COVID-19

In an effort to help leaders inspire and motivate their teams, below are a few short excerpts or tools that you can use each day for check-ins: In their recent book, The Book of...

Join LeadingAge Kansas and Ellie Basham the Administrator from the Washington state Nursing Home of the ground zero outbreak.June 11, 2020 | 1:00 – 2:00 PMWondering what it is like to experience an outbreak...

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...

STATE NEWS What Happens with Temporary Aides After the Governor’s Emergency Declaration Expires?This in from KDADS Deputy Secretary Scott Brunner:  The emergency declaration giving Governor Kelly additional authorities will expire on March 31. The Temporary...

LeadingAge Kansas Updates 2020 Spring Conference and Expo Cancelled LeadingAge Kansas weekly virtual COVID-19 meetings every at Friday at 10 AM, beginning March 20th, to share information and give members an opportunity to ask...

Kansas Updates KDHE State takes action to increase opportunities for childcare. KDHE COVID-19 Resource Center: Call 1-866-534-3463 (1-866-KDHEINF) Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. For the latest updates – click here.  For...

KANSAS UPDATES KDHE - Handling Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Long-term care facilities (LTCF) and Other Residential Facilities.There 2,777 cases of COVID-19 in Kansas today. These numbers represent ONLY individuals that have had a positive COVID-19...

KDHE UPDATES There are 98 Cases of COVID-19 Now Reported in KS KDHE Issues New Quarantine Notices, Testing Prioritization KanCare Update to Inbound Phone Calls Regarding Medicaid Pending? KDADS UPDATES KDADS Releases COVID-19 Guidelines for...

KANSAS UPDATES Governor Kelly has renewed many COVID-19 related executive orders until September 15, 2020 including EO 20-39 and EO 20-41 which waive several adult care home regulations, extend licensure requirements, and allow for training and use of temporary aides. There are 16,901...

STATE NEWS Heads Up: Changes to State Testing Approach for Long-Term Care AnnouncedEffective 11/30/2021, KDHE will no longer pay for diagnostic or surveillance testing at the commercial labs that support LTCFs. KDHE will continue to...

LEADINGAGE KANSAS UPDATES LeadingAge Kansas In the News: Did Kansas try to coerce nursing homes into admitting coronavirus patients?Our own, Debra Zehr was quoted in this excellent Editorial that ran in the KC Star today....

LEADINGAGE KANSAS UPDATES Action Alert – Contact the GovernorGovernor Kelly's Chief of Staff publicly confirmed to a senate committee this morning that the Governor will veto any legislation that gives liability protections to adult care...