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 Weekly.
Nursing Home Weekly Update. Here is your...
Register for Fall Joint Provider 2023
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
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)
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
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
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
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...
KDADS Stakeholder Meeting Update
Stakeholders met with KDADS last week to discuss updates related to survey trends, the proposed minimum staffing rule, and the HCBS Final Settings Rule. KDADS is still working on solidifying their survey process for...
Senate HELP Field Hearing on Nursing Staff in Hospitals
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a field hearing, “Overworked and Undervalued: Is the Severe Hospital Staffing Crisis Endangering the Well-Being of Patients and Nurses.” The hearing is set...
Webinar: “It is Not Too Late: Staffing Mandates and Encouraging Community Participation”
Join LeadingAge on October 26th at 1:00 PM CT for a webinar on how your organization can make a difference in ensuring CMS’s proposed staffing mandates aren't enacted—even if you’ve already submitted your comments....
LeadingAge Kansas Update on Proposed Minimum Staffing Rule
LeadingAge Kansas submitted comments on the Federal Register for the proposed minimum staffing rule. Make sure you submit your comments by November 6th using the LeadingAge Action Alert or on the Federal Register directly....
CMS Posts Updates to the New MDS
The final Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Item Sets version (v)1.18.11 have been updated and are now available in the Downloads section on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual...