COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus Update 11-13-2020
LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS
Today’s Edition of the Weekly Webinar is Now Available
Listen to the webinar and download handouts here.Here is the link to register for webinars for the rest of the year.Have a topic recommendation...
COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus Update 10-30-2020
FEDERAL NEWS
NHSN Training on New Requirement for Antigen Testing Reporting is FULL: We will keep you posted on when/where/if archived webinar will be available. HHS Provides Answers to LeadingAge on Vaccine InitiativeHousing Providers Urged to...
COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus Update 9-28-2020
TESTING
Kansas COVID-19 Testing Sites
LEADINGAGE KANSAS
Join Us this Week for Our Weekly Webinar – Special Guest: Deputy Secretary Scott BrunerDeputy Secretary Scott Bruner will join us for our weekly webinar this week. We will also...
COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus Update 9-1-2020
STATE UPDATES
Learned in Weekly Call with KDADS Today
The Nursing Facility Cares Act funding authorized by the SPARK Task Force and State Finance Council should be on the way this month. An attestation form must...
COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus Update 7-3-2020
KANSAS UPDATES
KDADS Contracts with Healthcare Management Solutions to Expedite Meeting Federal and State Survey and Inspection RequirementsSecretary Laura Howard announced Wednesday the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) has entered into a...
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 us to address each week, please let us know. We...
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 of mass gatherings (EO 20-40) and temporarily suspend utility and...
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 state Alzheimer's plan for Kansas. The Alzheimer’s Association is hosting...
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, which benefits residents who have outlived their financial resources, will...
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 delivery and payment models to meet the unique health challenges...
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 assessments. These requirements went into effect on May 1, 2017....