The Nursing Facility Survey and Certification Program at KDADS Gets New Director
Melissa Mille has been named the new Director of Nursing Facility Survey and Certification for the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS).
Ms....
Life Safety Code – July 5th Deadline
In its most recent Provider Update newsletter, CMS included information on the life safety code items that must be complied with by July 5th. Read...
CMS Reverses Ban on Arbitration Agreements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will publish a proposed rule in the Federal Register on June 8, 2017 revising the requirements...
New Interpretive Guidance on Emergency Preparedness Rule
CMS has finally posted interpretive guidance for the new Emergency Preparedness Rule that goes into effect in November. The guidance is known as State...
OSHA to Extend Deadline
In an email distributed to various stakeholders, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) stated that it will extend the July 1, 2017 compliance...
Person-Centered Care Adoption through PEAK 2.0 Improves Clinical Quality and Resident Satisfaction
Person-Centered Care Adoption through PEAK 2.0 Improves Clinical Quality and Resident Satisfaction
By, Laci Cornelison, MS, LBSW, ACHA Migette Kaup, PhD., Gayle Doll, PhD.
Executive Summary
Kansas...
All LeadingAge Kansas Members Strongly Encouraged to Contact Their County Emergency Manager
Over the years LeadingAge Kansas members have been hit by floods, ice storms, wildfires, blizzards, violent incidents from outsiders, high winds/tornadoes, you name it. ...
Members of Congress Need to Know Your Issues and Concerns! Connect with Them When...
Frustrated about the inequity of the survey and fining process across the country? Worried about Medicaid funding transitioning to per capita or block grants?...
CMS Releases Proposed Hospice Rule
CMS just released a new rule to update hospice payment rates for fiscal year 2018. The proposed rule:
Increases the market basket percentage by 1 percent.
Amends...
Emergency Preparedness Requirements Final Rule: Training and Testing Requirements
Many providers and suppliers have asked whether they will be expected to have completed the “exercises” per the training and testing requirements in each...
PEAK 2.0 Advisory Team Formed
KDADS has established a PEAK 2.0 Advisory Team. The purpose of the team is to “provide recommendation to KDADS to champion person-centered care, and...
New Memo from CMS About PBJ
Mandatory staffing data submission through the Payroll-Based Journal began July 1, 2016. Providers have until the 45th day after the end of each quarter...