LeadingAge Kansas Loves New Members
Let’s give the newest to the membership a warm welcome.
Lawrence Presbyterian Manor welcomes Dawn Smith as their new Executive Director. If you’d like to contact Dawn her email is dmsmith@pmma.org.DavaLynn Joy joins Catholic Care Center...
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Save the Date – 2022 LeadingAge Kansas Spring Conference and ExpoThe Spring Expo will be held Thursday April, 14, 2022 in Wichita, KS
We have been gearing up with planning for the 2022 LeadingAge Kansas...
Last Chance to Register for this Webinar
Electronic Payments Save Time and Money and Allow AP to Focus on Mission-Critical TasksJoin presenter Mike Doerr of Paymerang for this webinar on Thursday, November 18th at 1:00 PM.
Objectives:Accounts Payable (AP) departments are busier than ever, and AP leaders...
Ice Cream Brings the Smiles at SunPorch of Dodge City
Greta Dohrmann offers her mother, Patsy Burnett, SunPorch of Dodge City elder, a treat on Root Beer Float Day thanks to the new soft-serve ice cream machine at the short-term rehab and long-term-care residence,...
USDA Names Joaquin Altoro as Rural Housing Service Administrator
The Rural Housing Service has a new leader. Administrator Altoro was the CEO and executive director of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the state’s agency for administering low income housing tax credits...
The Week in Media: November 8 – 14, 2021
I. FOLLOWING THE NARRATIVE: A quick summary of national media trends last week.(* indicates that LeadingAge is featured in the story.)
Following the Nov. 5th House passage of infrastructure legislation, news outlets kept tabs on...
EWA Asks Congressional Leadership to Keep Older Adults Workforce Priorities in Reconciliation Package
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA or Alliance), a coalition with whom LeadingAge works, sent a letter today to the Congressional leadership to applaud them for the historic investments in the care of older adults...
Research Study Testing a New Online Version of the Evidence-Based Changing Talk Communication Training...
The University of Kansas School of Nursing is seeking nursing homes nationwide to participate in a NIH-funded research study testing a new online version of the evidence-based Changing Talk (CHAT) communication training program. CHAT educates staff...
Value First PPE and Testing Update
McKesson, Value First’s preferred distribution partner, supply chain update:
The Abbott BinaxNow continues be under allocation however the Quidel Quickvue tests are now available. The BD Veritor test kits are no longer under allocation restrictions...
Change in Medicaid Provider Numbers
The states’ KMAP system will transition to a new processing and payment system effective January 18, 2022. As part of the system change, Medicaid providers should have recently received a new KMAP Provider Number....
State News – HCBS Settings
If your organization provides HCBS-funded services, please read this November 15th memo on complying with the HCBS Settings Rule. Important dates:
June 1, 2022 – Must submit evidence through the Community Connections KS Project Portal (log in...