MCOs to Implement New Behavioral Health Medication Clinical Criteria on June 1
New prior authorization clinical criteria for concurrent benzodiazepines (3 or more) and antipsychotic safety dosing limits will be effective June 1, 2016. The criteria were developed by the Kansas Mental Health Medication Advisory Committee...
Register Quickly for June 1 or 2 Medicaid Eligibility Training
KDHE Division of Health Care Finance is offering Medicaid Eligibility Overview Training courses on
June 1 in Salina and June 2 in Wichita. Instructor: Russell Nittler, Senior Manager of Eligibility Topics that will be covered:...
Medicaid Pending Advocacy Update
Late last week, association staff met with Chris Swartz, Deputy Director of KDHE’s Division of Health Care Financing to discuss continuing issues with Medicaid applications and the Clearinghouse. Chris was very receptive to our...
2016 KING Safety Seminars
June 9th: 9:00 AM – Noon, Larksfield Place, Wichita, KS
June 10th: 9:00 AM – Noon, Bethel Home, Montezuma, KS
Accident prevention is the key to the success of managing workers compensation costs and providing a...
CMS Releases Final Rule Moving to NFPA 2012 in the Life Safety Code
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have released their final Rule, ‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Health Care Facilities’, published in the Federal Register. The rule is effective July...
Preventing Significant Change – Identifying and Addressing Change in Condition
LeadingAge Kansas received a grant from KDADS to provide training on recognizing functional decline and providing interventions to prevent a significant change. These day-long workshops will be offered throughout Kansas in the month of...
HIPAA Security Risk Assessment – Webinar
June 2nd: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
The number one reason for increased monetary penalties during a privacy or security breach is failure to perform and document a comprehensive security risk assessment. This session explains...
Robyn Stone from LeadingAge National to Speak at The Aging Services Workforce Summit
May 26th: Adam’s Mark Hotel, Kansas City, MO
Presenters: Cara Silletto, Robyn I. Stone and Steve Cohen
We are excited to have Robyn Stone with us to explain the pivotal role workforce plays in our aging...
Membership Survey
LeadingAge Kansas is conducting a membership survey that was emailed on May 10th to the primary contacts of each of our member organizations. The survey came from Melynn Sight, of NSight Marketing. We’d love...
New Quality Measures Now Captured in Quality Metrics
The six new Quality Measures recently posted on Nursing Home Compare, have been deployed to LeadingAge Nursing Home Quality Metrics. To run analyses on the new quality measures, log on to LeadingAge Quality Metrics,...
Don’t Miss our Spring Roundtables and Get the Latest Legislative Updates
Join Debra Zehr, President/CEO, Rachel Monger, Director of Government Affairs, and Leanna Chaffee, Director of Education and Member Engagement, May 16th - 20th around the state. You will want to be there to find...
DON Learning Group is Next Week
We invite all LeadingAge Kansas DONs to join us for this year’s Spring Rounds. We’ll be coming to a location near you. This event is free and will include information about Quality Measures and...