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CFAR Newsletter Available
Read the Latest Newsletter From the LeadingAge National Center for Applied Research
Message from Robyn: Why Mouth Care is a Workforce Issue
LeadingAge Center for Applied Research: 2016 Annual Report
CFAR Project Will Recommend...
AHRQ Releases Blog on Challenges and Opportunities in Home Health Quality Improvement
In the third of four blog posts on the challenges of advancing healthcare quality by AHRQ Director Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., a member of AHRQ’s National Advisory Council, highlights the myriad challenges of improving...
Mouth Care Without a Battle
Mouth Care Without a Battle is an evidence-based approach to person-centered daily mouth care for persons with cognitive and physical impairment. Developed by the research group that brought you Bathing without a Battle, Mouth Care...
Senators Send Letter to CMS and OIG on Hospice Fraud Issues
Following up on the November 28th New Yorker article, Senators Barrasso (R-WY), Rosen (D-NV), Fischer (R-NE) and Baldwin (D-WI), the co-chairs of the Senate Comprehensive Care Caucus sent a letter to Administrator Brooks LaSure and...
Another Advocate Emerges…. Are You Reaching Out, Too?
Kudos to Orie Ensz, Administrator at Good Samaritan Society-Parsons, for being an advocacy champion for LeadingAge Kansas members and the people you all serve! Orie has had a couple of good conversations with state...
ProPublica releases Follow up Article
ProPublica published a follow up article on actions taken on hospice fraud since their original article came out in late November. This follow up article cites several state follow up notes and new activities,...
Tallgrass Creek Residents are Computer Savvy
How many people in the United States actually use a computer? About a whopping 250 million Americans click away daily according to the Internet and Broad Band Usage report found (where else?) on the...
Happenings at Homestead Health Center
The staff at Homestead Health Center participated in Operation Holiday Sedgwick County by having departments donate non-perishable food items which were used to build displays. The displays were then put to a vote by...
LeadingAge Kansas Launches Advocacy at Federal Level on Survey Madness
LeadingAge Kansas is on an all-out advocacy campaign with our Members of Congress and the Trump Administration Transition Team to alert them to:
CMS’s recent escalation of nursing home survey and enforcement actions and...
Save the Dates for Upcoming Education Opportunities
As 2016 comes to an end we all know a very busy 2017 is ahead of us. While you’re planning your schedules, please mark these education events on your calendar:
Spring Conference & Expo - April...
Provide Input on Statewide Web-Based Disaster Resource for LTC
EMResource is a web-based program designed to equip health care and emergency response organizations with practical, convenient views of area and regional disaster-related resources. The Kansas Statewide Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Coalition is seeking volunteers...