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Regulations
OLTL Nursing Facility Attestation Form
The Nursing Facility Quality Incentive program rewards nursing facilities for meeting certain quality metrics based on clinical and utilization measures. Facilities earn points for achieving benchmarks and improvements, and must meet eligibility criteria including Medicaid participation, performance on at least one metric, and 2024 webinar attendance. Attestation forms for webinar attendance are due by Friday, March 14.
February 14, 2025
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Whitepapers
PHCA Quality Dashboard – January 2025
The PHCA Quality Dashboard and bulleted summary is now available to all members. The current dashboard includes data from CMS Care Compare through 2024 Q2 overall staffing star rating and RN star rating as reported in Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ 2023 Q1 - 2024 Q2).
January 31, 2025
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Resources
2023-24 Impact Report
We're proud to share the 2023-24 Impact Report, highlighting the progress and achievements made possible by the dedication of our association members and partners. This report showcases the tangible ways our collective efforts have driven positive change, advanced our mission, and addressed the challenges facing Pennsylvania's long-term care continuum. We look forward to building on this momentum to achieve even greater impact for Pennsylvania's most vulnerable and their providers of care.
December 18, 2024
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Blog
CMS Updates Guidance for Mandatory Off-Cycle SNF Provider Enrollment Revalidations
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted the ninth update to sub-regulatory guidance for the SNF Mandatory Off-Cycle SNF Provider Enrollment Revalidation process. This update includes three significant changes and updates of which providers need to be aware. PHCA’s national […]
December 13, 2024
Blog
IRRC Agrees with PHCA in PDPM Comments
The Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) issued its comments to the Department of Human Services (DHS) this week in response to the proposed Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) that DHS would like to adopt for Medicaid reimbursements. IRRC’s comments mirror and […]
December 13, 2024
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Regulations
PHCA PCH/ALR Comparison Guide
This publication delivers an easy to understand guide to navigate the similarities and differences between the regulations for assisted living residences (2800) and personal care homes (2600).
December 10, 2024
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Infection Prevention
DOH Releases 10-part Video Series on C. auris
As part of our ongoing work to prevent and contain novel and targeted multidrug-resistant organisms, the Division of Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention in the Bureau of Epidemiology at the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) has created a video series intended […]
November 21, 2024
Guidance
CMS Issues QSO-25-07-NH
Revised Long-Term Care (LTC) Surveyor Guidance: Significant revisions to enhance quality and oversight of the LTC survey process.
November 21, 2024
Resources
Your Step-by-Step Guide to Access phca.org
Before logging into PHCA’s all-new website for the first time, you’ll need to confirm your member account. Follow this helpful step-by-step guide to confirm and access your account.
November 19, 2024
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Research and Analysis
Field Office Survey Analysis Dashboard
The Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA) has developed a dashboard to help provide annual reviews of Pennsylvania state survey information.
November 18, 2024
Guidance
OLTL Supports the Right of All Eligible Pennsylvanians to Vote
The Department of Human Services’ (DHS) Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) supports the right of all eligible Pennsylvanians to vote. Long-Term Care Facility residents face unique challenges in exercising their right to vote. As such, OLTL encourages each facility to develop plans for facilitating voting by their residents. The Department has provided the guidance below.
October 25, 2024
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Call to Action
Contact DHS About PDPM Proposal
DHS is proposing to use only the nursing care component of the PDPM in establishing a resident’s case-mix index score to be used in the case-mix rate-setting system. In other words, your nursing facility rate will not consider all the […]
October 25, 2024