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 indicated on Nursing Home Compare with a special icon. Additionally, star...
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 from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM at the House of Blues San Diego...
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 Final Rule sets the minimum salary threshold for the “white collar”...
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 in an assisted living or similar setting? Then you must...
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 and Employee Law Update.
Who Should Attend?
Human Resource Professionals, Administrators, Nurses...
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. (The first revision was released within jRAVEN only.) Effective beginning...
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 – 9:00 AM Enhancing Your Influence
Amy Siple, APRN, FNP, GS-C (1.0 A)
We...
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, state director of Aegis Therapies.
Aegis has added speech/language therapy to...
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.
New LeadingAge Magazine: A Destination for Talent
Here are a bunch of great articles featured in the recent LeadingAge Magazine.
A Destination for Talent
Recruiting for a Purpose-Driven Workplace
Drawing Students to Our Field With College Partnerships
Building a Technology-Friendly Staff
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Upcoming Housing Happenings Calls
This is a free service to LeadingAge Kansas Housing/HUD members. This is a partnership between Kansas and Maryland with assistance from LeadingAge National. Check out the upcoming topics/dates and times. All times are Eastern.
Wednesday, October...