KC Star Article: Kansas Cracks Down on Nursing Home Operators With Shaky Finances
The article below is being partially posted from the Kansas City Star and written by Andy Marso. Read the entire article.
The state of Kansas had to take over 22 financially struggling nursing homes last year —...
CMS Administrator Vows to Increase Efforts to Ensure Nursing Home Safety and Quality
CMS Administrator Seema Verma recently vowed to “push beyond the status quo” in its oversight of nursing homes. Read the full blog entry. She has directed “a comprehensive review of our regulations, guidelines, internal structure,...
Notice of Proposed Nursing Facility Medicaid Rates Published
The State published the proposed Medicaid per diem rate for each Medicaid certified nursing home and long term care unit starting July 1, 2019. It also includes a lengthy narrative about how the rate...
National Policy Update
Check out the latest LeadingAge National Policy Update to see what is going on at the national level. View the Report.
April Nursing Home Regulatory Update Available
LeadingAge National has recently published the April edition of the Nursing Home Regulatory Report. Contents include:
CMS Presents Skilled Regulatory Update
Coding Risk for Pressure Ulcers on the MDS: M0100 and M0150
CMS Offers...
Fire Marshal Q & A: Can You Paint/Refinish a Fire Door?
CMS sent the following article to the Kansas fire marshal to share with providers.
Q: Can you paint/refinish a fire door?
A: https://idighardware.com/2019/04/qq-painting-refinishing-fire-doors/
CMS Presents Skilled Nursing Regulatory Update
CMS provided a nursing home regulatory update to providers at LeadingAge’s recent PEAK Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. The updates included the new survey process, F tag comparisons, PDPM and ROP Phase Three enforcement. Check...
Fire Marshal Resources on Food and Water Safety
With severe weather season coming about, the Fire Marshal’s Office is distributing handouts that might be handy for providers to have regarding proper techniques for food and water safety when emergencies happen.
Emergency Disinfection of...
CMS Increasing Enforcement on Antipsychotic Usage
Nursing Homes that have struggled to reduce the use of antipsychotic medications will now be subject to enhanced oversight and enforcement. Identified as “non-improving late adopters,” providers with two or more deficiency citations in the...
CMS Confirms End of Phase 2 Enforcement Moratorium
In a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on March 6, Dr. Kate Goodrich of CMS announced that the 18-month moratorium on Civil Monetary Penalties will be lifted in May 2019. Originally instituted in November 2017 with...
CMS Announces PDPM Training in Kansas City
CMS just announced an opportunity in Kansas City, MO for providers to be part of a training on PDPM, SNF QRP and the CASPER system. Registration is limited to 250 people.
Register here.
HCBS Settings Rule: Heightened Scrutiny Guidance Released
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid published new guidance on March 22 for states on the HCBS Settings Rule's heightened scrutiny process.
LeadingAge is reviewing the guidance and will publish a summary and analysis in the coming...