COVID-19

FEDERAL NEWS ACL Awards Grants to Increase Number of Older Adults who are Up to Date with VaccinesOnly 14% of eligible adults have gotten the bivalent booster. The HHS Administration for Community Living (ACL) announced...

Please note: The LeadingAge Kansas offices will be closed on Monday, July 5th in observance of Independence Day. We will not publish a COVID update that day. We hope you have a safe and...

LEADINGAGE KANSAS UPDATES Join Us for Our Weekly COVID-19 CallJoin us this Friday, June 27th at 10 AM for our weekly update call. We will talk KanCare Oversight Committee, Spark Committee, PR Campaign and much...

VACCINE NEWS Vaccine rates becoming widely publicized: AARP Vaccination DashboardToday, AARP released its updated Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard. The Dashboard uses publicly available NHSN data to provide snapshots every four weeks. Yesterday’s update shows cases...

FEDERAL NEWS  CDC and CMS Clarifications on Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) CDC recently released updated guidance on Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes. CDC’s Lt. Cmdr. Dr. Kara Jacobs Slifka joined the Nursing Home Network on...

STATE UPDATE TA’s Can STILL Work to June 15thIn a recent change of stance, KDADS confirmed that Temporary Aides can still work until 11:59 PM on June 15th. You may recall that they gave May...

FEDERAL NEWS OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare SettingsYes, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health posted an emergency temporary standard for health care settings; it focuses on healthcare workers most likely to have...

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 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...

FEDERAL NEWS  HRSA Deadline for Providers to Claim Phase 4 and ARP Rural PRF is Oct. 21st, 5:00 PM CT  HRSA has made repeated attempts to reach out to these eligible providers and have them set up...

STATE NEWS Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Overview 2,532,701 Total Doses Reported as Administered        - First Dose: 1,397,885             - Second Dose: 1,134,8172,991,240 Total Doses Distributed        - State Distributed: 2,038,63048.0% of Kansans Vaccinated with One Dose  42.0% of...

FEDERAL NEWS White House Push on Boosters, Treatments, and Air Quality to Prevent as Many COVID Deaths as PossibleHere is an article with more details about the meeting LeadingAge and a few other organizations attended...