Webinar trainings on culturally competent direct care, diagnosing and treating dementia, and disability-competent care to be held next week.

Toolkit contains 25 Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities areas to be used with staff across disciplines, from frontline staff to management, from nursing to social services, activities, food and nutrition services, and beyond.

Free toolkits now available from CMS to help nursing homes assess and improve staff competency and satisfaction.

The revisions align the forms with recent statutory changes that authorize nurse practitioners to sign MOLST and Nonhospital DNR forms.

New interactive edition of the CMS State Operations Manual available to members.

AG recommends best practices for boards and management on selling a not-for-profit nursing home.

The report, released by the United Hospital Fund, discusses the importance of post-acute care and the impediments to optimal post-acute care decision-making, including the rapid pace of discharge decisions, managed care network limits, regulations, and the limitations of publicly-available quality data.

CMS is preparing to give updates on the new Medicare card transition.