Several members of Affinity’s leadership and clinical teams recently presented at the 38th Annual Pennsylvania Association of Directors of Nursing Administration (PADONA) Conference at The Hotel Hershey in Hershey, PA. About 450 long-term care nursing professionals attend this conference every year to hear respected industry experts discuss[…]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a new MDS 3.0 Quality Measures user manual version 18.0, effective January 1, 2026. This manual provided updated specifications for all MDS-based quality measures, including risk-adjustment data used in public reporting and quality comparison. The manual includes a “notable changes”[…]