Long Term Care Industry Resources

Almost all of the information and regulations for our industry are available on the Internet. For example, for facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) site is an invaluable resource for regulations and guidelines, survey results, and lists.

We want the Resource area of Continuex to be a reference tool you can use when you need information about the Long Term Care industry. Toward this goal, we have compiled links to websites which we feel are relevant.

We will constantly be adding links as we discover more sites which are of interest to members of our community. If you have any suggestions or comments, please e-mail us at steve@continuex.com.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is the federal agency that administers the Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health Insurance Programs.


MDS (Minimum Data Set) 2.0

Part of the HCFA site. The purpose of this site is to store and distribute technical information related to the MDS 2.0 resident assessment instrument, provide the latest updates, and to answer the most frequently asked questions.

MEDICARE

The official U.S. government site for Medicare information, including the top 20 questions and answers about Medicare/Medicaid.

AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION (AHCA)

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is a federation of 50 state health organizations, together representing nearly 12,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, long-term care, and subacute care providers.

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

This is the official web site of the Social Security Administration with information on retirement, disability, survivors and supplemental security income benefits.

WASHINGTON HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION
(Washington Center for Assisted Living)

The Washington Health Care Association (WHCA) is a statewide non-profit organization representing over 330 assisted living and skilled nursing facilities.

The WHCA/WCAL Residential Care Program (Washington Center for Assisted Living) is designed to provide information, advocacy, education, member services and leadership opportunities specific to the unique needs of residential care providers in Washington State..

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

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