Friday Webinar
Join us each Friday Morning at 10:00 am for the Weekly Webcast Update. Friday, March 31st we will have a special guest. Russell Nittler with KDHE will talk about the upcoming Medicaid renewals. If...
NEW ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Eliminate the 3-Day Hospital Stay Requirement
Federal law requires an inpatient hospital stay for three consecutive days before Medicare will cover a patient’s care in a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), a requirement that has become antiquated and onerous in the...
New Toolkit Details Ways to Control Group A Streptococcus in Long-Term Care Facilities
CDC has released new tools to guide effective investigations into group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections in long-term care communities. Targeted to public health departments and long-term care communities, including skilled nursing and rehabilitation communities,...
White House Begins to Unveil Pieces of FY24 Budget Request: Medicare Solvency
On March 7th, two days before the White House is expected to unveil its topline numbers and an overview of its requests for fiscal year 2024, the White House released its plan to ensure...
OSHA Convenes Small Business Panel for Review of Possible Workplace Violence Rule
On March 1st the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) formally convened a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) panel to obtain feedback about a possible future rule relating to prevention of workplace violence in...
Calling all Nursing Home Leaders!
On March 24th, 1pm CST, the Moving Forward Coalition is hoping to hear from providers to test, promote and advocate for its package of quality improvement plans. At this meeting, join Coalition leaders to...
Future Revisions to Antipsychotics Measures?
On the CMS SNF Open Door Forum on March 2nd, a caller asked if the antipsychotics quality measures could be re-evaluated to expand the list of exempting diagnoses. Currently, only residents diagnosed with schizophrenia,...
New Timelines for MDS Drafts
On the CMS SNF Open Door Forum on March 2, CMS shared updated timelines related to the latest Minimum Data Set (MDS). The final version of the MDS is expected to be released by...
Transition to iQIES
CMS will transition the Minimum Data Set (MDS) to iQIES on April 17th. To prepare for this transition, MDS submission through the current QIES will be cut off on April 13 at 8pm ET....
Joint Provider Training – March 21st in Wichita or Live Stream & March 22nd...
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...
Spring Conference and Expo – April 13th & 14th
With engaging keynotes, interactive (and timely) breakouts, networking with peers and exhibitors and bacon at breakfast, you don’t want to miss Spring Conference and Expo. This year the conference will also include a conflict...
Essentials of the DON Role Virtual Training – March 29 & 30, 2023
With MDS, RAI, person-centered care planning and regulations as topics this training is a must attend for DONs, other nurse leaders and administrators. It will be beneficial for those new to MDS and those...