Long-term care stakeholders met with KDADS last week to discuss various items including quarterly licensing updates, OIG audits on infection preventionists nationwide, legislation coming down the pike, and the recently proposed rates for nursing facilities. Read more below. 

Q1 2024 Licensing Report 

2024 YTD Nursing Facility Survey Trends 
2024 YTD SLO Survey Trends 

Proposed rates for nursing facilities. It is important to remember these rates are only proposed and subject to change. The rates do not include any Medicaid add-on passed by the legislature. If you are a PEAK home or have another quality incentive, those are subject to change as further data becomes available to KDADS in May. We’ll keep you updated on when Governor Kelly approves the add-on and final rates are published. 

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Kylee Childs, MSW, is the Director of Government Affairs.Since joining the association in 2023, she continues to be a fierce and resourceful advocate for aging services in Kansas. Her professional focus has always been service to others through advocacy. Kylee has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Missouri-Columbia, a bachelor's degree in criminology with a minor in Conflict Analysis and Trauma studies from Kansas State University, and a certificate in Grant Proposal Writing from Fort Hays State University. With a professional background in law enforcement and child welfare, and a successful 2023 legislative practicum with the Children's Alliance of Kansas, she brings rich professional experience to her role as Director of Government Affairs, and a front-line perspective on the needs of health and human services providers in our state. When not working, she's spending time with her husband and two daughters. You can reach Kylee directly at 785.670.8051.