America’s Health Rankings, the longest-running annual assessment of the nation's health on a state-by-state basis, releases three state ranking reports each year. Each report provides a comprehensive look at the health of the population across the U.S. This year’s Senior Report shows meaningful progress made on key measures of senior health in the period immediately preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, including significant improvements in care. The Senior Report is broken down by state and provides specific data such as the “number of personal care and home health aides per 1,000 adults ages 65 and older with a disability” for each state.
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HCAOA Connecticut urges members to contact their lawmakers today to urge them to support an increase in Medicaid funding for home care in the special session this week. Despite strong advocacy efforts by HCAOA Connecticut members, lawmakers approved a state budget last week that includes only a modest 1.2% increase in Medicaid funding for home care. Click here to send a message! Home Care Pulse Survey Shows Caregiver Recruitment and Retention Program As #1 Growth Opportunity6/16/2021 The House Health committee passed two bills unanimously last week to add more money to Medicaid to increase the pay for staff at group homes and nursing homes, as well as home health aides. read more NEVADA: Enacts Paid Vaccination Leave and “Kin Care” Laws and Amends its Existing Paid Leave Law6/16/2021 Following the implementation of mandatory paid leave on January 1, 2020, Nevada has again expanded workers’ leave rights with the enactment of Senate Bill No. 209 (SB 209) and Assembly Bill No. 190 (AB 190). Under SB 209, private employers generally must provide employees with paid leave for the purpose of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. SB 209 also specifies some of the purposes for which paid leave may be used under the existing mandatory paid leave law. Under AB 190, employers that provide paid or unpaid sick leave must allow employees to use a portion of that leave for the care of immediate family. read more Do you know how many applicants it takes to make one hire? According to the CareerPlug 2021 Recruiting Metrics Report: Benchmark Data by Industry, the answer is 107 in the personal care industry. In fact, member agencies that use CareerPlug received more than 10,000 applications through the platform. Here's how you can take advantage of this great resource... In a recent blog post, HCAOA’s newest Associate Member, Trella Health, a leading provider of actionable insights for healthcare networks, ACOs, and the post-acute care market, shared interesting insights and Medicare Advantage data. Medicare Advantage by the numbers: Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from contracting COVID-19. OSHA has provided this flowchart to determine if your workplace is covered by the new emergency temporary standard. The standard does not specifically mention personal care, but it notes that it does not apply to the following situation: Last week, CMS announced it would offer an additional payment of $35 per dose for providers administering in-home COVID-19 vaccinations to Medicare beneficiaries. There are approximately 1.6 million adults 65 or older who may have trouble accessing COVID-19 vaccinations because they have difficulty leaving home. For agencies who also do home health, training before vaccine administration is important for all staff. In last week’s newsletter we shared information regarding Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance law that will cut provider’s reimbursements. We are excited to share that we now have a new bill. HB 4992 is an alternative amendment that would eliminate the arbitrary 45% reimbursement cap for post-acute services so we need your help to urge state lawmakers to vote in favor of HB 4992. We are hoping all HCAOA members in Michigan will join us in advocating on behalf of our clients who deserve to be cared for and supported in their own homes, so they can live as independently as possible. Send a message and read more here. A new report released last week examines how the communication between providers and patients impacts overall care service satisfaction. The Porter Research Home Healthcare Consumer Communication Impact Report compiles the responses of 300 patients and family caregivers who have experienced home-based care over the last 12 months. While the report focuses more on home health, many of the data findings and tips in the report can still apply to agencies that provide personal care. The state Senate recently passed Ohio’s budget bill, which included home care licensure. It will now go to the Conference Committee and finally to the governor for signature. A few weeks ago, HCAOA sent a letter to Representative Ginter. Click here to read the letter. Effective May 24, 2021, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) revised its COVID-19 Emergency Rules. The change comes as more Michiganders have received vaccines and COVID-19 cases have decreased. Most significantly, the newly amended rules completely eliminate the requirement that employers must create a policy prohibiting in-person work for employees to the extent that their work activities can feasibly be done completely remotely, meaning employees can be mandated to return to their physical workplace. Read more ALABAMA: Legalizes Medical Marijuana While Allowing Employers Discretion as to Participating Workers6/9/2021 On May 17, 2021, Governor Kay Ivey signed Alabama’s new medical marijuana law, known as the Darren Wesley ‘Ato’ Hall Compassion Act, making Alabama the 37th state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. The law identifies specific qualifying medical conditions, including but not limited to autism spectrum disorder (ASD); cancer-related cachexia, nausea or vomiting, weight loss, or chronic pain; Crohn’s disease; depression; epilepsy or a condition causing seizures; and HIV/AIDS-related nausea or weight loss. While the law grants individuals with these health conditions access to medical marijuana, it provides almost no employment protections for doing so, and imposes no new obligations on employers. read more Should your agency consider offering more training opportunities for your caregivers and staff? More and more workers are finding the value in continuing education and other types of nontraditional training. According to the Survey of Education Attainment, a new national survey from NORC at the University of Chicago with funding from the ECMC Foundation, "more than 70 percent of the American workforce report completing at least one nontraditional, postsecondary training program—such as a certification, continuing education, or an apprenticeship." |
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