Aging Committee Hearing to Address Nursing Home Inspection Systems
On Thursday, May 18th, 8:30 AM CT, the Senate Special Aging Committee will hold a hearing titled, "Residents at Risk: The Strained Nursing Home Inspection System and the Need to Improve Oversight, Transparency, and...
Attention DONs: We Need Your Input to Plan 2017 DON Learning Groups
LeadingAge Kansas has sponsored twice-a-year learning groups for Directors of Nursing for the last few years. DLGs are a time to network, support each other and learn about topics that DONs identify as important...
Two More Opportunities to Attend Regional Roundtables
Thank you so much to all the members who joined us at the Dodge City, Wichita, and Abilene Roundtables last week. It was great to catch up with all of you!
If you're in the...
Accepting Applicants for the Workforce and Public Policy Advisory Committees
LeadingAge Kansas is accepting interested applicants who would like to sit on either the Workforce or Public Policy Advisory committees. Both committees meet virtually.
The Workforce committee will meet monthly and work on developing a...
Resolution Introduced to Overturn Minimum Staffing Rule
On May 10, Representatives Michelle Fischbach (R-MN) and Greg Pence (R-IN) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the final minimum staffing rule. The resolution was introduced the same day...
Essentials of the DON Role Training: Infection Prevention/Control, Regulations and More – June 28th...
In this session, you will explore infection prevention and control programs, regulations relevant to the nursing department and Human Resources topics the DON might be responsible for and needs to understand. Administrators and DONs...
Hospice Quality Reporting Q&A for Quarter 1 2024 Now Available
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Hospice Quarterly Reporting Program (HQRP) Quarterly Q&A for Q1, 2024. This Q&A includes selected questions received by the HQRP Help Desk during the first...
DONs and Other Nurse Leaders: Mark your Calendar Now for the Nurse Leaders...
Date and Location: on November 16th at the Meridian Center in Newton. Stay tuned for more details.
CMS Releases Proposed Hospice Rule
CMS just released a new rule to update hospice payment rates for fiscal year 2018. The proposed rule:
Increases the market basket percentage by 1 percent.
Amends the statutory aggregate cap for FY 2018 by 1 percent to...
CMS Releases Guidance to States on Improving Medicaid Application Timeliness
Medicaid applications and renewal completion timelines are under the microscope as Medicaid unwinding has stripped more than 21 million people of Medicaid coverage. Individuals have been disenrolled for multiple reasons, but problems with paperwork...
Join Us This Friday for our Weekly Webinars
Join us each Friday at 10:00 AM for the Weekly Webcast Update. If you have not registered to view the weekly webinar you can do so here. This week we will have guest presentation on...
Important RoP Training Coming To Your Organization This Summer
LeadingAge Kansas, along with Pathway Health have teamed up to launch a webinar series over the Requirements of Participation (RoPs). The first is a 5-part series focused on Phase 1 and the second is an...