Initiatives

Assessing Dark Skin Tone Resources

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, several of our member organizations have created resource pages as a service to their members and the greater long-term care and aging services

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Vaccination of Nursing Home Surveyors

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, several of our member organizations have created resource pages as a service to their members and the greater long-term care and aging services

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AE letter to Xavier Becerra and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

Members of Advancing Excellence collaborated on a letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in response to mandating COVID-10 vaccination in skilled nursing facilities. Top-level recommendations: First and foremost, the President’s order should at a minimum include a vaccine mandate for…

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AE letter to Federal Trade Commission in response to current, rampant price-gauging

Members of Advancing Excellence collaborated on a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan, in response to the current and rampant price-gauging by direct care staffing agencies “We are requesting that the FTC use its authority to protect consumers from anticompetitive and unfair practices to investigate this activity and take appropriate action to protect…

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Open Letter to the Biden Administration

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, several of our member organizations have created resource pages as a service to their members and the greater long-term care and aging services

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Value-based Payment White Paper

AELTCC convened a panel and participant discussion to explore the challenges in implementing value-based payment (VBP) programs in long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) settings and develop…

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Medical Director Registry

The Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care Collaborative has expressed its support of AMDA’s recommendation that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid begin keeping a record, by name, of…

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Advancing Excellence in Long Term Care Collaborative Releases Statement on the American Health Care Act

The Advancing Excellence in Long Term Care Collaborative (AELTCC), a broad-based coalition of stakeholder groups, released a statement today on the American Health Care Act

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Advancing Excellence & CMS Discuss Final Rule

Roll out of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) final rule on requirements of participation for nursing homes will take place over the next two years via a three-phase…

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