AAHSA This Week | July 7, 2008
	Medicare Therapy Caps in Effect: Help Restore Exceptions Process Because of Congress's failure to finish Medicare legislation before the July 4 recess, beneficiaries became subject to the annual caps on therapy coverage on July 1. CMS is applying the caps to all therapy a beneficiary may have had since January 1, so many beneficiaries already have exceeded their therapy allowance for the year. We are working to restore the exceptions process so that beneficiaries can have medically necessary therapy covered. Contact: Barbara Gay, (202) 508-9489.
	Call Tomorrow on New Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding   Get the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to answer your questions on the new durable medical equipment competitive bidding program implemented July 1 in 10 areas of the country. The call will take place July 8, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. EDT. CMS will provide the call-in information when you register. Registration closes at 2:30 p.m. today. Register here. Contact: Barbara Manard, (202) 508-9435. Promising Start on Fiscal 2009 HCBS Funding   The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a 2009 spending bill, which would increase funding for most of the Older Americans Act programs. Similarly favorable figures are under consideration in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education. Please urge your members of Congress to support these very important bills. Check out the figures and send a message to your legislators. Contact: Peter Notarstefano, (202) 508-9406, or Morgan Gable, (202) 508-9427. Home and Community-Based Services Updates   The July HCBS report discusses creative ideas for adult day services funding, changes to hospice regulations, PACE information, news from the states, informative reports, and funding and grant opportunities. Contact: Morgan Gable, (202) 508-9427. New CMS Guidance on Nutrition and Sanitary Conditions   The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) gave us an advance copy of the final revised long-term care facility Guidance to Surveyors for Nutrition and Sanitary Conditions - F325 and F371, respectively. The revised guidance will be effective Sept. 1. Contact: Evvie Munley, (202) 508-9478. advertisement   AAHSA CONFERENCES AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES   2008 Election Season Compliance: What You Need to Know July 24, 2008 2 to 3 p.m. EDT Audio Conference Are We There Yet: Why Self-Assessment Is Mission-Critical for the Nonprofit Board July 30, 2008 2 to 3 p.m. EDT Audio Conference AAHSA Annual Meeting and Exposition October 12-15, 2008 Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia, Pa. IAHSA 8th International Conference July 20-22, 2009 London, England     OTHER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES   Workforce Innovations Conference July 15-17, 2008 New Orleans, La.   You've Recruited New Board Members, Now It's Time to Train Them.   Learn more about providing education and training for your board members, both older and newer members, with this Quality First Guideline. Also, check out June's Most Popular Tools and Top Viewed Resources on the Quality First Web site. Contact: Maggie Flowers, (202) 508-9421. Share Your Economic Data with BLS   The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is contacting nursing homes nationwide to receive wage and benefit information for the National Compensation Survey and the Occupational Employment Statistics Survey. If BLS contacts your organization, please consider submitting this information. Contact: Bureau of Labor Statistics, (202) 691-6199.   Help IFAS Understand Your Workforce Needs and Challenges     AAHSA's Institute for the Future of Aging Services (IFAS) is cosponsoring a survey to understand the workforce challenges that providers face and the role foreign-born workers play in their organizations. Please take this short survey about your workforce needs. Your responses will be included in a larger international study on workforce needs in aging services. All responses will remain confidential. Contact: Micah Bump, (202) 687-2258. AAHSA Homecoming Week Photo Album Now Online   More than 230 AAHSA members took part in our inaugural Homecoming Week. These members hosted "senior" proms, wellness fairs, open houses and Memorial Day celebrations to shine a spotlight on their community's treasures: the people they serve. To view the many photos submitted by our members, click here. Contact: Keesha Atkins, (202) 508-9440.   Improve Your Overall Operating Expenses with Group Purchasing   Using our group purchasing program can help you save on supplies and services that you use every day! Our vendors carry everything from capital equipment to paint to medical supplies. Send us your spending report and we'll do a price comparison for you. Contact: Chet Chandler, (404) 468-8541. Want to Guest Blog for AAHSA?   Have an idea you'd like to see in the AAHSA Future of Aging blog? Send some blog ideas our way and we may invite you to write a post. Contact: Craig Collins-Young, (202) 508-9485.       New Opportunities Available on AAHSA’s Job Mart   Several career opportunities in aging services are now available and listed on Job Mart. Take a look. Pass along the news. If you have a job to post, consider using AAHSA Job Mart. Contact: Phillip Blackmon, (202) 508-9404. Use the downloadable form to post a job. Jobs posted in the past week (June 27 - July 3): Administrator Licensed Assisted-Living Administrator - Bentonville, Ark. Executive Director - Newton, Kan. Executive Director - Columbia, Mo. Administrator - Memphis, Tenn. CEO/President/Executive Director Executive Director - Bradenton, Fla. Assistant Executive Director - San Francisco, Calif. Finance Senior Staff Account - Memphis, Tenn. Senior Financial Analyst - Memphis, Tenn. Controller - Washington, D.C. Marketing/Sales/Business Office Marketing Coordinator in Home Services - Cincinnati, Ohio Nursing/Healthcare Director of Nursing - Jacksonville, Fla. Other Assisted Living Manager/LPN - Phoenix, Ariz. Review the jobs online Administrator CEO/President/Executive Director Finance Marketing/Sales/Business Office Nursing/HealthCare Other Wanted
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