Survey Backlogs, PHE, Enhanced Barrier Precautions Addressed on CMS / Associations Call
LeadingAge participated in the monthly “associations” call with CMS on January 31st. CMS acknowledged the recent announcement related to the May ending of the public health emergency. CMS was unable to provide details but...
LeadingAge Tells Congress to Get Real on Ratios
LeadingAge released a new framework and perspective for federal legislation concerning staffing ratios in nursing homes. They’re calling it “Get Real on Ratios.” They also issued a statement to the media, created talking points...
Webinar: A Closer Look into the Revised Requirements of Participation for Nursing Homes
LeadingAge will provide a webinar on Thursday, February 16th from 2:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern Time. If interested, learn more.
Resident to Staff Aggression Training Beginning Soon
Could your team benefit from learning techniques to prevent, de-escalate and respond to resident staff aggression? If so, get them registered for the upcoming Long-Term Care Resident to Staff Aggression: Prevention and Response training....
Paid Nutrition Assistant Course by GERTI
Join GERTI February 8th and 9th from 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM in Olathe for their Paid Nutrition Assistant Course. Learn more about this course.
Advocacy Champs – Riverview Estates
Our thanks to the folks at Riverview Estates for taking their role as advocates seriously and acting upon it! They recently met with State Representative Les Manson to discuss their concerns and to educate...
Essentials of the LTC DON Role Virtual Training: MDS, Survey and Person-Centered Care Planning
More DON training on critical topics is coming in March! We are excited to be parting with LeadingAge Iowa to bring you this virtual training. It will include an overview of the survey process...
KING Winter Member Zoom Calls
Registration is open for the KING Member Winter Zoom calls. The remaining KING Member Zoom calls are scheduled for February 14th and March 14th. Calls begin at 1 pm. The calls are free to...
Don’t Forget to Book Your Room for the 2017 Spring Conference
The 2017 Spring Conference, held April 26th – 28th in Wichita, is just around the corner. Book your room online or by calling (888) 421-1442 for a discounted room rate. Don’t miss this chance – the room block will...
Tallgrass Creek Residents Knit and Crochet 75 Red Hats for Little Hats, Big Hearts...
Tallgrass Creek retirement community’s Creative Hands group this week made 75 red hats for Little Hats, Big Hearts, a nationwide program to knit and crochet red hats for babies born in February at participating...
Acuity-Based Staffing
We’ve all started hearing about acuity-based staffing and that we are going to be judged on it for Value Based Purchasing and in future survey models, but what is acuity-based staffing?
Because residents have...
CMS Issues Guidance to States on Medicaid Unwinding and Collection of Enhanced FFP
Late Friday, January 27th, CMS sent a letter to State Health Officials (SHO) reiterating timelines, requirements, and details about the decoupling of Medicaid’s continuous enrollment and enhanced FMAP from the COVID-19 public health emergency....