COVID-19

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS What is LeadingAge Kansa Doing About the Vaccine Mandate? We have received many concerns over the published IFR from CMS about the Vaccine Mandate. Rest assured; we are on it. Here are a...

VACCINE NEWS CMS Vaccine Rule Slides and Next Stakeholder CallHere are the slides CMS used on the stakeholder call they held on November 4th, on the staff vaccination interim final rule. Here is a link...

VACCINE NEWS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule ​ Read the IFR here (Nursing facility regulations start on page 185​)CMS FAQ Available​LeadingAge National summary here​The CMS vaccine rule supersedes any conflicting state laws and any other conflicting federal laws...

STATE NEWS State Licensed Only Providers: Updated Visitation GuidanceUpdated Visitation Guidance was released by KDADS today for state licensed only homes. You can find it here. The guidance was updated to include replacing the utilization...

STATE NEWS Heads Up: Changes to State Testing Approach for Long-Term Care AnnouncedEffective 11/30/2021, KDHE will no longer pay for diagnostic or surveillance testing at the commercial labs that support LTCFs. KDHE will continue to...

STATE NEWS KDHE Weekly Update for Local Partners AvailableThe slides and Q&A for the 10-28-21 COVID-19 Update for Local Partners webinar are available. You can access the recording of the webinar here. The next COVID-19 Update...

STATE NEWS Kansas COVID-19 Cluster Summary    As of October 27th, there are 13 long-term care facilities with clusters and 8 are LeadingAge Kansas Members. Statewide Active COVID-19 Clusters     Clusters: 185Cases: 1,859Hospitalizations: 62 Kansas COVID-19: Case Rates     Cases: 432,730Total Case Rate...

STATE NEWS Select Committee on Government Overreach and the Impact of COVID-19 MandatesThe Kansas legislature created a special committee on COVID-19 vaccine mandates, and it will meet for the first time on Friday, October 29th...

STATE NEWS Latest KDHE COVID-19 LTC Stats (as of October 20, 2021)Thirteen long-term care buildings in geographically dispersed locations each have 5 or more COVID-19 positive cases during the last reporting periodClick on COVID-19 Quality...

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS No Weekly Webinar this FridayThere will be no call this week, October 22nd as we will be wrapping up our Fall Conference. We will resume on October 29th and feature members who...

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS Thanks for Joining Us for our Annual Business Meeting and COVID Update TodayHere is a recording of the  as meeting as well as the handouts. There will be no call next week, October...

STATE NEWS Kansas COVID-19 Cluster Summary    As of October 13th, there are 12 long-term care facilities with clusters and 3 are LeadingAge Kansas Members. Statewide Active COVID-19 Clusters     Clusters: 198Cases: 3,638Hospitalizations: 91 Kansas COVID-19: Case Rates     Cases: 421,462Total Case Rate...