Board and Officer Elections
Congratulations to the new class of LeadingAge Kansas Board members and officers, who were elected at the April 13th business meeting in Wichita.
Officers
Chair...
KanCare All MCO Training
The three KanCare MCOs are holding joint trainings on May 17th in Overland Park and May 24 in Wichita. Topics will include Kansas Medicaid...
Sunflower Provider Orientation/Refresher Course and Quarterly Trainings
Sunflower is offering quarterly training. The first training occurred on March 28. View the presentation.
The next training will be on June 15, noon –...
New LeadingAge Free Member Benefit Tool
LeadingAge recently rolled out a new member benefit that is of no additional cost to you – an online board assessment. As the number...
HCBS Surveys Due May 27th – Avoid a Compliance Visit!
In order to comply with the new HCBS Settings Rules enacted by CMS last year, the state must complete an assessment on every HCBS...
Act Now: Help Us Protect Medicaid Rates!
Kansas has an unbalanced budget, and next week Governor Brownback will decide what state programs will be cut to fill the gap.
Nursing home rates...
Banding Together for Population Health–A New Business Model for Rural Hospitals May 22nd, from...
The webinar builds on our most recent issue of Transforming Care, “Reimagining Rural Health Care,” which examined how rural providers are adopting new care...
CARE Assessment
LeadingAge Kansas has heard from KDADS that some providers are being denied payment by MCOs due to issues with the new requirements for CARE...
Fort Scott Presbyterian Village Raises $27,000 For Area Seniors
A chicken dinner with live and silent auctions on May 17th raised approximately $27,000 for Fort Scott Presbyterian Village. The senior living community’s Good Samaritan Program,...
Signing Ceremony for Alzheimer’s Disease State Plan: You’re Invited
On June 1st Governor Colyer will be in Wichita to sign an Executive Order authorizing the creation of a work group to write the...
COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus Update 3/18/2020
State of Kansas Updates
3-18-2020 Kansas Health Care PPE Request Process
3-17-2020 Governor Laura Kelly has issued two new Executive Orders to limit size...
COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus Update 3/20/2020
LeadingAge Kansas Updates
Miss our weekly teleconference update this morning? We have you covered, listen to the recording. If you have questions you would like...