Kansas Capitol Happenings for Week Ending February 16th
Long days ahead for the Government Affairs team as we work towards “turn around” day on February 23rd. This week, several committees are working to get last minute bill hearings and complete final action...
Seeking Feedback on Medicaid 2126 Requests from KDHE
We have heard from members they have been receiving requests to submit a 2126 form when residents are admitted to the hospital even if it has not yet been 30 days or a formal...
Action Alert: Urge Congress to Fix the CNA Training Lockout!
Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) are an integral part of the aging services workforce. Unfortunately, many CNA training programs have been suspended in nursing homes due to an outdated provision of federal law, known as...
CMS Announces Proposed Rule to Strengthen Accrediting Organization Oversight and to Prevent Conflict of...
On February 8th, CMS announced a proposed rule for Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and Preventing AO Conflict of Interest. AOs survey over 9,000 health care providers and suppliers participating in the Medicare/Medicaid...
LeadingAge Meets with CMS Center for Program Integrity (CPI) Staff on Hospice Audits
LeadingAge met with the Center for Program Integrity leadership on February 7th to discuss follow up on their survey results. CPI was very interested to hear from members regarding their issues with audits. LeadingAge...
CMS Updates Hospice Item Set and Comprehensive Assessment Manuals
On February 9th, CMS posted updates to a number of hospice quality reporting program (HQRP) manuals and fact sheets. The HQRP manual updates were primarily to incorporate changes in terminology, referencing the Consensus-based Entity,...
NHSN Outage Scheduled for February 23rd – 25th
NHSN sent an email blast on February 12th notifying users that a system upgrade will take the application offline Friday, February 23rd, through Sunday, February 25th. This means that NHSN users will be unable...
Weekly Recaps: February 14, 2024
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
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February Regulation Review to Cover Abuse
Our 2024 Regulation Review Webinar series continues on February 28th with a session on Abuse regulations outlined in Appendix PP of the State Operations Manual.
Here’s a sneak peek at this month’s webinar:
While there are...
New Webinar – HIPAA Basics and Beyond Presented by Brooke Bennett Aziere of Foulston...
With the increasing number of Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigations and settlements, as well as the continued targeting of healthcare providers by third party actors breaching their networks, there is no better time...
Intent vs. Implementation: No Surprises Act Unexpected Challenges
This webinar session provided by Relias will review the history and current scenarios regarding the federal No Surprises Act (NSA) that passed in 2020 and took effect in 2022 to protect individuals enrolled in...
CMS Quality Conference Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the 2024 CMS Quality Conference. The annual conference will be held at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor April 8th-10th in Baltimore, Maryland and includes a virtual option. Last year,...