Safety Matters Newsletter Available
The Spring 2019 Edition of the Safety Matters Newsletter on preventing scalds & burns in dietary operations is now available.
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CMS Nursing Home Employee Satisfaction Survey and Staff Competency Assessment Tools Available for Free
The CMS Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program (CMPRP) is a three-year effort focused on:
Improve dementia care
Reduce adverse events
Improve staffing quality, such as reducing...
The SBA Office of Advocacy Wants to Hear From You About Burdensome Regulations
The federal Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy is gathering information from small businesses about burdensome federal regulations. They invite you to share your experience with...
LeadingAge Weighs in on Proposed Medicare Advantage Changes
LeadingAge national has submitted a comment letter to CMS on the 2020 Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part D...
CMS Quality Measure Shuffle: What’s in Store for April 2019
The new MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual Version 12.0, effective Jan. 1, 2019, has been posted to the CMS website. It contains many updates, including...
Know Your Data…
Quality Metrics is a member benefit and can be accessed HERE. The Five-Star Analysis Report is a member benefit and members are provided with a quarterly email...
It’s Careers in Aging Services Week: How Are You Participating?
It’s here – Careers in Aging Week is being celebrated across the country and it launched in Kansas! Social media is a buzz about...
PMMA Announces New Director of Centralized Recruitment
It is our pleasure to announce Will Smith has been hired as Director of Centralized Recruitment for Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America. Will’s first day...
Associate Member Summit Care Celebrates Black History Month
In February, at Oklahoma Methodist Manor in Tulsa, OK Summit Care staff honored Black history month by giving elders the opportunity to paint traditional...
Manor of the Plains Earns Zero-Deficiency Rating
Manor of the Plains earned a zero-deficiency survey from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services following its annual inspection in early February.
“We...
Wichita Presbyterian Manor Earns Zero-Deficiency Rating
Wichita Presbyterian Manor earned a zero-deficiency health care survey from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services following its annual inspection in mid-February.
“We...
LeadingAge Publishes Policy Update
Check out the latest on what LeadingAge National is doing for you in Washington regarding policy. Highlights include Federal budget for fiscal 2020, Nursing...