COVID-19

VACCINE NEWS Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Overview  303,677 People Vaccinated   Ages 65 and older make up 46.6% of those vaccinated out of the 303,677 people418,653 Total Doses Reported as Administered  - First Dose: 303,677 - Second Dose: 114,976581,975 Total...

LEADINGAGE KANSAS UPDATES Miss our Weekly Webinar Today?Never fear, here is a recording. You can also download the PowerPoint. Make sure to register for next week. We have extended the webinars through August. Regional Roundtables Coming...

STATE NEWS Questions About Vaccines and Vaccinations? Contact Phil Griffin phillip.griffin@ks.gov, KDHE Director of Disease Control and Prevention. Do You Meet Criteria to Become a Vaccine Provider?Seek information via phone at 877-296-0464 or by email. KDHE COVID-19 Webinar...

LEADINGAGE KANSAS UPDATES Members are asking... What are other members going to ask for in County CARES Act funding?  Let us know HERE and we will send out results next week.Join us on Fridays at...

VACCINE NEWS Transitioning from the Long-Term Care Pharmacy Partnership to the Retail Pharmacy ProgramLast week Dr. Ruth Link-Gelles from the CDC shared information about the sunsetting of one partnership and ramping up the next. Read...

FEDERAL NEWS Provider Relief Fund SurveyAccording to HHS, roughly $24 billion remains in the Provider Relief Fund general pot, as well as an additional $8.5 billion set aside for rural providers from the American Relief Plan....

FEDERAL NEWS Medicare Sequester Bill Signed and CMS Releases MLN on Sequestration Suspension ContinuationLast Wednesday, President Biden signed the Medicare sequester bill which suspends the 2% Medicare reimbursement cut ("the sequester") through the end of...

KANSAS UPDATES KDADS Issues Guidance for Assisted Living and Other Licensed-Only Adult Care HomesThe new KDADS guidance is intended to provide requirements and recommendations to Kansas Adult Care Homes including Assisted Living, Residential Health Care,...

VACCINE NEWS National Pharmacy Program Data from KDHEKDHE has provided the following data from the CVS/Walgreens partnership on progress toward vaccine distribution in long term care facilities.  The data is dated January 24, 2021 and...

VACCINE NEWS HHS Session on Fertility and Vaccines, mostly in SpanishThe HHS COVID Community Corpswill host a discussion about fertility and the COVID vaccines, primarily in Spanish on Thursday, November 18th at 6:00 PM CT...

KANSAS UPDATES There are 482 Cases of COVID-19 Now Reported in KS Take our one-minute survey on Appreciation Pay – we will report back the answers later this week in the Daily Update. FEDERAL UPDATES ...

VACCINE NEWS Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Overview   350,989 People Vaccinated    506,401 Total Doses Reported as Administered   - First Dose: 350,989   - Second Dose: 155,412694,720 Total Doses Distributed   - State Distributed: 570,360   - Federal LTC Program: 124,360   12.0% of Kansans Vaccinated...