TESTING

Effective Immediately: NH Staff Testing Frequency Must be Based on KDHE County Positivity Rates
Last evening (9/24) KDADS released a new memo requiring ALL Kansas nursing facilities to use the county positivity rate data published by KDHE, not CMS, to determine staff surveillance testing frequency.  The requirement is effective immediately. The testing county positivity rates can be found under the “School Gating Metrics). Questions should be sent to KDADS_reopening@ks.gov. A FAQ document about testing is posted to the KDADS website.

KDHE Disease Reporting Portal Open for Positive Test Results
KDHE has announced that the new version of its disease reporting portal is now able to accept reports of positive test results from nursing homes.  The portal is still not ready to accept negative results reporting. Providers must continue to hold onto that data for batch uploading at a later date.

STATE

JUST IN: KDADS Needs Additional Info for SPARKS Dollars Attestation
KDADS has communicated through KOTA that nursing homes accepting “SPARK Dollars” must submit their DUNS (Dun & Bradstreet) number along with the corresponding National Provider ID number to COVIDchecklist@ks.gov. Questions? Email Georgianna gerogianna.correll@ks.gov .

KDHE COVID-19 Update for Local Partners
LeadingAge Kansas members are invited/encouraged to tune in to KDHE’s very informative weekly COVID-19 Update for Local Partners. The calls are on Thursdays at 10 AM. Here is the recording of the latest meeting. The next update is on October 1st . Register here. Note: The password when you tune in is KDHECOVID.

LEADINGAGE KANSAS

Did You Miss Our Weekly Webinar Today? The Main Topic Was Testing
Listen to the recording of the webinar. It may answer some of your testing questions. Here is the PowerPoint and Handouts for the webinar with links to important items.

Don’t forget to join us next week to get your questions answered and much more. Here is the link to register and we look forward to seeing you all on Friday.

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Nicole Schings
Nicole Schings is the Director of Member Services and Business Development. She oversees the Partnership/Sponsorship program, recruitment and retention of the association’s provider and associate members as well as coordinating all aspects of online education. Nicole graduated from Washburn University and is a Platinum Geocacher. Her favorite thing about working at the association is to bring new partners in to help us better serve members. Along with her geocaching hobby, Nicole enjoys spending time with her dog, Blu. Her favorite part of working at LeadingAge Kansas is that the people are cool and she enjoys getting to know the members and helping them solve problems. You can reach Nicole directly at 785.670.8048.

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