LeadingAge Strikes Back on MedPac Call to Lower SNF Pay Rates
LeadingAge National distributed a critical response to a recent recommendation by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to lower pay rates for skilled nursing...
More on KDADS Contracting With HMS to do Surveys
Last week we sent out an Information Alert about KDADS contracting with Healthcare Management Solutions (HMS) to work on the backlog of nursing home...
US Senate Committee Workforce Hearing
The US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), of which Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas is a member, recently heard testimony from...
KDADS Seeks Your Help to Update Kansas Alzheimer’s/Memory Care Special Care Unit List
Please take a look at the current list of Alzheimer's/Memory Care/Special Care Units and send any updates you have to SCC Commissioner Brad Fischer.
Attn: MDS Coordinators – Care Area Assessments
Chapter 4 of the RAI Manual is one of the least read and more important for quality outcomes. A Care Area Assessment (CAA) triggers...
Financial Fraud Targeting Older Americans
According to the 2018 Fraud Book , produced by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, older Americans are scammed for nearly $3 billion each year....
Governor Colyer Signs Executive Order to Create State Alzheimer’s Disease Working Group
LeadingAge Kansas President/CEO was on hand last Friday evening in Wichita when Governor Jeff Colyer signed Executive Order 18-14.
The Working Group is charged to:
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Office of the State Fire Marshal latest issue of Prevention Highlights
New issue of Prevention Highlights is out. Lots of great fire safety and prevention information to share.
CMS Life Safety Guidance Compilation
The Kansas Fire Marshal’s office has put together a compilation of articles that CMS has sent out in their Fired Up newsletter section. Read...
Seeking Comments on Proposed FY 2019 SNF PPS
CMS has issued a proposed FY 2019 SNF PPS rule that has a number of very important payment and policy implications. LeadingAge national is...
Multi-State Nurse Licensure in 2019
After passage by the 2018 legislature, Kansas has joined the Nurse Licensure Compact. This means that Kansas nurses will be able to obtain a...
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...