LeadingAge National Government Updates: November 6, 2024
AHA Files Brief Challenging CMS’ Minimum Staffing Rule for Nursing Homes
On October 24, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Texas Hospital Association filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. District Court for the...
Kansas Advocacy Updates: November 6, 2024
Kansas, et al. v. Becerra Staffing Rule Lawsuit Update
The coalition of 20 state attorneys general and 17 LeadingAge state affiliates, representing 21 states, and 2 Kansas nursing home providers filed a motion for preliminary...
Sunshine Meadows Residents Got Creative for Halloween
Residents of Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community’s memory care unit, Hidden Meadows, had a great time recently painting pumpkins to celebrate Halloween. Take a look at their creative “spooky” decorations.
The Latest 5-Star Reports Were Sent Out Monday
The 5-Star reports include the latest data available from CMS for staffing and quality measures which is from 2024Q2. As a LeadingAge Kansas member your organization has access to your quality data in an...
Don’t Miss Our November Collaboration Group Meetings
Our Director of Nursing and Business Office Manager Collaboration Groups are meeting this month on November 13 and November 19, respectively.
Director of Nursing Collaboration Group
November 13, 2024 at 2:30 PM on Zoom.
Topic: Finding Education for...
Candidates Can’t Secure Placements, While Vacancies in Leadership Persist
Developing the next generation of leadership in skilled nursing communities continues to vex the industry as the next generation of leaders are finding it increasingly difficult to find placement for Administrator in Training (AIT)...
Join Us This Friday for our Weekly Webinars
Join us each Friday at 10:00 AM CT for the Weekly Webcast Update. If you have not registered to view the weekly webinar, you can do so here. For archives of past Weekly Webcast Updates,...
5 Star Reports Were Sent Out Last Week
Last week, LeadingAge Kansas sent all nursing home providers a personalized 5-Star Report to their organization with options for trending the QMs. The latest 5-star report for the data was released October 1, 2023.
We...
Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Hospice Provider Webinar and Updates
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team will host a Hospice Provider Webinar on November 9th at 2:00 PM CT. During this webinar, presenters will provide key information...
Weekly Recaps
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...
Annual 2023 Financial Trends and Ratios Analysis for CCRCs Publication Released Late October
This article summarizes the webinar and publication that were released in tandem, along with a press release by Baker Tilly. Both single site (SSO) and multi-site (MSO) CCRCs’ FY2022 performance, in many of the...
CMS Finalizes Proposed Hospice Special Focus Program Algorithm
After LeadingAge and their industry partners went through tremendous efforts to educate CMS on the reality of implementing the proposed Special Focus Program (SFP) as proposed in the CY2024 Home Health Rule, CMS has...