Parkside Homes Receives PEAK Award
Parkside resident Jane Makovec and Brenda Hilliard, CNA accept the 2016 Sustaining Person-Centered Care Award on February 22nd at 10:00 AM. The residents, team and Hillsboro community celebrated with a reception catered by Parkside...
RoP Tools – A $600+ Value Provided as a Free Resource to LeadingAge Kansas...
LeadingAge Kansas has an excellent RoP Tools and Resources Page for members to use as they work toward implementation. The group that helped develop the tools for LeadingAge and their state affiliate is charging...
For Your Board Quarterly Newsletter Focuses on Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning | Issue 2 | March 2017
Welcome to LeadingAge Kansas’ second issue of For Your Board. Each quarter this publication will focus on a specific governance topic to help you, your leadership team...
Send Us Videos and Pictures About Your Purpose
Due Date: March 31, 2017
This year’s association theme is called “Power of Purpose” and you will see it incorporated into our conferences, other educational events and newsletters throughout the year. Our collective purpose in...
Nursing Facility Level of Care Coding for KanCare Billing
Effective May 1, 2017, managed care organizations (MCOs) will no longer be able to reimburse Nursing Facilities for Medicaid residents unless they have the proper Kansas Medical Assistance Program (KMAP) coding Level of Care...
UnitedHealth Care Member Call
UnitedHealth Care will be hosting a member call on Tuesday, March 28th at 10:00 AM. The call will cover Fall Risks, AIRs, and MS-2126. If you are interested in participating contact Mona Hall or Michelle Cowen.
Conversation About Racism on the LeadingAge National Dementia Listserv
The question below resonated with many on the listserv regarding racism and dementia. The moderator, Kirsten Jacobs, Associate Director, Dementia and Wellness Education reached out to Kelly Carney (Board Certified in Geropsychology, Executive Director,...
Advancing a Culture of Innovation in Senior Care: An Aging 2.0 Whitepaper
Innovation for companies in the senior care markets is especially important due to the enormous growth in the size, and changing needs, of the older population - and the increased competition in servicing those...
Call for Applications to the LeadingAge Kansas Board of Directors
The Association is seeking applicants to serve as part of our high-functioning, effective and forward-thinking Board of Directors.
The Nominating Committee is charged with screening and selecting the slate of Candidates for election at the...
Last Chance to Register for Joint Provider Training – March 21 in Wichita or...
This 6.5 CE training day will include sessions on root cause analysis, plans of correction, residents with a schizophrenia diagnosis considering CMS audits, Q&A with KDADS and more. Join your peers and surveyors for...
Good News on ERC and Medicaid Cost Reports and Rates
You may recall that some states had indicated that they would be treating Employee Retention Credit (ERC) funds like tax credits for the purposes of Medicaid cost reports and this had the potential to...
“It’s Getting Scary in Aging Services;” Results of the LeadingAge Member Snap Poll and...
Close to 900 LeadingAge members responded to LeadingAge’s informal snap poll on workforce challenges, conducted between the end of February and the second week of March. Almost all nursing home respondents – 92% -...