OSHA Announces Rule Updating the Hazard Communication Standard
On May 21, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration announced a final rule that will update the current Hazard Communication Standard. To ensure chemical safety in the workplace, information about the identities and hazards of...
LeadingAge Submits Comments on Proposed FY2025 Hospice Wage Index
On May 28, LeadingAge submitted comments on the FY2025 Hospice Wage Index proposed rule. In 2023, LeadingAge developed multiple recommendations to push CMS to modernize the hospice benefit. LeadingAge responded to a request from...
HIPAA Basics & Beyond: June 18 at 1:00 PM
Are you confident in your ability to recognize HIPAA risk compliance areas on your campus? Would you like an introduction (or a refresher) of the basic requirements of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Break...
Infection Prevention Training for DONs, Infection Preventionists, and Culinary Personnel
We are proud to partner with LeadingAge Iowa to bring you the Intersection of Infection Prevention & Control in Food Services webinar on June 25 from 1:30 - 2:30 PM.
Maintaining safe and sanitary food...
Registration is Open for Kansas Education Conference on Dementia
Registration is now open for the 12th Annual Kansas Education Conference on Dementia. This conference is hosted by the Alzheimer’s Association and will be held on June 12, 2024, at the Kansas Star Event...
Weekly Recaps: May 29, 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 Nursing Home...
Our Weekly Webinars Are Moving to Zoom!
Starting on June 21st, the Weekly Webinar will move to Zoom! Don’t worry, we’re keeping the same time (10:00 AM) and the same typical agenda! We are making this move to help create a...
Kansas Legislative Special Session
Lobbyists and legislators have been eagerly waiting for Governor Kelly to announce the dates of the special session for the 2024 legislative year, and it was finally announced this morning. The special session will...
DUALS Act Introduced in House
Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) introduced the House version of the Delivering Unified Access to Lifesaving Services (DUALS) Act on May 23. This is similar legislation to the bill, S.3950, introduced...
Joint Legislative Committee on KanCare Oversight
While no formal announcement has come out for the Bob Bethell Joint Committee on KanCare Oversight, quarter two of the calendar year is slowly ending, meaning its announcement will come at any time. It...
CMS Releases FAQs for PACE and MAOs on Overpayment Reruns
On May 21, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released FAQs from a User Group Call that occurred on May 1 regarding submission of risk adjustment data for PACE and Medicare Advantage Organizations...