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Week of October 23rd

49 States Report Shortage of HCBS Workers

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In a brief published by KFF on October 24th, Payment Rates for Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services: States’ Responses to Workforce Challenges, authors Alice Burns, Maiss Mohamed, and Molly O’Malley Watts analyze findings from...

Kansas Apply Free Days

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Do you have a staff member who has been considering going back to school? Tell them about the Kansas Apply Free Days! The Kansas Board of Regents will waive application costs for Kansas who...

2024 LeadingAge Kansas Events

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Hello Associate Members! We have been planning our 2024 events and want to make sure that LeadingAge Kansas is on your calendar. Our 2024 Spring Conference is moving to Manhattan, KS April 9th to 11th. ...

Did You Know That You Can Post Jobs on the LeadingAge Kansas Website?

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The LeadingAge Kansas Careers page is an easy-to-use page that lets you post jobs for your organization. The user-friendly platform is designed with LeadingAge members in mind.    No Word Restrictions: Express everything you need to...

Join Us This Friday for Our Weekly Webinars

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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,...

Weekly Recaps

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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 Weekly. Nursing Home Weekly Update. Here is your...

Register for Fall Joint Provider 2023

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This year’s Fall Joint Provider Workshop is set to cover staff competencies, best practices, and MDS Survey trends. Up to 6.5 CE hours are available for event attendees. Join KACE, KHCA, and LeadingAge Kansas...

New Vaccine Information Sheets Now Available for COVID and RSV Vaccines

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CDC has released the new Vaccine Information Sheets (VIS) for this season’s COVID and RSV vaccines. Access the COVID VIS here and the RSV VIS here. Both VISs can be downloaded to PDF or...

HRSA Offers Late PRF Reporting Opportunity for Reporting Period 5 (RP5)

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Providers who received Provider Relief Funds (PRF) or American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural payments between January 1 and June 30, 2022 were required to report on their use of these funds by September...

KanCare RFP Stakeholder Public Session This Thursday

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Providers interested in hearing more about the KanCare RFP have the option to join a public session on the matter this Thursday, October 26th from 1:00-3:00 PM CT.  Find details on how to register on...

SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available 

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The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain the data that will be published on Care Compare during the January 2024 refresh and are...

HCBS Relief Act Introduced by Senator Casey

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On October 24th, Senator Casey was joined by 17 colleagues to introduce a bill that would offer states a 10% boost in federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for two years to support Medicaid home...