Education Advisory Group Openings: Help Guide Our Professional Development Offerings
Do you have education and training ideas or want to be part of the education planning for LeadingAge Kansas members? If so, we invite you to join the Education Advisory Group. This group will...
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...
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.
No Cost Live, Virtual Active Shooter Prevention and Response Trainings Start June 12
An active shooter in the long-term setting is something no one wants to think about, but preparation for this type of emergency is a must. With the additional challenges for preparation and response in...
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...
Updates to Our Weekly Webinars
LeadingAge Kansas weekly webinars will be moving to Zoom starting June 21. With the hope of fostering more friendly collaboration and participation opportunities for our membership, our office has decided to make the move...
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,...
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...
“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...
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...
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...