LeadingAge Kansas Foundation Awards Scholarships to Twelve Aging Services Professionals
Following a three-month application and review process, the LeadingAge Kansas Foundation is excited to announce that they will be awarding twelve member employees with...
Home Health and Nursing Home Employees Likely to Have Educational and/or Medical Debt
A study published in JAMA Health Forum on July 26, 2024, analyzing medical and educational indebtedness among US health care workers found that 21%...
CMS Shares Video Tutorial on the Patient Mood Interview
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a video tutorial for completing D0150, Patient Mood Interview (PHQ-2 to 9) and D0160, Total...
MedPAC Releases Annual Data Book Update
On July 31st, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) issued its 2023 update to its “Data Book: Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program.”...
LeadingAge Kansas is Hitting the Road and Coming to You
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...
Updates to Administrator Turnover Data Exclusions
CMS has updated exclusion criteria for the Administrator Turnover measure on Care Compare. Previously, the measure was excluded for nursing homes submitting PBJ data...
CMMI Announces New Dementia Focused Model
On July 31st, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) model.
GUIDE is an 8-year voluntary...
Weekly Recaps
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
Nursing Home Weekly Update. Here is your...
Save the Date for Fall Joint Provider
It’s time to mark your calendars to join us for Fall Joint Provider! We will be offering three attendance options this year. Participants can...
Final Summer KING Member Zoom Call
All KING Members are invited to register for the final, 2023 KING Summer Member Zoom Call. KING Member Zoom Calls are an opportunity for...
October 1st MDS Updates – Be Ready for the Changes
This MDS Updates and Beyond training will help you prepare for the changes so you can hit the ground running. It will cover the...
LeadingAge National Workforce Website – Full of Excellent Resources
LeadingAge National recently launched their workforce website that has a bunch of great tools to help you with Workforce Issues. We will be highlighting...