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CMS is assessing access to WiFi in nursing homes. They consider WiFi for residents a basic standard of convenience and comfort that any individual could expect in their home and are therefore considering ways to ensure WiFi access for all residents in all nursing homes.

If your nursing home does not have facility-wide WiFi access for all nursing home residents, please complete Attachment C from this memo and email to CMS at CMP-Info@cms.hhs.gov no later than December 22, 2023. CMS will use this information to evaluate whether CMP Reinvestment Program funds could be used for this purpose.

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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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