We have no new Affordable Housing updates to share this week. In the meantime, please see the links below for the latest Affordable Housing Weekly Recaps from National. Here is your weekly Affordable Housing Weekly Recap.
Here is your weekly Home Health Weekly Recap from National. Here is your weekly Hospice Weekly Recap from National.
We have no new HCBS updates to share this week.
We have no new Workforce updates to share this week. In the meantime, please see the links below for the latest Workforce Weekly Recaps from National. Here is your weekly Workforce Weekly Recap
CDC Releases Updated Return-to-Work Guidance. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has released updated guidance outlining recommendations for work restriction for healthcare personnel related to respiratory viruses. LeadingAge has vigorously advocated for such guidance for years. The guidance replaces the Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 previously used for work restrictions for healthcare personnel exposed to or infected with COVID-19. The new guidance is based on recommendations from CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), approved during the Committee’s last meeting in November 2024 before it was disbanded in March 2025. The new guidance applies to respiratory illnesses “not addressed elsewhere” in CDC guidance, including flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19. According to this guidance, asymptomatic healthcare personnel who have been exposed to a respiratory illness do not need to be restricted from work but should wear source control from the day of first exposure through at least the fifth day after exposure. Healthcare personnel with a suspected or confirmed viral respiratory infection should be restricted from work until all four conditions are met: At least three days have passed since symptom onset (or first positive test, for asymptomatic infections), The individual is fever-free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications, Symptoms are improving, and The individual feels well enough to return to work. Testing to determine the specific respiratory illness is not required; however, CDC recommends following guidance specific to the respiratory pathogen should the individual opt for testing. LeadingAge is very pleased to see this updated guidance after years of advocacy and urges CDC to similarly update transmission-based precautions for healthcare settings and retire outdated guidance for SARS-CoV-2 infections among patients in healthcare settings, including residents in nursing homes. Provider can see the 10/8/26 presentation from ICAP with a summary of the requirements for health care providers regarding respiratory illness. Infection Control Guidance: Measles. With measles cases being reported across the U.S., LeadingAge members should be prepared to identify and address this highly contagious illness. Stay on top of case prevalence in your local area and coordinate with your local public health for guidance. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) also has resources available to help. Check out Healthcare Providers: Stay Alert for Measles and Measles Preparedness and Response in Healthcare Settings to get started. LeadingAge to Host CMS Conditions of Participation Listening Session November 18. At the next Hospice Quality and Compliance Workgroup meeting on November 18 at 1pm ET, staff from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will join for a LeadingAge member listening session regarding changes to the Conditions of Participation (CoPs). If you missed the three listening sessions hosted in October by CMS you have a second opportunity to provide feedback on how to improve the quality, safety, and integrity of the program. This is also an opportunity to discuss the nonprofit, mission driven difference and how the quality we provide can be extended to all hospices. Sign up for the Hospice Quality and Compliance Network here.
We have no new Assisted Living updates to share this week. In the meantime, please see the links below for the latest LPC Weekly Recaps from National. Here is your Life Plan Community Weekly Recap .
We have no new Nursing Home updates to share this week. In the meantime, please see the links below for the latest Nursing Home Weekly Recaps from National.
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HUD Reopens EIV Citizenship Verification Reporting Tool. On October 19, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reopened the report used in the agency’s tenant information system to reverify the immigration status of certain tenants. HUD first directed Multifamily Housing providers in May to reverify tenant status using the new report through the Enterprise Information Verification system, or EIV, which the agency used to match sensitive tenant data with data from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). However, the report published by HUD inadvertently revealed tenant information to housing staff from outside organizations, resulting in a breach of privacy that led HUD to temporarily pull down the report; as of October 19, the report is available for use again, and HUD has directed housing providers to submit the data within 60 days. HUD Section 202 PRAC properties are not required to take any action, but project-based section 8 and Section 202/8s are directed to follow HUD instructions for the reverification of tenants flagged for discrepancies. If no tenants at a property are flagged for discrepancies, no action is needed by the housing provider. If a tenant is flagged, the housing provider should follow the regular steps for immigration eligibility verification, despite the usual HUD policy that eligibility based on immigration status should not be reverified, and tenants were not notified of the use of EIV for this purpose. The data match, which has come under legal scrutiny due to the confidential nature of HUD-assisted tenant information shared outside of HUD without explicit tenant consent, identified discrepancies in the data between HUD tenants and DHS’s records of immigration status. However, housing providers have reported to LeadingAge that the discrepancies seem to be a result of data input errors or differences rather than related to actual immigration status; in fact, many of the tenants that LeadingAge members report were flagged in EIV-SAVE data were citizens. Instructions and additional information are available from HUD’s Multifamily Housing office. LeadingAge will continue to work with our membership to support them in following HUD’s directive while also ensuring proper tenant data protections and housing access. GAO: HUD Lost 29% of its Staff in One Year. On October 14th, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report, 2025 Workforce and Spending Changes, detailing the extent and impact of staffing losses at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) between December 2024 and December 2025. The report addresses three specific topics: changes to HUD’s workforce, field office structure, and grant and contract spending; effects of those changes on selected HUD functions, as reported by housing stakeholders; and publicly reported steps HUD has taken to manage the changes. Staffing impacts were significant: HUD reduced staff by 29%, a reduction largely achieved through the deferred resignation programs offered to federal employees. This reduction in staff had a disproportionate impact on staff with decades of institutional knowledge: over half the employees who separated had at least 10 years of service at HUD, including 41% with more than 20 years of service. On the spending side, GAO found that of the 68 HUD programs that made new grant awards from fiscal year 2016 through fiscal 2024, almost half (36) of them did not make awards in 2025. The GAO report found widespread delays in stakeholder communication with HUD staff, operational disruptions, and other impacts, such as delayed property inspections. These ramifications from HUD understaffing match the experiences of many LeadingAge housing provider members, who rely on a competent and properly staffed HUD to successfully achieve their missions. Here is your weekly Affordable Housing Weekly Recap.
Here is your weekly Home Health Weekly Recap from National. Here is your weekly Hospice Weekly Recap from National.
