Weekly Recaps: June 5, 2024
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
Affordable housing Weekly Update. Here is your weekly Affordable Housing Update.
Nursing Home Weekly Update. Here is your weekly Nursing...
QuickCast on Medicaid Access Rule is Now Live
If you’re looking for a deeper dive into the recently finalized rule: Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services, you’re in luck. Because of included payment adequacy provisions, this rule is more commonly referred to as...
Hospice Preview Reports for the August 2024 Now Available
Providers can now access the latest Provider Preview Reports via the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) application. The preview period for the latest Provider Preview Report lasts from June 3, 2024 to...
CMS Issues Survey Updates for Hospice
On May 28, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Center for Clinical Standards and Quality issued a new memo regarding changes to the hospice conditions of participation (CoPs). The changes focus on the...
PACE User Group Call on Risk Adjustment Data Submission
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a User Group Call for PACE organizations to be held on June 13 at 1:00 PM CT. Advance registration is required and will close on...
LeadingAge Advocates to CMS on NHSN Reporting
LeadingAge sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on May 31 related to nursing home requirements for reporting COVID-related data through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) system. Currently,...
Nursing Home Staffing Mandate Facility Assessment Requirement
LeadingAge will be releasing an updated Facility Assessment toolkit with resources in two phases. The first phase is expected to be released by June 10 and the second by July 8. The updates, new tools...
“We Need Real Policy Solutions and Investments, Not Mandates”
At a June 4 press event in Washington, DC, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan joined long-term care associations and nursing home providers to explain why the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final nursing home...
Representative Les Mason, McPherson, Dies at 69
The Kansas House Assistant Majority Leader Les Mason passed away Monday evening after suffering a brain aneurysm the prior weekend. Governor Kelly ordered flags to be flown at half-staff until sundown on the day...
Last Call to Register for KING Summer Zoom Calls
KING Members can now register for the Summer Zoom calls. Dates for the summer series are June 11, July 9, and August 13. All Member Zoom calls begin at 1:00 PM. Mike Entz, KING...
Millage Forms are Due June 14
To determine the membership dues for 2025, please provide your Program Service Revenue (Millage) to LeadingAge Kansas.
Each year, LeadingAge Kansas asks members to provide information to help us determine dues for the following...
Preventing Elopements in Assisted Living Webinar Coming on July 17
When we think of elopement, it's often associated with dementia. However, elopement is a risk for others too. It's crucial to regularly identify those at risk and understand that elopement behaviors will change over...