Opioid Risks and Overdose Prevention in Long-Term Care Two-Part Webinar – February 21st and...
Many older adults struggle with lifelong addictions or become addicted to prescription drugs that they take for coping with physical or psychological pain. There has been little attention, however, focused on this problem in...
Weekly Recaps
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
Workforce Policy Update. Here is your weekly Workforce Policy Update. Life Plan Community Weekly Update. Here is your...
Giving Feedback – Don’t Beat Around the Bush
I recently attended a conference by the association for associations and heard a great no-nonsense speaker about communication. Sherry Harley impressed me with her straightforward approach to communication and how it can build lasting...
CMS Proposes Nursing Home Ownership Disclosure Requirements
On February 13th CMS released a proposed rule that would implement an Affordable Care Act provision requiring all nursing homes to disclose to CMS and state agencies additional ownership and management information. Medicare SNFs...
REMINDER: The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are...
These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the April 2023 refresh. The data contained within the Preview Reports are...
LeadingAge Asks HHS Secretary to Extend Waiver of 3-Day Stay
On February 14th LeadingAge sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra urging him to extend the waiver of the 3-day hospital stay requirement in order to qualify for post-acute SNF...
Join Us in DC this March
Join your fellow LeadingAge and LeadingAge Kansas members in Washington DC from March 19th - 22nd to learn about important policy issues and to descend on Capitol Hill to educate our members of Congress and...
Attention Members: Today is the Due Date to Pay LeadingAge Kansas Dues
Thank you to everyone who has paid their dues to LeadingAge Kansas for 2017. Membership in the Association allows us to raise our collective voices and be heard on important issues regarding regulations, reimbursement...
Nursing Home/Hospital LTCU RoP Tools and Resources Now Available for LeadingAge Kansas Members
LeadingAge and its State Partners (including LeadingAge Kansas) are preparing tools and resources for member nursing homes and hospital long-term care units to comply with the new CMS Requirements of Participation (RoPs). The tools...
Senate Staffing Mandate Letter Reflects Issues Raised in LeadingAge Get Real on Ratios Proposal
On February 10th Senate Aging Committee Chairman Bob Casey from Pennsylvania and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden from Oregon led a multi-member letter to CMS regarding upcoming regulations to create a meaningful minimum...
One Week Away – Webinar: Understanding Medicaid for Nursing Facilities – Reimbursement Methodology
Don’t miss your chance February 21st from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM to cover Medicaid for Nursing Facilities – Reimbursement Methodology. This session will review the various sections of the Kansas Medicaid cost report, highlighting areas...
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Check out LeadingAge's listservs. They are a great way to connect with your peers, get answers to questions and share what you know with your colleagues. Listserv membership is open to all LeadingAge members...