Resource Guide for Difficult to Place Individuals
The KDADS commission on behavioral health has posted a resource guide for “difficult to place” individuals in need of care. The care needs commonly...
New Issue of Kansas Emergency Preparedness Newsletter Available
The newest issue of Ready Reader has additional questions and answers from CMS. You can find previous editions of the Ready Reader available for...
KDADS Task Force on Incentives and IJ Interaction- We Need Your Feedback and Ideas
Many LeadingAge Kansas members have had their incentive dollars severely slashed as a direct result of the escalation of high scope and severity citations...
Fire Marshal Offering Webinar on Emergency Preparedness Rules
The OSFM will host a webinar over the recent Emergency Preparedness Rule multiple times over the next several weeks. The webinar will last approximately...
KDADS September Stakeholder Meeting
KDADS held a monthly stakeholder meeting with representatives of LeadingAge Kansas, Kansas Health Care Association, Kansas Adult Care Executives, Kansas Hospital Association and the...
Refrigerators in Resident Rooms
The Office of the State Fire Marshal recently received a question about the use of personal refrigerators in resident rooms under the life safety...
CMS Releasing PBJ Data to Public November 1st
CMS has issued S&C 17-45-NH announcing its plans to make Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) public. On November 1st, CMS will post a public use file on https://data.cms.gov with PBJ staffing...
Need to Know Information: New Survey Process Information Available on the CMS Website
This site is full of great information that nursing home members can use to prepare for the new survey process that will take effect...
Survey and Enforcement Data Now Available to Public
In an effort to increase transparency, CMS has launched a new website that makes national survey and enforcement data easily accessible. The Quality and Certification...
Kansas Leads Nation in Immediate Jeopardy Citations
As of July, 2017, Kansas far surpasses every other state in the country when it comes to immediate jeopardy citations. Nursing Home Compare data...
CMP Trends for Kansas Nursing Homes
According to data now publicly available through CMS’ Quality and Certification Oversight Reports website, nursing home CMPs have increased almost 9,000% between the years 2012 and...
New CMS Midwest Division Provider Update Newsletter
The September issue of the CMS Midwest Division Provider Update is now available.