Latest updates for providers of LTPAC and senior services.

Updated checklists and consent forms for different populations are also available.

The roadmap includes fact sheets by provider type summarizing the current status of the regulatory flexibilities granted during the public health emergency and whether they will be terminated at the end of the emergency.

Building on President Biden's nursing home reform agenda announced earlier this year, CMS has issued an informational bulletin detailing actions that state Medicaid programs can take to promote better health outcomes for nursing home residents and improve staff pay, training, and retention.

DOH provides additional clarifications on the program and will do weekly updates.

ACF and assisted living members are alerted to upcoming changes and developments.

The guidance stresses that anyone who is not yet vaccinated or under-vaccinated for polio should get vaccinated, particularly if they live, work, attend school, or have frequent social interactions with communities in Rockland and Orange counties.

Members are encouraged to attend Sept. 22^nd webinar.