Last year, Washington became the first state in the U.S. to launch a self-funded, long-term care insurance program. The plan, dubbed WA Cares, is self-funded by worker contributions only while they are working to fund long-term care benefits later in life. The HCAOA Washington Chapter has been advocating to ensure that private pay home care agencies and Medicaid agencies have the same opportunity to provide care under the plan, and the group recently took a closer look at the Fund during its Chapter Conference on May 23.
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H.R.8371 – Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare & Benefits Improvement Act5/22/2024 On May 15, Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), with the support of U.S. House Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-IL) and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chairman and Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-MT) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), introduced The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act (H.R.8371), an omnibus package that includes key provisions taken from the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act.
On April 30, 2024, the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) published the final rules interpreting the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which is set to take effect on July 1, 2024.
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries’ Employment Standards Program is preparing for changes in the Minimum Wage Act, spurred by the passage of the Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5793 (ESSB 5793). ESSB 5793, effective Jan. 1, 2025, grants workers the ability to use paid sick leave when their child's school or place of care closes due to a declared emergency and broadens the definition of family member for eligibility purposes.
Polsinelli's article provides a comprehensive review of the Department of Labor's final rule raising overtime exemption thresholds. According to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employers must provide overtime pay to employees who work over 40 hours in a week unless they are exempt under FLSA regulations. To qualify for exemption, employees must meet specific criteria, one of which is earning a salary equal to or exceeding the thresholds established by the Department of Labor (DOL). If an employee falls short of the threshold salary, they are entitled to overtime pay, regardless of meeting other exemption criteria.
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Home care agencies use Hellohire to solve today's biggest recruiting challenges - getting flooded with resumes from people who aren’t qualified, chasing candidates, getting ghosted, and expectations for a quick and frictionless experience. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last week that 20 states have been selected to participate in two separate technical assistance programs that together will help participating states better recruit, train, and retain direct care workers.
Today, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing titled "Legislative Proposals to Increase Medicaid Access and Improve Program Integrity" that included discussions regarding the recently finalized Medicaid Access Rule that contains the 80/20 provision that HCAOA opposes. You can find HCAOA's statement in opposition to the 80/20 provision here. In coordination with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), HCAOA also submitted questions to the Committee prior to the hearing.
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) announced a final rule that raises the salary threshold to qualify for certain overtime exemptions under federal law. The rule will take effect on July 1, 2024. You can read the full rule by clicking here.
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Thank you to the more than 100 HCAOA members who traveled to Washington, D.C. last week to advocate for home care during the 2024 HCAOA National Home Care Advocacy Day! Over 100 meetings were held with members of Congress, personal connections were made, and existing ones strengthened allowing doors to be opened on important issues impacting home care.
As expected, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized their Medicaid Access Rule today. Among many other things, the rule includes a problematic provision that mandates that 80 percent of Medicaid reimbursement dollars paid to providers be allocated to caregiver wages. Although HCAOA supports certain aspects of this rule, the 80/20 provision will cause many Medicaid providers to either curtail services or cease providing services entirely, resulting in reduced patient access.
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