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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Annual Fire Door Inspection Must be Completed by January 1, 2018
This is a reminder for health care and long term care providers that full compliance with the annual fire door assembly inspection and testing...
OSHA Record Keeping Update
According to the OSHA Trade Release, "OSHA will continue accepting 2016 OSHA Form 300A data through the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) until midnight on December 31,...