older Americans
Politico Pulse (featuring LeadingAge’s Ruth Katz)
February 5, 2024

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As Medicare Advantage Policies Compound, More Regulatory Activity Expected in Coming Months for Nursing Homes
Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge’s Nicole Fallon)
February 2, 2024

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Providers Get Their Moment With Top US Health Officials Over Vaccinations
McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Jodi Eyigor)
February 1, 2024

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Hospices Struggle to Balance Costs, Patient Needs in Medication Deprescribing
Hospice News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
January 31, 2024

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HCBS Access Rule Heads To Final Review Amid Senior Living Industry Concerns
McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Mollie Gurian)
January 31, 2024

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Covid Killed 170,000 In Nursing Homes. Most Residents Still Haven’t Gotten The Latest Shot.
Politico (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
January 29, 2024

LeadingAge in the News

Gardant Co-President, Industry Associations Call for Better Public-Private Collaboration in Senate Hearing
Senior Housing News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
January 26, 2024
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