OSHA Announces Rule Updating the Hazard Communication Standard
On May 21, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration announced a final rule that will update the current Hazard Communication Standard. To ensure chemical safety...
Joint Legislative Committee on KanCare Oversight
While no formal announcement has come out for the Bob Bethell Joint Committee on KanCare Oversight, quarter two of the calendar year is slowly...
Kansas Legislative Special Session
Lobbyists and legislators have been eagerly waiting for Governor Kelly to announce the dates of the special session for the 2024 legislative year, and...
Update on KanCare Transition
LeadingAge Kansas and Kansas Healthcare Association met with KDHE Secretary Stanek last week to discuss the announcement of the MCO contracts and the implications...
LeadingAge to Join Lawsuit to Stop Staffing Rule
On May 24, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan announced that LeadingAge intends to file to join the American Health Care Association lawsuit...
Weekly Recaps: May 22, 2024
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
Nursing Home Weekly Update
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Update on $75 Million CMS Staffing Mandate Workforce Campaign Initiative
LeadingAge followed up with CMS regarding the letter sent to Administrator Brooks-LaSure in April asking questions and to partner with CMS, about the $75...
Final MDS Item Set 1.19.1 Now Available
CMS released the final item sets for Minimum Data Set (MDS) 1.19.1 on May 17. These item sets will be effective October 1, 2024...
CMS Announces PACE Overpayment Recovery in June
On May 15, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memo outlining a recent finding that CMS had been double-paying PACE...
CMS Increases iQIES Security, Deactivating Inactive Users
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin implementing an inactive user policy for iQIES this in May 2024. iQIES hosts individual...
Tips for Commenting on FY 2025 Hospice Wage Index Proposed Rule
The proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Hospice Wage Index proposed rule was published to the Federal Register on April 4, 2024. The rule proposes a...
Tell CMS Not to Finalize Expanded CMP Authority
The FY 2025 SNF PPS proposed rule includes a provision that would give CMS authority to enforce more civil money penalties (CMPs) against nursing...