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HB2039: AED Registration and Adult Care Homes
The Kansas EMS Board has shared that adult care homes are considered “public places” for the purposes of AED registration under HB2039. If your organization has an AED on site, you must complete a one-time registration (not annual or ongoing) through the Kansas EMS Board’s PulsePoint-powered registry at aed.new. To register, search for your home’s name or zoom in on the map to place the device icon, then click Next. You will need to provide the Location Name, a Description of AED Placement, and an email address for confirmation. The Board also recommends selecting the “Restricted Access” box to reflect staff use. Once submitted, your AED is registered.
KDHE: Provider Electronic Solutions (PES) Rolloff Town Hall Meetings
After October 14, 2025, Provider Electronic Solutions (PES) will not be supported by the Kansas Medical Assistance Program (KMAP) and users will not be able to submit Electronic Data Interface (EDI) transactions through PES. An alternative for PES billing is provided through the Kansas Modular Medicaid System (KMMS) secure provider portal.
KMAP will host two town halls, one on September 9 and one on September 11, 2025, for PES users to learn more and ask questions. The same information will be shared at both sessions:
- Need for PES software sunset.
- Web options available on KMAP.
- Use of roster billing.
- Claims submission template enhancements.
You can register for the town halls by going to the events section at the bottom of the KanCare.ks.gov homepage and clicking on the date of the meeting you would like to attend. A provider bulletin has been posted with more information.
Kansas Adult Protective Services Training Opportunity: A Tsunami of Cyber-Enabled Scams
As an agency, the Kansas Department for Children and Families, Adult Protective Services, has experienced an overwhelming 49% increase in Financial Exploitation cases being reported to the Kansas Protection Report Center in recent years. With that, they have increased awareness through their Stop. Verify. Report. campaign efforts, but the threat grows, and there is more work to be done.
APS encourages you to attend an educational Financial Exploitation series webinar, recently hosted by the National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA). You will gain valuable understanding and insights and come away with real-life examples and practices of others who are successfully reducing the vulnerabilities and instances of cyber-enabled scams. Please RSVP to receive the link to attend.
HCBS Quarterly Connections: KDADS Introduces New Quarterly Newsletter on HCBS Waiver Services
New this quarter, KDADS has released their first issue of Kansas HCBS Quarterly Connections – a new resource created by the Statewide Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Assessing Organization, Maximus, which partners with the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS). HCBS waiver services help people to live more independently. This issue includes information on:
- Brain Injury Waiver Program (BI Waiver),
- Frail Elderly Waiver Program (FE Waiver),
- Physical Disability Waiver Program (PD Waiver), and
- Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).
In addition, the newsletter will offer waiver support resources, reminders about upcoming events, and ways to contact with questions.
If you are interested in receiving this newsletter: Contact the HCBS Assessing Organization Help Desk at: Ask-KSHCBS@maximus.com with the subject line “Please add to the HCBS Quarterly Connections contact list.” The request should include your full name and email address in the body of the message.
