KHCA Daily Updates
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January 2023
January 30, 2023
- Take Action: Write CMS Today!
- Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant Linda Farrar
- New data: With no booster, nursing home residents face 30 percent higher COVID risk
- Now Available! New Resource on Long COVID
- The latest Your Top-Line publication for skilled nursing centers are now available!
January 27, 2023
January 26, 2023
- Federal bill returning temporary nurse aide waiver gets new life
- 5-Star Staffing Rating Simplified
January 25, 2023
- 1 day left to apply for a 2023 National Quality Award!
- THIS FRIDAY! KCAL District 5 Round Table- Friday, January 27, 2023 from 2:00 – 3:30PM in Wichita, KS
January 24, 2023
- Senators Urge Biden Administration To Stop Plan To Mandate Nursing Home Staffing Levels
- FDA proposes two annual COVID shots for seniors in ‘simplified’ vaccine schedule
January 23, 2023
- Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant Linda Farrar
- Recording Now Available for AHCA’s Webinar Last Week: Contact CMS: Minimum Staffing Requirements for Skilled Nursing Facilities
January 20, 2023
January 19, 2023
- Webinar Tomorrow – Contact CMS: Minimum Staffing Requirements for Skilled Nursing Facilities – Register Today!
- Essential Lessons for SNF Department Heads
- ‘Unfair’ posting of disputed citations will tarnish operators: experts
January 18, 2023
- CMS Makes Updates to the Nursing Home Compare Website and Five Star Quality Rating System
- 2023 National Quality Award Application Deadline Next Week
- The KDADS CARE Team has updated their FAQs
January 17, 2023
- KCAL District 5 Round Table- Friday, January 27, 2023 3:30PM in Wichita, KS
- Members Only Nurse Advisory Call – Friday, January 20, 2023 at 10:00 AM
- Members Only Facility Standards Call – Friday, January 20, 2023 at 11:00 AM
- White House Seeking Renewed Action To Improve COVID-19 Booster Uptake In Nursing Homes
- CDC, FDA to Investigate Weak Signal for Stroke in Seniors with Pfizer Bivalent Vaccine
- CMS Daily Digest Bulletin
- KMAP Web Update
January 13, 2023
January 12, 2023
- AHCA CEO: New Initiative Will Help Nursing Homes Facing ‘Unique’ Staffing Crisis
- National Stakeholder Call with the CMS Administrator on January 24, 2023
- Free Education for New Facility Managers
- Mentoring Your DON for 5-Star Success
January 11, 2023
- HHS Extends Public Health Emergency Through April 11
- Third Edition Quality Reporting Program COVID-19 Public Reporting Tip Sheets
- AHCA/NCAL Launches New National Workforce Campaign – Careers in Caring
- Staffing ‘instability’ might be new mandate metric; providers gear up for battle
- Social isolation linked to dementia in national study
January 10, 2023
- HRSA Releases Reporting Period 4 Guidance -Releases Additional Reconsideration Information
- Latest COVID shot cuts hospitalizations in seniors by 81 percent: study
- Special Messages from AHCA/NCAL Leadership
January 9, 2023
- HHS Offers States Flexibility to Better Address Medicaid Enrollees’ Needs
- Free COVID tests now available to all aging services providers
January 6, 2023
- Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant Linda Farrar
- Final Rule Update
- FDA approves new experimental drug to treat early Alzheimer’s
- 2022 Home Care Salary & Benefits Report Available
January 5, 2023
January 4, 2023
- Skilled Nursing Providers Discuss Strategies To Address Challenges In 2023
- CDC Provides New Initiative to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination in LTC Settings
- Governor Kelly Announces Proposed New Kansas Veterans Home to be Built in Topeka
January 3, 2023
- Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant Linda Farrar
- Annual CNA/HHA Employment Verification — Deadline March 31, 2023
- Veterans Affairs proposes pay change for state-run nursing homes
- Final Rule HCBS Compliance Portal Down for Maintenance
December 2022
December 29, 2022
- Major study links nursing home staff vaccinations to lower resident deaths, calls for updated booster guidance
December 28, 2022
- A Special Holiday Message from LaShuan Bethea
- Travel Nurses Across US Pushing Back Against Pay Cuts
- Influenza Vaccination Data Reporting
- Flu Decreasing In Many Parts Of US, CDC Says
December 27, 2022
- Governor Kelly Announces Kansas State Fire Marshal Doug Jorgensen to Retire
- A Message from the President & CEO Mark Parkinson: CONGRESS PASSES 2023 BUDGET, SNFs Left Alone; Wind Down of Enhanced FMAP to States
December 22, 2022
- A Publication from the Kansas Office of the State Fire Marshal: The Trumpet
- U.S. releases Tamiflu doses from national stockpile as demand surges
- 2022 Survey Trends to Guide 2023 Survey Success
December 21, 2022
- Why Residents Should Get the Bivalent Booster
- Commentary Presents Wish List, Resolution Ideas For LTC Stakeholders Including AHCA
December 20, 2022
- A Message from the President & CEO Mark Parkinson: A Slow Recovery in 2022; Providers and State Associations Shine
- CDC: More nursing homes now can obtain, provide single-dose COVID vaccines
December 19, 2022
- White House Releases Winter Playbook for LTC
- White House declares nursing home staff can now help with booster shots
- SAVE THE DATE: National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call on Thursday January 5, 2023 at 2pm Central Time
- KMAP Web Updates
December 16, 2022
- Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant Linda Farrar
- Payroll Based Journal Reports
- Entering the Winter Season, How Many Nursing Facility Residents and Staff are Up to Date with Their COVID-19 Vaccines?
- White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free tests
- Biden Administration Announces Winter Preparedness Plan
December 15, 2022
- Updated recommendations regarding the management of persons with influenza
- Nursing Homes Look To Boost COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Among Residents, Staff As Cases And Hospitalizations Rise
- Operating pressures, clinical add-ons bringing more small providers to value-based models
December 14, 2022
- HRSA Begins Provider Relief Fund Repayment Notification
- Biden Administration Weighing Federal Minimum Staffing Mandate For Nursing Homes
- Provider lobbyists and lawmakers speed up pleas for help with physician fee cuts
- Hit these 3 targets to avoid respiratory outbreaks, U.S. COVID czar tells nursing homes
December 13, 2022
- Webinar Recording Now Available: Preparing for Respiratory Viruses featuring Dr. Ashish Jha
- Skilled Nursing Care Centers: Join the Long Term Care Data Cooperative Today
- “We Can Do This” COVID-19 Public Education Campaign
- OSHA Finalizes Draft Of New COVID-19 Permanent Standard For Health Care Workers
- Attention to those involved in the CARE Process
December 12, 2022
- Census and ability to admit new residents
- A Reminder Message from the Office of the State Fire Marshal: Fire Watch
- AHCA Announces “Cultivating Kindness” Theme For National Skilled Nursing Care Week 2023
- House Subcommittee Releases Final Report On Coronavirus Crisis
- AHCA CEO: Value-Based Care ‘Most Exciting’ Development of His 30-Year Skilled Nursing Career
- Members Only Facility Standards Call – Friday, December 16, 2022 at 11:00 AM
December 9, 2022
- CDC Vaccine Webinar: Clinical Guidance and Patient Education for Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines
- Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant Linda Farrar
- Attention to those involved in the CARE Process
December 8, 2022
- Expert Offers Suggestions To Reduce Risk Of Tech-Induced Minimum Data Set Errors
- REMINDER! HCBS Final Settings Rule Public Comments Notification – Nov. 29 – Dec. 29, 2022
December 7, 2022
- CMS Releases Managed Care Prior Authorization Proposed Regulation
- Complete AHCA/NCAL’s State of the Industry Survey
- AHCA/NCAL’s Mark Parkinson Included In The Hill’s 2022 List Of Top Lobbyists
- Healthcare worker vaccination mandate could end after a military vax withdrawal
- Free Webinar: Preparing for Respiratory Viruses featuring Dr. Ashish Jha
December 6, 2022
- A Special Message from Pam Truscott, NCAL Director of Quality Improvement
December 5, 2022
- CMS Hosts SNF/LTC Open Door Forum on December 8
- AHCA, Other Organizations Ask Congress To Prevent PAYGO Sequester From Taking Effect
December 2, 2022
- Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant Linda Farrar
- NCAL Regulatory Resource Center To Provide Key Hub For Providers, State Affiliates, Executive Says
December 1, 2022
- Biden Nursing Home Agenda Progresses as Industry Prepares for 2023
NCAL Urges Lawmakers To Back Measure Expanding Veterans’ Access To Assisted Living
Tips for Successful IDR/IIDR
Congress may give providers 2-year relief on CMS physician fee cuts
A Publication from the Kansas Office of the State Fire Marshal: The Trumpet
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