STATE NEWS
State Licensed Only Providers: Updated Visitation Guidance
Updated Visitation Guidance was released by KDADS today for state licensed only homes. You can find it here. The guidance was updated to include replacing the utilization of Kansas Department of Health and Environments county positivity rate to help determine visitation decision to the Center for Disease Control county transmission rate as well as a new essential care give section. Please send any questions or concerns to kdads.reopening@ks.gov.
CARE/PASSR Program Updates
The CARE Program staff have provided the following updates for providers.
- Resident Reviews: These were not a part of the PASRR Suspension COVID Guidelines that ended in June 2021, PLEASE check your records and ensure that if your level II Person had a Temporary Level II PASRR, that you have followed up with us and completed a Resident Review. We are missing MANY Resident Reviews and this is causing nursing facilities and nursing facilities for mental health, delays in payment from Medicaid and can get you a C-Tag from the State of Kansas during survey.
- Out of State PASRR: Some states are not completing the PASRR at this time due to the 1135 waiver and COVID Issues, so if you have someone coming from another state, at this time we know for sure this is happening in Colorado, send us the letter they are issuing in place of PASRR, and then your facility will have 30 days to get the Kansas Level I CARE Assessment on file if the person stays past 30 days from Admission. We haven’t seen this from any other state but Colorado at this time, but that doesn’t mean it won’t show up, we just wanted you to be aware.
Kansas COVID-19 Cluster Summary
As of November 3rd, there are 10 long-term care facilities with clusters and 7 are LeadingAge Kansas Members.
Statewide Active COVID-19 Clusters
- Clusters: 164
- Cases: 1,600
- Hospitalizations: 57
Kansas COVID-19: Case Rates
- Cases: 438,196
- Total Case Rate Per 1,000: 150.41
- Daily Cases Diagnosed: 749
Long-Term Care Facilities with Active Cluster Case Information
- Clusters: 51
- Cases: 517
- Hospitalizations: 40
Source: https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/160/COVID-19-in-Kansas
VACCINE NEWS
Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Overview
- 3,176,409 Total Doses Reported as Administered
– First Dose: 1,657,465
– Second Dose: 1,356,388 - Third Dose: 162,557
- 3,985,280 Total Doses Distributed
– State Distributed: 2,372,450 - 53.6% of Kansans Vaccinated with One Dose
- 53.3% of Kansas Completed COVID-19 Vaccine Series
Source: https://www.kansasvaccine.gov/158/Data
Other Important Info
- Your Current County Positivity Rate
- Publicly Reported Staff Vaccination Rates by Individual Kansas Nursing Home
- Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Rankings Overall for Each County (not long-term care specific)Kansas counties are ranked on each of three COVID measures: 1) Vaccination rate1, 2) Average number of COVID cases and 3) Average number of COVID tests given.
FEDERAL NEWS
First Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Report Grace Period Ends November 30th
As the grace period for PRF reports comes to an end on November 30th, we encourage LeadingAge KS members to look at what is required for this report if you have not already done so. Our webinar, Complying with New Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements, is available on the Learning Hub and designed specifically for aging services providers. Additional reporting resources are also available on Health Resources and Service Administration’s PRF website.
FDA Investigation of Imported Medical Gloves
The FDA is investigating certain imported medical gloves that appear to have been reprocessed, cleaned or recycled and sold as new. The FDA has determined that many foreign manufacturers and shippers of medical gloves have failed to consistently provide medical gloves of adequate quality for distribution in the United States. The FDA recommends that health care facilities and providers do not purchase or use imported medical gloves from companies included on Import Alert 80-04 Surveillance and Detention Without Physical Examination of Surgeon’s and Patient Examination Gloves and report any problem with medical gloves.
LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS
Will You Join Us for Our Weekly Webinar This Friday?
If you haven’t already done so, register here for upcoming calls through the end of the year.
RESOURCES
ACIP’s Interim Recommendations for Additional Primary and Booster Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines
The CDC released an MMWR on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) interim recommendations for additional primary and booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021. In the United States, three COVID-19 vaccines are approved or authorized for primary vaccination against COVID-19. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices issued recommendations for an additional primary mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose for immunocompromised persons and a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose in eligible groups. Health care professionals play a critical role in COVID-19 vaccination efforts, including for primary, additional primary, and booster vaccination, particularly to protect patients who are at increased risk for severe illness and death.
THANK YOU TO OUR BRONZE SPONSOR
