Big 5-Star Changes for Abuse and Neglect Citations
Beginning October 23rd, nursing homes that have been cited for abuse that either caused harm or had the potential to cause harm will be...
Free Education Opportunity for KING Members – 2019 KING Workers Compensation Seminar
This year’s seminar will be held November 15th in Wichita and will highlight the 2020 Safety Grant, Case Law Update, Head Injury Claims Best Practice...
Don’t Forget to Sign Up for Kansas Night Out – October 27th
LeadingAge Kansas would like to invite you to join us in San Diego on Sunday, October 27th for the Kansas Night Out. The event will be held...
PDPM Grouper Update From CMS
The below message just came in from CMS announcing the second revision to the initial release of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) Grouper software....
DOL Issues Final Rule on Overtime Threshold
The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued a final rule on the overtime threshold for exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The...
HCBS Settings Rule Deadline: January 2020
Kansas finally has a CMS-approved plan for complying with the HCBS Settings Rule issued in 2012. Are you providing Home and Community Based Services...
2019 Nurse Workshop – November 14th
Join us November 14th in Newton for great education topics and a valuable opportunity to network with fellow nurses.
Agenda
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM Registration
8:00 AM –...
Submit a Proposal to Present a Session at the 2020 LeadingAge National Conference-Deadline December...
Next year’s conference will be held on November 4th-7th in San Antonio, TX.
More information.
SunPorch of Dodge City Now Offers In-House Speech/Language Therapy
A new service at SunPorch of Dodge City is now available to help elders communicate their wants and needs more clearly, said Sheila Bills,...
Legislature 2020 Warm Up – Thanks for Your Input
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Policy Town Hall/World Café at the fall conference in Lenexa last week. The event was facilitated...
Reimbursement Advisory Group – Next Conference Call October 17
LeadingAge Kansas recently established a Nursing Home Medicaid Reimbursement Advisory group to gain feedback from members about how they think the current reimbursement is...