Less Than Two Weeks Before 2024 Millage Forms Are Due
To determine the member dues for 2024, please provide your Program Service Revenue (Millage) to LeadingAge Kansas no later than June 16th.
Each year, LeadingAge Kansas asks members to provide information to help us determine...
Welcome our New Director of Government Affairs Kylee Childs
We are announcing our own good news this week as we welcome our new Director of Government Affairs Kylee Childs. We first met Kylee at the Kansas statehouse while she was doing legislative work...
CMS Proposes Additional HCBS Changes in Medicaid Program; Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services
On May 5, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a proposed rule surrounding improved access to care. Within the 130-page proposal, several provisions surrounding HCBS were outlined including:
Person-centered service plans must...
CMS Ends Vaccine Mandate
As reported on May 31st, CMS has issued a final rule ending the COVID-19 vaccination mandate. The rule also finalizes, educates, and offers provisions for long-term care. Read here for more details on this...
LeadingAge Submits Comments on FY 2024 SNF PPS Proposed Rule
LeadingAge submitted comments to the Federal Register on June 2nd on the FY 2024 SNF PPS proposed rule. Read the comments here. Comments on the rule were due by June 5th. Read an overview...
DoL Monthly Jobs Report – Growth in Healthcare Jobs; Demand for Workers Continues to...
According to a June 2nd report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of healthcare jobs in the U.S. increased by 52,400 in May, similar to the average monthly gain of 50,000 over...
Good News on Agency Use: Ziegler Report
Ziegler’s recent CFO Hotline report indicates, of those senior living CFO’s surveyed, that the majority (45.9%) of providers have reduced their use of agency staff in their nursing centers as compared to a year...
NLRB General Counsel Memo Takes Aim at Non-Compete Agreements
The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (Board), Jennifer Abruzzo, on May 30th issued a memorandum to the Board’s regional directors setting forth her view that non-compete clauses for employees protected by...
All the Updates on White House Office on Aging Policy in One Place
LeadingAge has updated the collected news/articles/papers on our advocacy for a White House Office on Aging. Check out this comprehensive and evolving story here.
Weekly Recaps
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
Workforce Policy Update. Here is your weekly Workforce Policy Update.
Life Plan Community Weekly Update. Here is...
Essentials of the DON Role Training: Infection Prevention/Control, Regulations and More – June 28th...
In this session, you’ll explore infection prevention and control programs, regulations relevant to the nursing department and Human Resources topics the DON might be responsible for and needs to understand. Administrators and DONs with...
Join Us This Friday for our Weekly Webinars
Join us each Friday at 10:00 AM for the Weekly Webcast Update. If you have not registered to view the weekly webinar, you can do so here. For archives of past Weekly Webcast Updates, visit...