Last Call for KING Rounds
KING Members are invited to attend a Regional Round scheduled in a location near you. Two dates remain. Join us April 2 at Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community in Buhler or April 3rd at Bethel Home in...
CMS Open Door Forums
April 2 CMS SNF Open Door Forum
The next SNF Open Door Forum is scheduled for April 2 at 1 PM CT. During the Open Door Forum, CMS will cover updates to SNF Value-Based Purchasing...
NHSN Office Hours on Healthcare Personnel Flu Vaccination Reporting
NHSN will hold Office Hours on March 28 at 1 p.m. CT to discuss reporting requirements for healthcare personnel flu vaccination in nursing homes. Nursing homes are required to make one report annually to...
Weekly Recaps: March 27, 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 Home Update.
Workforce...
MedPAC Publishes Chapter on Skilled Nursing Facility Services
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) issued its yearly Report to Congress on March 15, finalizing recommendations to reduce Medicare base payment rates for skilled nursing facility services by 3% for fiscal year 2025,...
LeadingAge Comments on Older Americans Act (OAA) Reauthorization
On March 21, LeadingAge responded to a request from Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA), along with other senators, for feedback on...
Change Healthcare Cyberattack Updates
HHS Provides List of Payer Resources to Providers
On March 25, HHS shared a list of national payer contact information health care providers can use to get answers from health care plans about the availability...
CMS Now Requires Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released memo QSO-24-08-NH on March 20 incorporating Enhanced Barrier Precautions into nursing home infection control requirements. The standard, introduced by Centers for Disease Control & Prevention...
Kansas Capitol Happenings for Week Ending March 29
The House and Senate are on their respective floors this week hearing bills passed out of the second chamber and determining conference committee appointments. The House Appropriations and Senate Ways and Means held their...
Introducing the New Administrator at Bethany Village
Bethany Home Association in Lindsborg is very excited to announce that they have welcomed a new Administrator to their team! Please join us in welcoming Joe Benter to his new position. We are very...
No Cost Webinar on Enhanced Barrier Precautions Happening on 3/28
LeadingAge Kansas, Kansas Health Care Association and Kansas Adult Care Executives will facilitate a free webinar on Thursday, March 28th at 2:30 P.M. on Enhanced Barrier Precautions.
On Wednesday, March 20th CMS issued QSO -24-08-NH...
SunPorch of Dodge City Earns ‘Zero-Deficiency’ Survey Rating
A huge congrats to the SunPorch of Dodge City team for their recent zero-deficiency survey! In addition, SunPorch is actively working toward becoming a PEAK facility.“We do what we do because of our residents...