Legislative and Agency Corner

• AHCA Applauds House Ways and Means Committee on Efforts to Improve Medicare Program for Patients, Providers – ahcancal.org
• New CMS Data Show Greater Antipsychotic Percent Reduction Rate Among AHCA Members – ahcancal.org 
• OMHA Published Revised Chapter in its Case Processing Manual – longtermcareleader.com
• CMS Rewrites Process for Developing and Updating MAC LCD Policies – longtermcareleader.com
• New DOL Websites for Employees and Companies – longtermcareleader.com
• Social Security Checks To Get Big Increase In 2019 – forbes.com
• ABLE Accounts - Tax Benefit for People with Disabilities – irs.gov
• New supplemental awards boost NIH funding for research on Down syndrome – nih.gov