COVID-19

FEDERAL NEWS IMPORTANT - CDC Overhauls Guidance for all HealthcareCDC has streamlined guidance for healthcare settings into 3 main source documents.  LeadingAge Staff is confirming with state officials about applicability in Kansas. Stay tuned. Interim Infection...

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS LeadingAge Kansas continues, in cooperation with KHCA, to advocate for emergency regulatory relief and waivers as the pandemic re-escalates. We pressed the Legislative Coordinating Council (LCC) to take up our request at...

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS LeadingAge Kansas In the News Opposing Vaccine MandateLast Friday, we were featured in a KAKE segment titled Some Kansas nursing homes worried the new federal vaccine mandate will shut them down for...

VACCINE NEWS CDC COCA Call on Coadministration of Flu and COVID Vax RecommendationsCDC will hold a Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Call on Thursday, September 9th, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM CT on the...

VACCINE NEWS State Launches Dashboard on LTC Staff Vaccination Rate by FacilityKDADS and KDHE collaborated to create an online dashboard that makes it easier for the public to track vaccination rates among healthcare personnel in...

VACCINE NEWS Who is Moderately to Severely Immunocompromised?In making this determination, healthcare and vaccine providers may find it useful to refer to this guidance from CDC. In addition to detailing exactly who CDC considers moderately...

VACCINE NEWS Possibility of COVID-19 Illness After VaccinationEarlier this week, CDC updated the page on the possibility of COVID-19 illness after vaccination. COVID-19 vaccines protect people against severe illness, including disease caused by Delta and...

VACCINE NEWS Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Overview 2,712,991 Total Doses Reported as Administered  First Dose: 1,503,612 Second Dose: 1,209,380 3,3,293,130 Total Doses Distributed  State Distributed: 2,121,37051.6% of Kansans Vaccinated with One Dose  44.8% of Kansas Completed COVID-19 Vaccine Source: https://www.kansasvaccine.gov/158/Data STATE NEWS Latest KDHE COVID-19...

VACCINE NEWS COVID-19 vaccination in nursing homes.As reported last Wednesday, CMS has announced plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for staff working in nursing homes. This announcement was a directive from the Biden Administration and we...

FEDERAL NEWS Update on Feds Intent to Require Staff Vaccination as a Condition of Participation in Medicare or Medicaid for Nursing HomesPresident Joe Biden officially issued an announcement yesterday requiring all Medicare and/or Medicaid-funded nursing...

FEDERAL NEWS Feds Mandate Nursing Home Staff Vaccine as Condition of Receiving Mandate Federal Funding Press Release  White House Fact Sheet LeadingAge National understands this will be implemented by Interim Final Rule (not published yet), which means...

VACCINE NEWS Third Doses for Moderately and Severely Immunocompromised PeopleOn August 13th the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to recommend an additional dose of the Pfizer vaccine for those 12 and...