CMS Updates State Operations Manual to Reflect Requirements of Participation
CMS has published an Advanced Copy of State Operations Manual Appendix PP to include the revised Requirements of Participation for nursing facilities. Please note before printing that the full document is 821 pages.
Consistent with CMS’s stated...
OIG Exclusions Update Available
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has posted its October 2016 update to the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities. An archive of updates from prior months are now available.
All members who...
LeadingAge Kansas Training on New Nursing Home Regulations
LeadingAge Kansas is committed to providing extensive, accurate, and timely training on the new CMS nursing home regulations. In addition to the trainings we have already offered, these upcoming events are scheduled:
LeadingAge Kansas...
Phase 1 Implementation of New Nursing Home Regulations: CMS Training Materials
CMS released new training that contains information regarding Phase 1 of the New Nursing Home Regulations that will be effective starting November 28, 2016. The information addresses the new language included in the New...
State Ombudsman Letter: Send Discharge Notices to Topeka Office
State Long-term Care Ombudsman Barb Hickert has sent a letter to all nursing home administrators about the new requirements to send all discharge notices to the Ombudsman’s office. The letter is a request that all...
New Resident Rights Poster Template from LeadingAge National
LeadingAge National has created a template for members to use in drafting their residents’ rights poster as mandated under the revised Requirements of Participation for LTC facilities. In connection with the template, please note the...
KanCare Recommendations from Legislative Oversight Committee
The Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight conducted two days of hearings Thursday, November 17th and Friday, November 18, 2016. LeadingAge Kansas provided testimony on both...
HCBS Settings Rule
The HCBS Final Settings Rule State Transition Plan draft is posted on the KDADS website for public comment until December 28, 2016. Please cc comments you send to KDADS to Rachel@leadingagekansas.org. Thank you.
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CMS Releases Revised Regulations and Tags
The CMS Survey and Certification Letter: Advance Copy - Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP - Revised Regulations and Tags is available for view.
The Advanced Copy of Appendix PP has been...
Implementation of New Emergency Preparedness Regulations
A new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Survey and Certification Letter: Information on the Implementation Plans for the Emergency Preparedness Regulation is available for view.
This Letter provides general information regarding implementation plans...
New Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkits Available from Department of Health and Human Services
The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released four new toolkits on antimicrobial stewardship for nursing homes.
The toolkits cover a variety of interventions that nursing homes can use to improve antibiotic...
Results of MDS Focused Surveys: CMS Overview
CMS completed the FY 2015 MDS Focused Surveys and is providing an overview of the results. View the results.
In 2012, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed nursing facility records and found that 1/3...