CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced on August 28th that she will publish a blog on each part of CMS’s plan to:

  1. Strengthen Oversight
  2. Enhance Enforcement
  3. Increase Transparency
  4. Improve Quality
  5. Put Patients over Paperwork

The first blog entry focuses on point 1, Strengthening Oversight. Among other things, Verma notes that the Agency took an important step in March 2019 toward improving State Survey Agency (SSA) consistency by issuing updated, streamlined guidance to SSAs regarding how to determine Immediate Jeopardy. They will also use an improved computer system to be looking more closely at states’ survey and enforcement results, to identify and address outlier states.

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We encourage LeadingAge Kansas members that provide nursing home services to bookmark this page and check it periodically.

LeadingAge Kansas members should feel free to email Jodi Eyigor or call her at (202) 508-9441 about this new Blog or issues related to federal nursing home policy. Jodi is LeadingAge National’s Director of Nursing Home Quality and Policy. She is responsible for the analysis of federal health policy and regulatory changes related to long term care providers and in particular nursing homes. She develops and advocates LeadingAge’s position on those issues. Jodi is an integral member of LeadingAge’s Public Policy and Health Services team.

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Rachel Monger
Rachel Monger, JD, LACHA is President/CEO. Rachel joined LeadingAge Kansas in 2011 as the Director of Government Affairs and has been a powerful voice for our membership ever since. Rachel is a Kansas licensed attorney and adult care home administrator. She received her bachelor’s degree from Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, MA, and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law. Over the years, Rachel has served in many volunteer roles in her community and in the state of Kansas to support senior needs, aging services education, and community mental health services. She is also a member of the Board of Governors for the Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund. As an award-winning trial lawyer, turned award-winning senior care advocate, she has spent nearly two decades passionately supporting quality of care and quality of life for Kansas seniors. When not at work, Rachel loves reading, crafting, volunteering with her church, and spending time with her partner Steven. You can reach Rachel directly at 785.670.8046.

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