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Week of December 12th

COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus Update for 12-14-2022

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FEDERAL NEWS Promoting Bivalent Vaccinations for Older Adults: State Perspectives and PartnershipsOn December 15th at 2:00 – 3:00 PM CT, the CDC will host a webinar to highlight successful strategies for public health programs to...

2023 KING Safety Grant Program

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The KING Board of Directors are pleased to announce the 2023 KING Safety Grant program. Next year’s program has a grant award pool of $30,000. The matching grant program has three categories: equipment, training and innovation. The...

2023 KING Member Winter Zoom Calls

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Registration is open for the 2023 KING Member Winter Zoom calls. KING Member Zoom calls are scheduled for January 10th, February 14th and March 14th.  All calls will begin at 1 PM.  The calls...

Hospice CAHPS Exemption Deadline December 31, 2022

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Hospices that served fewer than 50 survey-eligible decedents/caregivers in CY 2021 (January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021) can apply for an exemption from participation in the CAHPS Hospice Survey for CY 2022. To view or...

LeadingAge and Hospice Community Joins Listening Session with OIG

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LeadingAge and five other national hospice associations met with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to discuss recent audit activities and encourage to respond to the recent in the New Yorker about hospice fraud...

Updates from LeadingAge

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Workforce Policy Update.  Here is your weekly Workforce Policy Update. Life Plan Community Weekly Update. Here is your weekly Life Plan Community UpdateHome Health and Hospice Weekly Update.  Here is your weekly Home Health and Hospice Update.Affordable Housing Weekly...

The Week in Media for December 5 – 11, 2022

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I. Current Talking Points & Templates for Media Engagement:  USAToday Dec. 1, 202 Story Response, SNF Talking Points Hospice & Accountability Messaging and Talking Points Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski Background & Talking...

New LeadingAge Workforce Crisis Resource Document

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LeadingAge advocates can access a new resource, a “Workforce Crisis: American Needs Caregiving Professionals Now” two-page document that provides updated statistics on the population of the United States that is rapidly aging, and the steadily...

Katie Smith Sloan & Dorothy Davis Author Op-ed on Critical Role of Home Care

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LeadingAge’s President and CEO, Katie Smith Sloan, and Dorothy Davis, CEO of the Visiting Nurse Health System and Hospice in Atlanta authored an op-ed on the role of home care for Marietta Daily Journal...

Immediate Jeopardy Citations Surpass 100

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KDADS has responded to information requests from LeadingAge Kansas regarding the number of Immediate Jeopardy Citations and the amount now contained in the state Civil Monetary Penalty Fund. Current number of dollars in CMP fund:...

LeadingAge National Magazine: Strategy with Vision and Mission in Mind

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Enjoy the latest issue of the LeadingAge National Magazine.  Articles include: Strategizing Change:  Aging-services providers must always adapt to changing environments and the needs of new generations of consumers. Here is how some are...

New AIT and Preceptor Resources

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The National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) in partnership with the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) have just released two new tools that will be very helpful to AITs and...