Save the Date – Emergency Preparedness Compliance Workshop August 10th in Newton
We have contracted with Stan Szpytek, a national expert for emergency preparedness training, to provide a workshop for members. His presentation will include an actual tabletop exercise that will count toward the CMS requirement.
This...
Money Follows the Person End Date
The current Money Follows the Person demonstration grant as funded by CMS is coming to an end in all 43 participating states. The end date in Kansas for transitions to the community is June...
New Medicare Cards
Medicare is taking steps to remove Social Security numbers from Medicare cards. Through this initiative the Centers for Medicare &a Medicaid Services (CMS) will prevent fraud, fight identity theft and protect essential program funding...
Payroll Based Journaling Data Audits
CMS is beginning a pilot program to audit Payroll Based Journaling data submitted by long-term care providers for the first quarter of 2017. These audits are not part of any health and safety survey...
Hurt People Hurt People
On a recent radio broadcast about the rehabilitation of incarcerated men and women, the prison expert offered her observation that the majority of the prison inmates had been victims of domestic abuse or parental...