We met with KDADS leadership last week for our monthly stakeholder meetings. Unfortunately, many of the items we added to agenda to speak about were postponed because the Survey and Certification leadership were out of the office.
Here are the updates we did receive:
- The agency is making strong progress on resolving the Skyline receiverships. They are “seeing light at the end of the tunnel.”
- KHCA brought up a letter KDADS sent to one of their members, stating that the assisted living had to have a separate home health license to provide services to its residents. KDADS leadership agreed that was an incorrect interpretation, and that the issue would be resolved internally.
- The agency continues to pay close attention to PDPM and its possible effect on the state Medicaid reimbursement system. KDADS is working with Meyers and Stauffer to test financial scenarios under the new rules. So far, the agency has found no material difference.
- KDADS has started working on their budget proposals for next state fiscal year. We were informed that all budget requests by the agency would be focused on four areas: Modernization (i.e. moving state hospitals to electronic health records), Increased employment opportunities for people with disabilities and mental illness, Housing, and Prevention.
Questions? Email rachel@leadingagekansas.org
