COVID-19

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...

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...

VACCINE NEWS Vaccines for New Admits and New Employees After Pharmacy Partnership (CVS and Walgreens) Vaccine ClinicsKDHE advises that you should work with local providers. For example, the local health departments are all receiving vaccine...

VACCINE NEWS Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Overview 248,977 People Vaccinated  331,022 Total Doses Reported as Administered - First Dose: 248,977 - Second Dose: 82,045552,775 Total Doses Distributed - State Distributed: 448,450 - Federal LTC Program: 104,325 8.5% of Kansans VaccinatedThis is a...

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS Weekly Webinar Recording Thanks to all who joined us Friday morning for our weekly webinar. Here is the recording and here are the handouts. Jump on each week for information and updates about...

VACCINE NEWS Free COVID-19 Vaccine Education for Long-Term Care Providers Webinar – February 11th, 1:30 PMPresented By: Tiffany A. Dickey, PharmD, BCIDP, Medical Science Liaison Vaccines, US Medical Affairs, Sanofi Pasteur. Tiffany will share scientific...

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS Weekly Webinar RecordingThanks to all who joined us Friday morning for our weekly webinar. Here is the recording and here are the handouts. Jump on each week for information and updates about...

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...

STATE NEWS Resident Stimulus Checks and Medicaid EligibilityAs more COVID-19 stimulus checks have been distributed Americans, we are sharing a reminder of how those checks are being treated under Medicaid eligibility rules.  The KDHE eligibility...

VACCINE NEWS Kansas Vaccine Websitehttps://www.kansasvaccine.gov/ includes data, vaccine information/FAQ, how providers like physicians and pharmacies can apply to get and give the vaccine, priority categories and how/where to access the vaccine.  Some of this information...

 VACCINE NEWS What’s Happening in Kansas?As of last Friday, 3.5% of Kansans had received the vaccination (at least one dose.) See more information. Next CMS/CDC Fireside Chat on Vaccine SafetyWednesday, January 20th at 3:00 PM Central...

VACCINE NEWS Q. Now that residents and staff are getting vaccinated, do we have to continue routine COVID-19 testing per the county positivity rate data? A. Yes. Getting the vaccine should not affect testing plans or...