Nursing Facility Medicaid Rates for State Fiscal Year 2020
The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services has posted the SFY 2020 nursing home Medicaid rates and rate methodology. Find it in the latest Kansas Register.
What Does the EPA Pharmaceutical Rule Mean For You?
Effective Aug. 22, 2019, providers of aging services with hospice and nursing home settings will no longer be allowed to dispose of pharmaceuticals by flushing them down a toilet or sink drain. The prohibition...
Check Out 2020 ICD-10 CM Updates
The 2020 ICD-10-CM files contain information on the ICD-10-CM updates for FY 2020.
These 2020 ICD-10-CM codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 and for patient...
New Clarification of HHA Billing and Payment Policies for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)...
This special edition MLN Matters article is informational only and is intended to provide helpful information to providers. The article does not reflect any change in Medicare policy.
2019 Workforce & Leadership Conference – One Week Away
This conference offers a great variety of breakouts options for you, July 11th and 12th in Newton, Kansas.
July 11th - General Workforce
Breakouts Options:
Fostering a Culture of Team Engagement Through Improved Onboarding Practices (offered...
Final ICD-10-CM Training Opportunity in July
LeadingAge Kansas, in partnership with Barbara Michaelis, will be providing a 2-day training in Clay Center July 30th & 31st.
This is your last option for this training July 30th & 31st – Clay Center Presbyterian...
Online Assisted Living Operator Course – Starts September 4th
LeadingAge Kansas is partnering with GERTI in 2019 to provide a 7-week online course to educate you on becoming an Adult Care Home Operator.
Course Structure
This course will be delivered primarily online with an in-person...
Generous Donors Create Additional Scholarship Opportunities
Donors contributed over $5,000 to the LeadingAge Kansas Foundation scholarship fund on Giving Tuesday. These donations allow the Foundation to give more scholarships for 2019. Scholarships are available to full or part-time employees of...
PDPM – A Word From Josh Johnson, Our Reimbursement Consultant
As the year trucks along, so does the October 1st start date for PDPM. Are you prepared? Our partner BKD has put on several presentations. EHR vendors are re-tooling their systems and also providing...
LeadingAge Kansas Members Highlighted in Latest PEAK Newsletter
Congratulations to all of our members who were highlighted in this week’s PEAK 2.0 Newsletter. This newsletter focuses on keys to success and recognizes outstanding work in 2018-19. Those featured in the newsletter are excellent...
What’s New in the Membership
Congratulations to the following individuals who have new jobs within the LeadingAge Kansas membership.
Congrats to Kimberly Gibbs who was recently named DON at Larksfield Place in Wichita
Jennifer Maina is the new MDS...
Center for Leadership Applications Extended to July 8th
Did you miss the July 1st deadline to apply for the Center for Leadership? We have extended the deadline to July 8th. Learn more and apply for the 2020 Class.