STATE NEWS

Further Clarification: Kansas Reaches Agreement with CMS on Surveying for Compliance with Vaccine Mandate (F888)
Clarification – this does NOT mean that F888 will not be enforced – it means that CMS will be reviewing compliance for this Ftag instead of the state surveyors. Read the CMS letter for more information.

Governor Laura Kelly announced yesterday that KDADS and KDHE facility surveyors will not be enforcing the CMS vaccine mandate for health care providers. Kansas has reached an agreement with CMS on the responsibility to survey for compliance with the vaccine mandate (42 CFR §483.80(i)). CMS will communicate directly with facilities to demonstrate compliance with the vaccine mandate and tag F-888. Kansas surveyors will complete the remaining parts of recertification surveys, complaint investigations and revisits without verifying facility efforts to ensure vaccine compliance with F888 or 42 CFR §483.80(i)). Read the letter issued by KDADS.

Questions or concerns can be routed to Rachel Monger.

Kansas COVID-19 Cluster Summary      
As of March 30th, there are 2 long-term care facilities with clusters and 2 are LeadingAge Kansas Members.
Statewide Active COVID-19 Clusters

• Clusters: 51
• Cases: 1,334
• Hospitalizations: 16

Kansas COVID-19: Case Rates     

• Cases: 770,082
• Total Case Rate Per 1,000: 264.33
• Daily Cases Diagnosed: 1

Long-Term Care Facilities with Active Cluster Case Information

• Clusters: 38
• Cases: 800
• Hospitalizations: 13

Source: https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/160/COVID-19-in-Kansas    

VACCINE NEWS

Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Overview As of 3/30/2022   

• 4,250,885 Total Doses Reported as Administered     
   – First Dose: 1,953,579
   – Second Dose: 1,580,749
   – Third Dose: 716,558
• 5,506,610 Total Doses Distributed     
   – State Distributed: 3,026,100
• 62.4% of Kansans Vaccinated with One Dose   
• 54.2% of Kansas Completed COVID-19 Vaccine Series

Source: https://www.kansasvaccine.gov/158/Data  

FEDERAL NEWS

Two Important Deadlines for Providers TOMORROW

• Provider Relief Fund Second Period Reporting
  Providers who received Provider Relief Funds (PRF) between July 1 and December 31, 2020 must submit your reports to HRSA through the reporting portal no later than 11:59 PM ET on Thursday, March 31st. Providers who fail to submit a required report will be considered out of compliance and be required to return the PRF received. Members who have questions or have any trouble submitting their report can contact the PRF Provider Support Line at 866-569-3522, Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 10 PM CT.
• Nursing Home Infection Control Provider Relief Reporting
  The deadline to submit second period Provider Relief Fund reports is March 31st at 11:59 PM This report covers PRF payments received between July 1 and December 31, 2020, which includes the targeted distributions referred to as Nursing Home Infection Control (NHIC) payments and Quality Incentive Payments (QIP). Parent organizations cannot report on targeted payments and therefore, the nursing home that received the NHIC and/or QIP payments must report on how they were used for infection control expenses. Members who have questions or have any trouble submitting their report can contact the PRF Provider Support Line at 866-569-3522, Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 10 PM. CT.

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS

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