CDC Releases New Flu Toolkit for Nursing Homes
The Centers for Disease Control has released a new toolkit for long-term care employers. Within this comprehensive toolkit are a number of resources intended...
Bundled Payments Continue to Grow in Number and Scope
On July 25, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed three new models that continue the trend of episodic payment demonstrations...
New Remedies Procedures for Nursing Homes to Take Effect
CMS posted a new survey and certification letter outlining new procedures for survey enforcement penalties, which will take effect on September 1st. The CMS...
FY 2017 Payment and Policy Changes for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities
CMS will post the final rule on Friday, August 5th outlining a payment increase for Medicare certified nursing homes, and policy changes related to...
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Community Meeting with CMS Officials
The KanCare Advocates Network is holding a community meeting next week with CMS officials to relay concerns about the Medicaid eligibility backlogs and other...
New 5-Star Quality Measures This Month
The 5 new quality measures to be included in the CMS 5-Star Nursing Home Rating System will be incorporated this month. The 5-Star Technical...
Office for Civil Rights Guidance on MDS Section Q
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued guidance for nursing homes on how to better “…comply...
MCOs to Host HCBS Workshops
KanCare MCOs will be conducting HCBS workshops in late July and early August.
Topics include: policy updates; general administration; claim management; safety management; critical incident...
Informal Dispute Resolution Success Rates
KDADS has recently supplied data on the results of nursing home survey IDRs for the first two quarters of 2016.
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Paid Sick Leave for VA Contractors
LeadingAge National has released a summary of Executive Order 13706 which requires federal contractors (including VA contractors) to provide paid sick leave.
On Sept. 7,...
2016 Joint Provider/Surveyor Fire Marshal Training
Join us on July 19th in Topeka or July 20th in Wichita. This Joint Training seminar for Kansas adult care home providers and the Kansas Fire Marshal's Office healthcare staff...