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The proposed “Access Rule” which we mentioned on the last Member’s Call will, among other things, establish a requirement that 20% of the rate paid by Medicaid for personal care, homemaker, or home health would be compensation for “direct care” including nursing.  At this point habilitation services such as residential, day, or in-home (for example) […]

Here are the Training Resources and Instructions from the trainers: All training attendees will be required to have read and be familiar with the following prior to the training: MPAI-4 Training Manual (available on the COMBI website here: http://www.tbims.org/combi/mpai/manual.pdf) Pages 1-4 (MPAI-4 introduction and assessment overview) Pages 7-50 (individual item scoring instructions, scoring interpretation, and […]

Dear ANCOR members, Apologies for the Sunday morning email, but we wanted to update you on the status of the debt ceiling negotiations. President Biden and Speaker McCarthy reached an agreement late last night moving the process forward. While it does increase the age for work requirements on SNAP benefits (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka food stamps) […]

First a terrifying statistic that I saw over the weekend:                                                           9.6 Million Jobs Available in the US                                              5.4 Million Individuals Identified as Unemployed                                                                                                                                     4.2 Million Jobs Un-fillable I don’t really know what to do with that, but it is terrifying nevertheless! And second, we need some occasion to celebrate what […]