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Week of November 28th

COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus Update for 11-30-2022

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FEDERAL NEWS HHS Toolkits on Updated COVID-19 VaccinesIn this toolkit created by the Department of Health and Human Services, you can find answers to frequently...

Sign up for Your 2023 Partnership Early – So You Don’t Miss a Thing

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2023 Spring Conference will be Set up Wednesday April 12th and Exhibit Thursday April 13th in Wichita. We are making plans for 2023 and want to make...

Sunshine Meadows Features Letter B in Monthly Menu for a Little Fun

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Written by Melanie KoehnThis month our dietary staff is starting to do a fun project for our residents here at the Sunshine Meadows Retirement...

OIG Report Finds Providers Didn’t Comply with Advance Care Billing Requirements

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As of January 1, 2016 Medicare began paying for advance care planning conversations. Payments for these services from 2016 through 2019 totaled more than...

OIG Report on Psychotropics in Nursing Homes

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The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report on November 14th on the use of psychotropic drugs in nursing homes. The report...

LeadingAge Quality and Risk Management Member Network Meeting on December 2nd

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The Quality and Risk Management Member Network will meet on Friday, December 2nd, from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT. The primary topic of...

DOL Nursing Expansion Program Funding Opportunity Announcement Amended: The Nursing Career Pathways Track’s Lead...

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On October 11th, LeadingAge asked the Department of Labor (DOL) for a clarification on whether the DOL’s Nursing Expansion Grant Program’s Funding Opportunity Announcement...

Schowalter Villa Announces Leadership Transitions

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Bluestem Communities’ Schowalter Villa life plan community is preparing for a series of leadership transitions through internal promotions that will be finalized in early...

Thank You for Your Donations on #GivingTuesday

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We raised $2500 yesterday on #GivingTuesday for scholarships to further the education of our member employees in aging services. And more money keeps coming...

Early Recognition and Management of Sepsis in Nursing Home – December 7th, 12:00-4:00 PM

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Great Plains Quality Improvement Network, in conjunction with CMS, is hosting a live event focused on early sepsis identification and treatment in nursing homes....

CMS Updates State Operations Manual to Reflect Requirements of Participation

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CMS has published an Advanced Copy of State Operations Manual Appendix PP to include the revised Requirements of Participation for nursing facilities. Please note before printing...

OIG Exclusions Update Available

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has posted its October 2016 update to the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities....