It’s Flu Season
Clorox Presents: Grants for Flu Vaccine Clinics
Flu season is coming, and LeadingAge is partnering with Clorox to help members from across the continuum hold vaccine clinics. Grants can be used for clinics in your...
Final Medicaid Rates
The state has published the final July 1st nursing facility Medicaid rates, reflecting the 4.5% cut to nursing homes announced by the Brownback administration two weeks ago. Keep in mind that these rates are exclusive of...
Quality Apex Webinars Available
Have you been considering purchasing Quality Apex, but still want more information? On the Quality Apex marketing website you will see a section that has been added to register for webinars. (www.qualityapex.com) These will...
Reimbursement-Related questions?
Here are some of the things we have contracted with Joshua Johnson to assist with:
Troubleshoot for members on their individual reimbursement problems/questions.
Communicating on a regular basis with state agency officials regarding Medicaid...
The 2020 Kansas Medicaid Cost Report Navigator is Now Available
The 2020 Cost Report Navigator is officially available for members to access. Bland & Associates presented a walkthrough of the Navigator at the Fall Conference, and if you missed their session, they emphasized the following –
Members...
Are You Interested in Being Part of the LeadingAge Kansas Reimbursement Advisory Group?
LeadingAge Kansas will be assembling a member advisory group to take a deeper dive in the Medicaid reimbursement methodology and to develop recommendations for improvement. If you would be interested in being a part...
Medicaid Cost Report Navigator – 2019 Data Now Available
Analyzing your facility’s data has never been more critical. Providers need to understand the financial impact of previous decisions to make informed decisions in the future. To facilitate this analysis, the 2019 Cost Report...
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) PEPPER Available
The Q4FY17 release of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) with statistics through September 2017 is now available for download through the PEPPER Resources Portal.
The SNF PEPPER will...
Two Documents and A Word About PDPM
Well, here we are on the other side of October 1st. We’ve all known that PDPM was coming and you have all undoubtably taken steps to make sure your community is prepared. HERE are the nuts...
Kansas SPARK Funds
As most will recall, several adult cares homes were selected for audit regarding their use of the Kansas SPARK funds, which were distributed to providers in the Fall of 2020 by the State of...
Aetna Contact for Questions and More
We have had several members ask questions about who their contact at Aetna is. All questions about contracts, etc can go to Scott Brunner. His information is below:
Scott Brunner
Vice President of Stakeholder Relations
Aetna Better...
Reimbursement Tips and Tidbits
PBJ is due into CMS by August 15th. Be sure to have your data validated and submitted on or before this date. Some positions that you may want to ensure that you are submitting:...