In a big win for home health, hospice, and nursing home providers, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) via a Change Request (CR 14616) published on September 30, 2026, directs ...

The Home Health Provider Preview Reports are now available to providers on iQIES. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on the compare tool on ...

With measles cases being reported across the U.S., LeadingAge members should be prepared to identify and address this highly contagious illness. Stay on top of case prevalence in your local area and ...

The September 15 event was a legislative hearing rather than a markup, so the subcommittee did not vote on the proposals or formally advance them. Coming just before the House departs for its ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on September 11, 2026, released updated guidance outlining recommendations for work restriction for healthcare personnel related to respiratory ...

A technical error in the final Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 hospice wage index, announced on September 8, 2026 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS ...

LeadingAge in a September 9, 2026 letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and other members of CMS leadership asked the agency to end the hospice and ...

While HOTMA implementation will still be delayed past its current date of January 1, 2027, HUD is proceeding with accepting public comment on new proposed changes to the Monthly Activity Transmission ...

On August 15, 2026 LeadingAge submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Request for Information (RFI) on updating their National Plan for Alzheimer’s disease. We focused ...

The 2026 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which lists regulatory actions that federal agencies expect to undertake in the next 12 months, has been published in the ...

Following its July 16, 2026 announcement of plans to rollout the new Risk-Based Survey for nursing homes nationwide this September, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 13 ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) for home health agencies. Unlike hospice PEPPER reports, CMS ...