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Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Provider Preview Reports and SNF Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program Performance Score Reports are now available for review. SNFs have until August 14 to request reconsideration for SNF QRP and until August 31 to request correction for SNF VBP. Both reports are available in iQIES. For questions about how to access these reports, email iqies@cms.hhs.gov

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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 two daughters. You can reach Kylee directly at 785.670.8051.