New Survey Protocols for Home Health
CMS has released revised protocol for surveyors relating to the new Home Health Conditions of Participation that became effective January 13th. The update provides more information on how home health agencies will be surveyed...
OIG to Review Abuse and Neglect of Medicare Beneficiaries in 2018
The federal Office of the Inspector General (OIG) added a new report to their Work Plan reporting on how widespread the potential abuse or neglect of Medicare beneficiaries is, as well as whether the potential abuse...
Read This if You Work With PASRR and CARE
KDADS will hold training webinars on how to complete PASRR and special admissions each of the next five weeks. The training will consist of interactive webinars that your staff will be able to call...
Share and Learn About KDADS and KSFM Inspection Experiences
Have you received a state fire marshal inspection since the agency has been assigned responsibility for oversight of emergency plans under the new CMS requirements? Have you received a KDADS long term care survey...
Influenza Season: Statewide, Regional and LTC Statistics and Resources for Reporting
The official influenza season started on October 1, 2017. Amie Worthington at the KDHE Bureau of Epidemiology reports that the 2017-2018 season is more severe than the 2016-2017 season so far. Hospitalizations appear to...
Online CARE Training Taken Off KDADS Website While Revisions Being Made
KDADS has temporarily taken down the CARE assessor online training from the KDADS website as the agency works to simplify and improve the training. During the temporary shutdown of the site, training of new...
PEAK 2.0 Open Enrollment for New Enrollees
Open enrollment for the PEAK 2.0 program is now open. This program coincides with the state fiscal year calendar, July to June. The enrollment period is open from January 5th to April 30th of...
Civil Penalties by Department of Labor
Civil penalties levied by the Department of Labor (DOL), including those for the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, have increased in 2018 under a Final Rule published...
HCSF Bulletin – Tail Coverage and Change of Ownership
Earlier this month, the Health Care Stabilization Fund (HCSF) posted a bulletin regarding tail coverage and change of ownership for health care providers. Any health care provider that is contemplating a sale/transfer of ownership...
Region VII LTC Provider Association Meeting Held in Kansas City
The CMS' Region VII office, and Midwest division leadership held a LTC Provider Association Meeting on December 14-15, 2017 in the Kansas City CMS office. Two representatives from each of the Region VII long...
New Resource: Summary of CMS Revisions to Appendix PP
Just as the Phase 2 Requirements of Participation for care centers took effect, CMS issued its final version of the State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP - Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities. There...
CDM Deficiencies
When we were out on roundtables a couple of weeks ago, members in some locations told us about difficulty training, finding and keeping Certified Dietary Managers. They also reported that they receive deficiencies if...