More Good News on Occupancy from NIC
Another recent data-set release from the National Investment Center offers more good news on occupancy for majority-IL and majority AL providers. Occupancy continues to steadily improve in both settings, with an across-sector improvement to...
Webinar Series: Orientation for Members That Plan to Participate in EBI, the Association-Sponsored Health...
This web-based informational series is for HR Directors and Administrators whose organizations are signed up to participate in EBI. Participants will come away with a good working knowledge of the elements of EBI health...
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...
HIPAA Basics & Beyond Webinar is Coming Up Soon
Join LeadingAge Kansas and Brooke Bennett Aziere of Foulston Siefkin LLP on June 18 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM for HIPAA Basics & Beyond. This session will refresh participants on basic HIPAA compliance rules...
Final MDS Item Set 1.19.1 Now Available
CMS released the final item sets for Minimum Data Set (MDS) 1.19.1 on May 17. These item sets will be effective October 1, 2024 and are available in the Downloads section of the MDS...
Update on $75 Million CMS Staffing Mandate Workforce Campaign Initiative
LeadingAge followed up with CMS regarding the letter sent to Administrator Brooks-LaSure in April asking questions and to partner with CMS, about the $75 million to HRSA for a staffing, recruitment and training, campaign...
Weekly Recaps: May 22, 2024
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
Nursing Home Weekly Update
Affordable Housing Weekly Update
Hospice Weekly Update
Home Health Weekly Update
Workforce Weekly...
Don’t Forget – Millage Forms are Due June 14, 2024
To determine the membership dues for 2025, please provide your Program Service Revenue (Millage) to LeadingAge Kansas.
Each year, LeadingAge Kansas asks members to provide information to help us determine dues for the following...
Tell CMS Not to Finalize Expanded CMP Authority
The FY 2025 SNF PPS proposed rule includes a provision that would give CMS authority to enforce more civil money penalties (CMPs) against nursing homes. If finalized, CMS could enforce multiple CMPs per survey...
CMS Announces PACE Overpayment Recovery in June
On May 15, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memo outlining a recent finding that CMS had been double-paying PACE organizations through a prospective mechanism. PACE organizations receive two prospective...
Register for June Adult Care Home Operator’s Course
This summer, LeadingAge Kansas and GERTI are returning with the popular 4-week online Adult Care Home Operators course for assisted living and state licensed only adult care homes. The course includes two mandatory Zoom...
Nursing Home Staffing Mandate: Facility Assessment Webinar Now LIVE
The LeadingAge Facility Assessment webinar held May 15 was recorded and is now available on the LeadingAge Learning Hub. As LeadingAge works to stop the rule and to create the workforce necessary for compliance for...