There are three FLSA updates and one QI/VAPP update from last week.

The March Managed Care Policy and Planning meeting featured discussions concerning Fair Labor Standards Act payments, QIVAPP payments, and the status of rate packages.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a new dataset, the Skilled Nursing Facility Utilization and Payment Public Use File (SNF PUF).  The data file details facility level utilization data for CY2013 and is being trended for utilization patterns in RUG distributions, length of stay, therapy minutes per RUG, and other data to provide keys to current utilizaiton in each SNF.

LeadingAge New York staff will present a webinar on two separate dates explaining the new quality measures soon to be posted on Nursing Home Compare and integrated into the 5-Star Quality Rating System.

The plaintiffs in Jimmo v. Sebelius, the landmark settlement that was supposed to end Medicare's "improvement standard," have filed a motion to try to force the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to fulfill its obligation under the settlement.

A recording of the webinar, "Preparing and Presenting the MLTC Case in a Medicaid Fair Hearing" is available free of charge for members on the LeadingAge New York website.

DOH has received reported concerns about smoking practices related to ACFs.