Weekly Recaps
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
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New Upload Tool for CARE/PASRR Process
The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) Client Assistance Referral and Evaluation (CARE) Team is announcing our new upload tool, the CARE Upload Tool. CARE Upload Tool is a new web-based tool...
Free COVID-19 Test Kits Available to All Providers
LeadingAge continues its partnership with Health and Human Services and others to provide free test kits to all provider settings. View the Frequently Asked Questions and submit your weekly order.
Conversations with Katie: It’s Time to Get Busy
In President & CEO Katie Smith Sloan’s new blog, she talks about how LeadingAge is already busy navigating post-election changes on Capitol Hill—getting to know new representatives, their staff members, and their agendas. Read...
Home Health Care Compare January Refresh
The January 2023 quarterly refresh for the Home Health Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) will be based on...
New CMS Guidance for HCBS Clients Who Wander
CMS has released a "Frequently Asked Questions" notice concerning Medicaid Beneficiaries in Home and Community-Based Settings who Exhibit Unsafe Wandering or Exit-Seeking Behavior based on concerns raised by state officials, adult day and assisted...
Attention Associate Members: Exhibit With Us in 2017
The 2017 Spring Convention and Tradeshow Planning is well underway with a few new changes focused on engaging exhibitors and members. Our goal is to help you make more connections and sales and help...
LeadingAge Provides Hospice Program Integrity Recommendations to Congress and CMS
Working in partnership with other national hospice association partners, this week LeadingAge provided the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and key Congressional stakeholders with 34 recommendations to improve hospice program integrity. Learn...
Elderly and Persons with Disabilities KanCare Eligibility Application Guide
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Division of Health Care Finance (KDHE-DHCF) has released a guide to assist the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (E&D) in completing an Application for Medical Assistance...
KanCare Application Checklist Now Available
The State has released a 2-page KanCare Application checklist as a tool for long-term care providers to assist people applying for Medicaid/KanCare. Please use and share widely. Thank you to the LeadingAge Kansas members...
Funding Available for to Reduce Broadband and Telecommunications Costs
New funding is available to help rural skilled nursing organizations reduce their costs of telecommunications and broadband. This past summer, Congress passed legislation that makes skilled nursing organizations eligible to receive funding in addition to other eligible...
Partnership Creates Possibilities with Sunshine Meadows
Written by Carla Barber, Sunshine Meadows in Buhler
Nyoka, a small ball python, made a big impression when the Sedgwick County Zoo visited Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community in Buhler on January 10th.
The snake caused excitement...