PRF Reporting Period 4 is Now Open, Members Encouraged to First Understand New Reporting...
The reporting portal for the 4th reporting period of the Provider Relief Fund program opened on January 1, 2023. Providers who received PRF and/or ARP Rural Payments between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2021 are...
Hospice Care Compare Refreshed
The November 2022 quarterly refresh for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. As a reminder, there will not be an update to the new hospice claims-based measures, Hospice Visits...
Fire Marshal News
READ the Office of the State Fire Marshal December 2022 Prevention Highlights. Note that there are several personnel changes and other articles of importance to health care facilities.
SNF VBP Quarterly Reports Now Available
The December 2022 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program are now available to download via the Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES)/Certification...
Nursing Home Administrator Turnover
CMS began posting staffing data on Care Compare in January 2022. This data was incorporated into the Five Star Quality Rating System beginning in July 2022 and we have recently heard concern from several...
Nursing Home Ownership Data
CMS began posting nursing home ownership data on Care Compare in April 2022. We have recently been contacted by a number of members who observed errors in the information. CMS states that the ownership...
OIG Report Finds Providers Didn’t Comply with Advance Care Billing Requirements
As of January 1, 2016 Medicare began paying for advance care planning conversations. Payments for these services from 2016 through 2019 totaled more than $340 million but a new Office of Inspector General (OIG) report with brief found...
OIG Report on Psychotropics in Nursing Homes
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report on November 14th on the use of psychotropic drugs in nursing homes. The report utilized Minimum Data Set (MDS) data and Medicare claims data...
Action Alert: Urge Your Senators and Representatives to Enact Key Aging Services Priorities Before...
On November 15th, LeadingAge issued an action alert urging Congress not to adjourn its session without enacting key services and supports for older adults. “In the remaining weeks of 2022, Congress must not leave...
Temporary Staffing Agencies & Workers’ Compensation
Recently, a LeadingAge Kansas/KING Member began negotiations with a Temporary Staffing Agency. The Agency considers their staff Independent Contractors and does not provide workers’ compensation coverage. Instead, they require the Contractors to carry Occupational Accident...
Contact Your Member of Congress to Encourage Him/Her to Join House 21st Century LTC Caucus
The newly formed bipartisan House 21st Century Long-Term Care (LTC) Caucus launched this summer. The LTC Caucus Co-chairs, Reps. Ann Kuster (D-NH) and Bryan Steil (R-WI), are planning to host their first event early...
CARE/PASRR Office Hours with KDADS Staff
The CARE and PASSAR process continue to cause slowdowns and headaches for Medicaid and other payer sources when individuals are admitted to LTC. Join the new KDADS CARE team for a monthly office hours session...