Kansas Nursing Home and LTCU Quick Facts
323 - Number of licensed nursing homes and hospital long-term care units (LTCUs)
94.5% - Percentage of all licensed nursing homes and LTCUs that participate in the Medicaid program
81.19% - Average occupancy
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SNF (NF) Provider Preview Reports-Review by June 30
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available by following the Preview Report Access Instructions. Providers have until June 30, 2018 to review their performance data prior to public...
CMS Webinar on Emergency Preparedness
CMS hosted a webinar on emergency preparedness for providers on June 19. They provided very little advance notice. But, good news, the 90-minute webinar will be archived. Select "I'm a Provider Option" and search for...
New Medicare Cards Arriving in Kansas
CMS has announced the mailing of new Medicare cards to beneficiaries in Wave 3 states, including Kansas. Please note current Missouri Medicare beneficiaries will not receive their new Medicare cards until later in the...
LeadingAge Strikes Back on MedPac Call to Lower SNF Pay Rates
LeadingAge National distributed a critical response to a recent recommendation by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to lower pay rates for skilled nursing facilities. MedPAC criticized some of the Patient-Driven Payment Model policies supported by nursing...
Raise Awareness about LTSS Needs and Family Caregivers
Carry the Conversation: Be the Voice of Long-Term Services and Supports is a campaign to raise awareness about the prevalence of young caregivers ages 20-36 and the lack of affordable long-term services and supports options available to...
High Plains Retirement Village Highlighted in Wichita Eagle for Antipsychotic Reduction
Mary Chipley, Director of Nursing at High Plains Retirement Village (HPRV) in Lakin, and other team members like Miranda Barrera, have been working diligently over the past several months to decrease use of off-label...
New Medicaid Rates
All facilities should have received notice of their July 1, 2018 Medicaid Rate through the Myers and Stauffer portal. These rates include rebasing with Cost Report data for 2015-2017 with partial inflation through 7/31/18....
Welcome the Newest Faces to the LeadingAge Kansas Membership
Please join us in welcoming:
Bethany Leland, Executive Director at Via Christi Village McLean in Wichita
Trisha Chegen, DON at Via Christi Village McLean in Wichita
Jennifer Evans, DON at Lone Tree Retirement Center...
New Medicare Cards May Have QR Codes
New Medicare cards may have a square code, also referred to as a QR code (a type of machine-readable code). The QR codes on Medicare cards allow the contractor who prints the cards to ensure...
SNF VBP Review and Corrections Process Coming in August
Phase Two of the SNF Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Review and Corrections process will begin in early August 2018 when annual performance score reports are made available in the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced...
New PEAK Ratings
LeadingAge Kansas had a question from a member related to when PEAK ratings will be announced. Per Laci Cornelison at KSU PEAK 2.0 all of the homes being considered for levels 3-5 have received...