SNF Providers Can Preview April Reports for Publicly Reported Measures
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports are now available for review prior to the April 2019 Nursing Home Compare site refresh. Corrections to the underlying data are not permitted but providers can request a CMS...
CMS Updates Emergency Preparedness Guidance
CMS issued updated guidance on federal emergency preparedness requirements Appendix Z of the State Operations Manual – Emergency Preparedness, effective Feb. 1, 2019. The new guidance is to be communicated to state agency survey...
KanCare Claims Resolution Logs
The KanCare Open Claims Resolution Log, KanCare Closed Claims Resolution Log, and KanCare 2.0 Open Claims Resolution Log are now available on the Bulletins page under the Publications heading of the KMAP website.
Meeting with Congressman Watkins
LeadingAge Kansas staff, along with a small group of health-related association heads, met with new 2nd District Congressman Steve Watkins last week. Our time was spent getting acquainted with the Congressman and his philosophy of policy-making,...
Diversity and Inclusion Resources
How organizations are failing black workers and how to do better
Companies That Discard Old Thinking About Ability Are Ahead of the Curve
To retain employees focus on inclusion not just diversity
Welcome to Joshua Johnson, Our New Reimbursement Specialist Consultant
Welcome to Joshua Johnson, our new Reimbursement Specialist Consultant starting March 1, 2019. Joshua has been in the field for twelve years, working in both the not-for-profit and for profit sectors. He has served...
Barton County Community College Allied Health Receives Donation for CNA Classes
A charitable donor was moved by the care and testimony of a CNA that cared for him and wanted to build the direct care workforce in the area. This project is such a blessing...
New Director of Nursing at Sunset Home
Sunset Home in Concordia recently announced that they have named Louetta Forell as Director of Nursing. Welcome Louetta! We look forward to working with you.
New Wage Reports from Medicaid Cost Report Data
LeadingAge Kansas is pleased to provide nursing home members with wage data captured from cost report data from 2015-2017. The following pages include hourly wages for all positions reported on the cost report. The reports...
Onboarding Toolkit Focus: Principle 3, Leveraging an Organization’s Mission, Vision and Values
Over the past several weeks, we have highlighted the first three sections of our resource-rich Employee Onboarding Toolkit. This week we focus on Principle 3: Leveraging and Organization’s Mission, Vision and Values. To access the tools,...
Careers in Aging Week is Next Week
We are gearing up for the 2nd annual Careers in Aging Week and this year it will be rolled out nationwide. Here are several tools to help you next week:
LeadingAge Kansas CIAW Week Toolkit
LeadingAge...
AARP Community Challenge Grant Program Now Accepting 2019 Applications
AARP has opened applications for the 2019 AARP Community Challenge grant program to fund “quick-action” projects that spark change across the country. Now in its third year, the program is part of AARP’s nationwide work on...