Kansas Advocacy Updates: February 5, 2025
Action Alert: Urgent Support Needed for Aging Services Funding!
Aging services providers and staff in House Appropriations Committee districts—your voice is critical! Urge the committee...
Join Us for Aging Services Day on Tuesday, February 18
This is the second year for our collaborative Aging Services Day, an event put together by LeadingAge Kansas, Kansas Health Care Association/Kansas Center for...
LeadingAge National Government News: January 29, 2025
Judge Temporarily Blocks Federal Funding Pause
Late afternoon January 28, shortly before a directive from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget to pause...
Kansas Advocacy Updates: January 29, 2025
PBJ Audit Feedback Needed
LeadingAge Kansas is seeking feedback from providers who have recently participated in a PBJ audit on their experience and how the...
LeadingAge National Government News: January 22, 2025
LeadingAge Staffing Standard Lawsuit: DOJ Filing Completes Scheduled Briefing
On January 17, the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of HHS and CMS, filed the...
Kansas Advocacy Updates: January 22, 2025
Litigation Update: Judge Denies Motion for Preliminary Injunction in State-Led Legal Challenge to CMS Staffing Rule
In an order issued January 16, U.S. District Court...
Last Call to Register Your Frontline Staff for LeadingVoice Lite: One Day Advocacy Workshop
This one-day workshop is designed to empower frontline aging services staff in Kansas to become effective grassroots advocates. Open to anyone working in aging...
Kansas Advocacy Updates: January 15, 2025
New QCA Payment Process Change at KDADS
Last Friday, the following email was sent to the first grouping, about 100 nursing facilities, through KOTA: Effective State...
LeadingAge National Government News: January 15, 2025
CMS Unveils Financial Incentives of Nursing Home Staffing Campaign
On January 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a Notice of Funding...
De-Frost Your Advocacy Skills and Join Us at Aging Services Day 2025
After a wildly successful Aging Services Day at the Capitol in 2024, we are collaborating again with KHCA and KACE to organize our 2025...
LeadingAge National Government News: January 8, 2025
Still No Guidance for NHSN Reporting
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released memo QSO-25-11-NH on December 31 to clarify that although there...
Kansas Advocacy Updates: January 8, 2025
ICYMI: LeadingAge Kansas 2025 Legislative Priorities Approved
The 2025 Legislative Priorities include ensuring adequate Medicaid funding across the aging services continuum, enhancing the aging services...