Board Meets, Sets Policy Priorities
Your LeadingAge Kansas Board met on December 4th in Topeka to look toward the 2019 Kansas Legislative Session and set overarching priorities for advocacy.
The board decided that LeadingAge Kansas will take a LEAD position (i.e....
Trauma Informed Care Tools and Resources
Trauma Informed Care (TIC) will be a requirement as part of the CMS, Phase 3, Requirements of Participation, implemented, November 29th, 2019. The treatment framework and structure of trauma-informed care involves understanding, responding and...
Let’s Have a Little Holiday Fun – Send Us Pictures of Your Community’s Christmas...
Send us pictures of your Christmas/Holiday tree and we will post on social media and highlight your community. We will have our Facebook community vote on their top 3 favorites. LeadingAge Kansas staff will...
Thank You to Our Renewing Members for 2019
Dues invoices for the 2019 Membership year went out the first week of November. If you did not recall seeing an invoice from LeadingAge Kansas, please contact Tina Andres, Director of Administrative Operations to receive...
LeadingAge National Supports Rule Change for Teens Operating Patient Lifts
LeadingAge recently filed comments in support of the U.S. Department of Labor's proposal to eliminate restrictions on the operation of patient lifts by nursing home employees under the age of 18. If finalized, the rule will remove the...
Dues Renewals Sent Out This Week
LeadingAge Kansas has sent dues renewals out to all members with the 2019 Dues. They have been sent to the top person in each organization. Please be on the lookout for them.
Thank you for...
RoPs Phase 3
Trauma Informed Care (TIC) will be a requirement as part of the CMS, Phase 3, Requirements of Participation, implemented, November 29th, 2019. The treatment framework and structure of trauma-informed care involves understanding, responding and...
U.S. News & World Report Rankings
LeadingAge National has had communication from the editors at U.S.News & World Report regarding methodology changes to its "Best Nursing Homes" report. Editors say that “until October 30, the ratings that appear on our...
Last Chance to Sign Up for the Kansas State Night Out
If you haven’t signed up yet, please do so now. The Kansas State Night Out event will be held on Sunday, October 28th from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the Field House, located at 1150 Filbert Street in Philadelphia. All members...
Worried About the New PDPM Transition?
LeadingAge Kansas has partnered with the folks at BKD to develop a complete package to help members of all sizes get into compliance with the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) that will take...
Deadline to Sign-Up for the Kansas State Night Out is Fast Approaching
What a perfect time to network with peers from Kansas that are also attending the LeadingAge National Annual Meeting. The Kansas State Night Out event will be held on Sunday, October 28th from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the...
LeadingAge Kansas Policy & Leadership Conference Expo
We have lined up a great group of Exhibitors for the Expo at our Fall Policy & Leadership Conference in Manhattan next week! Please make sure to thank them for their support when you...