Week of January 17th

For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) measure scores are based on the standard number of quarters. The April 2022 refresh will add new OASIS-based measures for public reporting...

Are you interested in becoming a Kansas Certified Adult Care Home Operator? Then this course is perfect for you! LeadingAge Kansas and GERTI are bringing a 4-week online Adult Care Home Operators course for...

Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) CARE office leaders provided training information pertaining to the CARE/PASRR process for providers to review. Providers should no longer be faxing any CARE assessment requests to...

On January 10th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held a webinar reviewing regulatory requirements and best practices for the person-centered service planning (PCSP) process for individuals receiving Medicaid home and community-based...

On January 12th, CMS released the Draft MDS 3.0 Item Sets version 1.19.1. The draft Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Item Sets version (v)1.19.1 and Item Matrix are now available in the Downloads section...

A new study published in Health Services Research reveals that higher staffing levels do not resolve key discrepancies between nursing homes with higher and lower percentages of residents with Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other cognitive impairments. Researchers...

On January 16th, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced agreement on The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024....

March is Careers in Aging Month, and we are looking to highlight all the careers available to those interested or considering aging services as a career path. We’ll use these videos throughout the month...

Each month, LeadingAge shares select emergency preparedness resources from the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE). In the latest Medicare Learning Network Connects newsletter, CMS...

Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.  HCBS and PACE Weekly Update. Here is your weekly HCBS and PACE Update.  Life Plan Community Weekly Update....

CMS data released on the afternoon of January 11th shows that as of December 31st (most recent data available), the mean number of residents of LeadingAge member nursing homes is 50.44; the median is...

Strategic planning, strategic thinking, board engagement and awareness of economic and financial trends are a necessity for an organization to go from surviving to thriving.  Join us for the Governance Series where we'll dig...