The audit will be conducted via a "Drupal-based" online survey. A webinar will be held on Dec. 13^th at 10 a.m.

The blanket waiver of electronic prescribing requirements for practitioners serving residents of nursing homes has been extended through Oct. 31, 2024.

The consensus regulations are intended to clarify provisions ensuring access to the Ombudsman.

MAS will take over Modivcare Non-Emergency Medical Transportation trips on Dec. 1^st.

The regulations requiring nursing homes to maintain a 60-day supply of PPE had been implemented on an emergency basis, and the deadline for permanent adoption expired before the adoption process was completed. Facilities have been advised to continue to follow the expired regulations.

Stakeholder meetings are scheduled on Long Island this week.

HERDS reporting questions reduced, but not frequency of reporting.

At the Oct. 11, 2023 meeting of the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, LeadingAge NY spoke about the challenges nursing homes face in recruiting administrators and the need to update qualifications and administrator-in-training program requirements.