Week of July 17th

In the wake of several recent international cyber-attacks focusing on the health care sector, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has developed a checklist and a corresponding infographic that explains...

On Friday, CMS issued S&C Letter S&C: 17-34-ALL, which provides new guidance regarding the formatting for Plans of Corrections (PoCs)/Allegations of Compliance (AOC).  Specifically: Providers/Suppliers and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Laboratories will no longer be...

The Office of the State Fire Marshal has passed along information from CMS about testing and maintenance in regards to fire alarm system. Testing & Maintenance: All devices connected to your fire alarm system need to...

CMS has released a detailed description and explanation of the new regulatory requirement for sending discharge notices to the long-term care ombudsman. The information was originally published in a May 12, 2017 S &...

Are you ready to comply with the new Emergency Preparedness Rules? We have developed a training to help get you up to speed on the regulations and develop useful plans for typical Kansas emergencies. We...

Our Requirements of Participation for Phase II Webinar Series started this week. If you signed up for the Phase 1 series, you are not automatically registered for Phase 2.  They are two separate registrations. We...

We are sometimes asked if LeadingAge Kansas does anything for assisted living.  The answer is…quite a lot, actually. The Assisted Living Summit is one of the many things we do and it is just...

The most recent survey data is now available for nursing homes and assisted living/residential health care/home plus. Nursing home trends: Annual surveys are still behind, at an average of 15 months out Staffing remains a...

In September there will be an all MCO collaborative session providing training for Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) providers. In addition to the training each MCO will be available in a breakout sessions all...

It’s time for Regional Roundtables!  In August the LeadingAge Kansas team will be coming to your part of the state to hear from you and share updates on association happenings.  We’ll be talking about...

Center for Leadership is back, and we are currently accepting applications.  This year-long leadership intensive is designed to help informal and former leaders grow their skills and confidence.  The program includes a combination of...

We are continuing to hear feedback from members on challenges with applications being processed promptly and with clear communication for next steps. As a reminder, we have a meeting on this topic scheduled for...