2025 Long Term Care Newsletters

• 2025-01 - 6/1/2025
  • 2025 Legislative Overview
  • House Enrolled Act 1457: Changes in Crimes Barring Employment
  • House Enrolled Act 1385: Peer Recovery Coach Exemption for Crimes Barring Employment
  • Senate Enrolled Act 473: Various Health Care Matters
  • New Crimes Barring Employment Fact Sheets
  • Certified Health Care Professions Commission Application

• 2025-08 - 5/12/25
  • Join the AIM (Advance, Improve, Move!) Nursing Home Consortium
  • Revised LTC Surveyor Guidance
  • Free PPE Available
  • Free Virtual Courses for Skilled Nursing Personnel

• 2025-07 - 4/3/25
  • Free Virtual Courses for Skilled Nursing Personnel

• 2025-06 - 3/13/25
  • CMS Delays Implementation of Revised LTC Surveyor Guidance
  • Outbreak Investigation of Listeria Monocytogenes in Frozen Supplemental Shakes
  • Free Virtual Courses for Skilled Nursing Personnel
  • What YOU Need to Know About Infection Prevention - Earn a Certificate!

• 2025-05 - 2/24/25
  • Center of Excellence in Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) Behavioral Health Action Network
  • Free Virtual Courses for Skilled Nursing Personnel

• 2025-04 - 2/10/25
  • Documentation of QMA Practicum Form – Reminder
  • QMA Curriculum and QMA-Insulin Education Module – Updates
  • Free Virtual Courses for Skilled Nursing Personnel

• 2025-03 - 1/31/25
  • New Resident Rights Poster
  • Long-Term Care Health Information Exchange (LTCHIE) RFP Released
  • QSO-25-12-NH REVISED: Long-Term Care (LTC) Surveyor Guidance: Significant Revisions to Enhance Quality and Oversight of the LTC Survey Process
  • IHCA/INCAL Emergency Preparedness/Disaster Summit: Feb. 6-7

• 2025-02 - 1/22/25
  • CMS Nursing Home Staffing Campaign
  • Discontinuation of Use of CMP for Communication Technology and Visitation Aids
  • Free Virtual Courses for Skilled Nursing Personnel