Continuing the Administration’s initiative to increase nursing home ownership and operatorship transparency, CMS released additional information on June 28th. Shared owner-and operatorship is now denoted on individual nursing home pages on Care Compare, listed as “affiliated entities”, with a link to the new Nursing Home Affiliated Entity Performance Measures dataset. The dataset provides aggregate information about the shared entities including ownership type, number of Special Focus Facilities and Special Focus Facility candidates, average overall ratings on the Five Star Quality Rating System, average rating in each of the Five Star domains, and more. CMS is seeking feedback on this new project. For more information on the data, how to provide feedback, or how to submit corrections, refer to CMS memo QSO-23-18-NH. 

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Kylee Childs
Kylee Childs, MSW, is the Director of Government Affairs.Since joining the association in 2023, she continues to be a fierce and resourceful advocate for aging services in Kansas. Her professional focus has always been service to others through advocacy. Kylee has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Missouri-Columbia, a bachelor's degree in criminology with a minor in Conflict Analysis and Trauma studies from Kansas State University, and a certificate in Grant Proposal Writing from Fort Hays State University. With a professional background in law enforcement and child welfare, and a successful 2023 legislative practicum with the Children's Alliance of Kansas, she brings rich professional experience to her role as Director of Government Affairs, and a front-line perspective on the needs of health and human services providers in our state. When not working, she's spending time with her two daughters. You can reach Kylee directly at 785.670.8051.

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