Book Your Room for Spring Conference
Are you getting excited for our Spring Conference? We definitely are! Our 2024 Spring Conference is being held on April 10th and 11th at the beautiful Hilton Garden Inn Manhattan. We are getting ready...
Stay Up to Date on Kansas Legislative Happenings
LeadingAge Kansas members can take advantage of the Legislative Action Center on the website which hosts our Aging Advocate Spotify podcast and TikTok feeds. If you aren’t receiving the weekly legislative update on Fridays,...
KDADS CARE Office Provides Useful Tools on CARE/PASRR Process
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...
KDADS HCBS Stakeholder Group Update
The HCBS Stakeholder group met Tuesday, January 16th and mentioned that Final Settings Rule policies may be available for public comment by as soon as next week. As a reminder, the Final Settings Rule...
January 25th Senate Hearing on Assisted Living
Following last month’s Washington Post series on safety and quality in assisted living, the Senate Special Committee on Aging has announced its intention to explore those issues in an upcoming hearing and consider what...
DOL Releases Final Independent Contractor Rule: Effective March 11, 2024
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the issuance of a Final Rule that revises the framework for determining whether a worker should be classified an employee or an independent contractor under...
Tax Package Includes Aging Services-Related Provisions
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....
MedPAC Votes to Cut SNF and HHA, No Payment Update for Hospice
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met on January 11th to finalize recommendations for their March 2024 Report to Congress. As part of the review of payment adequacy for post-acute care settings, the commission voted...
Utility Failure Resources Highlighted by CMS
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...
Draft MDS 3.0 Item Sets to Review
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...
New Resident COVID Vax Numbers – LeadingAge Members Making Progress
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...
CMS Webinar on Person Centered Service Planning in HCBS
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...