COVID-19

FEDERAL NEWS HRSA Offers More Information on Phase 4 & Rural Provider Relief FundsThe application for this next round of funds opens on September 29th and will remain open for only 4 weeks (estimated closing...

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS Question and Answers About Citations for Non-Vaccinated StaffWe have received many emails this week asking about survey deficiencies related to whether non-vaccinated staff can care for residents. After an exhaustive search, here...

LEADINGAGE NATIONAL NEWS Response to White House Nursing Home Reform StatementSince last week’s release of the White House statement on improving safety and quality of care in the nation’s nursing homes, LeadingAge has been working...

STATE NEWS KDHE COVID UpdateCheck out the latest update from KDHE on the COVID-19 Update for Local Partners. FEDERAL NEWS CMS Updates Guidance on Surveying for Compliance with COVID-19 Vaccine MandateCMS released memo QSO-23-02-ALL on October 26th...

FEDERAL UPDATE CDC COVID-19 Study Shows mRNA Vaccines Reduce Risk of Infection by 91 Percent for Fully Vaccinated PeopleA new CDC study finds the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (Pfizer-BioNTech...

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...

FEDERAL NEWS New COVID Community Guidance (NOT FOR HEALTHCARE SETTINGS)CDC released updated COVID guidance today for community settings. Guidance updates are based on this Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (See details from CDC in item...

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...

FEDERAL NEWS  New Provider Relief Funds Deadlines and Guidance Released HRSA has released new guidance and revised deadlines for provider relief funds and infection control payments received by skilled nursing facilities. The new guidelines are here. Highlights: Deadline...

STATE NEWS    KDADS Update on $15/Day PaymentsThe latest news is that there is no news. KDADS is still awaiting CMS approval.  While we wait KDADS did clarify what they are using to calculate the payment...

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 December 8th, there are 8 long-term care facilities with clusters and 2 are LeadingAge Kansas Members. Statewide Active COVID-19 Clusters     Clusters: 154Cases: 1,709Hospitalizations: 51 Kansas COVID-19: Case Rates     Cases: 482,232Total Case Rate...