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What's New
Welcome New Member - Lisner Louise Dickson Hurt Home
The mission of the Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home is to provide extraordinary health and life care services to low and modest income seniors of the District of Columbia, empowering them to live their lives to the fullest. Located in Northwest DC, the Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home family is committed to seeing the truth and beauty of growing older. Learn more about this extraordinary not-for-profit organization here
PBJ Webinar - Over 250 attendees
LeadingAge DC hosted a free webinar on April 19th. Over 250 attendees participated in the webinar. A special thanks to Chip Burns and Stephanie Kessler for conducting the webinar. Their expertise and presentation received great reviews. For a copy of the Powerpoint and FAQ sheet, click here. Chip Burns, CBurns@go-tag.net, is the President and CEO of The Asbury IT Group, which is a Gold Sponsor of LeadingAge DC. Stephanie Kessler, skessler@RKLcpa.com, is a Partner in Reinsel Kuntz Lesher’s national Senior Living Services Consulting Group and a Business Partner of LeadingAge DC.
Dr. Timothy Kangas joins the Armed Forces Retirement Home as Chief Operation Officer
 Responsible to the Secretary of Defense for the overall authority, direction, control, operation and management of AFRH, Dr. Kangas is responsible for all facets of policy, advocacy, and oversight pertaining to the delivery of quality programs and services throughout the Agency’s Continuing Care Retirement Community. Prior to being selected to join the Armed Forces Retirement Homes Dr. Kangas served the citizens of the State of Michigan for over 20 years in multiple capacities, with the last 7-years being as a Regional Healthcare Administrator for the Michigan Department of Corrections. During his tenure as a Regional Healthcare Administrator he has been responsible for providing direct oversight for the provision of comprehensive healthcare services to over 20,000 inmates located within 23 prisons spread across the lower half of Michigan. (Information obtain from ww.afrh.gov)
Catherine Scott joins Ingleside at Rock Creek as Executive Director
Ingleside at Rock Creek has announced Catherine Scott as their new Executive Director. LeadingAge DC looks forward to welcoming Catherine to DC and will include a more in depth biography in the next LeadingAge DC update.
SAVE THE DATE! 2016 LeadingAge DC Annual Meeting
On September 15, 2016, LeadingAge DC will host its annual meeting, Be the Difference, at the LeadingAge Headquarters. A Call for Presentations has been posted on the LeadingAge website. Submit all proposals by June 3, 2016 Click here for more information.
District of Columbia Update
- Budget Hearings
The DC Council Budget hearings concluded in April. LeadingAge actively advocated for the not for profit aging services providers and seniors through council member visits as well as providing testimony. The LeadingAge DC FY 2017 Budget Position Papers are available on the LeadingAge DC website. In all of the testimony and meetings, LeadingAge DC emphasized the not-for-profit difference of LeadingAge DC members and their importance to the District of Columbia seniors and community. Highlights of these FY2017 position papers include:
- Increasing reimbursement provided to Assisted Living organizations through the EPD Waiver
- Reinstating the Inflation Factor for Skilled Nursing Homes in the FY2017 budget.
- Maintaining the proposed $100 million a year for the Housing Production Trust Fund.
- Ensuring the Local Rent Supplement Program (LRSP) can provide operating subsidies for extremely low-income seniors.
- Restoring the 2.9% reduction to Lead Agency’s local funds in the DC Office on Aging FY2017 budget.
- Retaining Funds for Transportation Services in the DC Office on Aging FY 2017 Budget.
- Ingleside Presbyterian Retirement Community, Inc. Real Property Tax Exemption and Real Property Tax Relief Act of 2015
- This bill provides real property tax relief for Lots 802 and 809 in Square 2287, owned by Ingleside Presbyterian Retirement Community, Inc. for property located at 3050 Military Road, N.W. It also requires that all real property taxes, interest, penalties, fees and other related charges assessed against the property owned, be forgiven for a period beginning with tax year 2015 through the effective date of this act.
- LeadingAge DC Position Paper provided to DC Council
- Health-Care and Community Residence Facility, Hospice, and Home Care Licensure Amendment Act of 2016
- This bill requires health profession employers, health care providers, facilities, or other health agencies to report certain changes in an employee's employment status due to alleged or actual misconduct within five days of the occurrence or be subject to a fine of not less than $10,000.
- Click here fore status
- Health Care Decisions Act of 2015
- The Health Care Decisions Act of 2015 will create a MOST program in DC. On January 8th it was published in the DC Register and tramitted to Congress. The Projected Law date is March 15, 2016
- LeadingAge DC will be involved in developing training for the MOST
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- LGBTQ Cultural Competency Continuing Education Amendment Act of 2015
- Continuing- education requirements for the practice of any health occupation licensed, registered, or certified now requires 2 credits of instruction on cultural competency or specialized clinical training focusing on patients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender 26 nonconforming, queer, or question their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression 27 (“LGBTQ”).
- LeadingAge DC is working to develop a program to meet this requirement to be held in the summer of 2016.
Federal Update
- HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration to include Project Rental Assistance Contracts (PRACs)
LeadingAge reports that after months of advocacy, the Senate HUD appropriations subcommittee has included eligibility for HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration to include Project Rental Assistance Contracts (PRACs). LeadingAge is also working to get the PRAC to RAD policy change in the House HUD appropriations bill. For more information, go here.
- President Signs Older Americans Act
President Barack Obama signed into law the Older Americans Act (OAA) Reauthorization of 2015, after it passed both chambers of Congress with unanimous support. LeadingAge commends the President for signing the OAA, which was five years overdue for reauthorization. For more information, go here.
- LeadingAge Submits Comments to HUD on Proposed Revisions to Rent Comparability Study Guidance
On April 8, LeadingAge submitted 11 pages of comments to HUD on proposed changes to the rent comparability study guidance found in Chapter 9 and related appendices of the Section 8 renewal guide, largely focusing on defending the valuation of services in housing. To learn more about this advocacy effort LeadingAge is leading, go here
- Disparate Impact and Criminal Records: Things Every Housing Provider Should Know
HUD's Office of General Counsel (OGC) issued new guidance on criminal records and fair housing act standards in housing which applies not just to subsidized housing, but to all housing providers nationwide. Every housing provider (not just HUD subsidized) needs to be aware policies that exclude persons based on criminal history must be tailored to address such factors as the type of the crime and the length of time since conviction. For the guidance and more information, go here.
- CMS PowerPoint on Payroll Based Journal Requirements
CMS has released an excellent PowerPoint that provides an overview of the PBJ requirements going into effect on July 1, 2016.
- How Will the HCBS Settings Rule Impact New Construction of Assisted Living and Adult Day?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released additional Frequently Asked Questions and guidance on how CMS will review requests to build new settings in categories that are presumed to be institutional in nature according to home and community-based services settings final regulation.
Resources
New 5 Star Reports available and six new CMS quality measures included in Nursing Home Quality Metrics.
On May 5, 2016, LeadingAge DC sent each skilled nursing member a link to a facility specific 5 star report. In addition, Quality metrics now includes the six new quality measures in its reports. Go here for more information or email Christy Kramer at ckramer@leadingage.org
New THRIVE QuickCast Now Available
Member Relations VP Nancy Hooks narrates this 6-minute video featuring our Thrive initiative. This is a terrific member resource that provides a framework to explore 7 essential topics, including Community Involvement and Engagement, Governance, Philanthropy, Quality, Strategic Partnerships, Strategic Planning and Workforce and Leadership Development. Each of these topic areas includes generative questions and a wide array of tools and resources.
Additional QuickCasts include:
Education and Networking
Webinar: Complying with CMS Overpayment Rule
- Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 2-3 p.m. EDT
- Description: On March 14, the final rule regarding provider and supplier obligations for reporting and returning Medicare Part A and B overpayments to CMS became effective and enforceable. This webinar will examine the impact of the final rule on aging services operations and what LeadingAge members need to do to minimize the risk of liability due to noncompliance.
- Fee: $99
Clinical Education Day - Hosted by LeadingAge Maryland
- Thursday, May 19, 2016, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Location: Maryland Masonic Home, 300 International Circle, Cockeysville, Maryland 21030
- For more information, click here
Housing Update with Colleen Bloom and Linda Couch of LeadingAge
- Thursday, May 26, 1:00 pm
- Free Conference Call
- Open to LeadingAge Members and Non-Members
- Register by emailing Christy Kramer at ckramer@leadingage.org
LeadingAge DC Leadership Strategic Planning
- Wednesday June 1, 2016, 9:00 am - 12:00pm
- Location: Knollwood, 6200 Oregon Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20015
- Description: Members will engage in a strategic planning exercise for the LeadingAge DC
- LeadingAge DC Members Only
- Contact Christy Kramer for more information - ckramer@leadingage.org
LeadingAge DC and Maryland Governance Symposium
- Tuesday, June 7, 2016, 10am - 3pm
- Location: Broadmead, 13801 York Rd, Cockeysville, MD 21030
- Topics to include Innovation and the Not-for-Profit Difference
- Registration Fee: $69 (every registration includes two free board member registrations)
- Email Christy Kramer to register at ckramer@leadingage.org
- More information will be available soon. Click here for updates
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