KHCA/KCAL is committed to providing our members with important updates. Below is a list of the most recent information. Please visit our website for a list of complete updates. www.khca.org/covid-19-resources
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KHCA/KCAL President/CEO Update from 3/14/22
Click here if you missed yesterday's President/CEO Update.
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Members Nurse Advisory Committee Call – Friday, March 18, 2022 at 10:00 AM
Please join KHCA’s Nurse Advisory Committee President, Teresa Coover on this month’s Members Only NAC Call to discuss Review of Quality Measures & New QSOs: What is everyone to manage quality processes? And new Nurse Scholarship Opportunities.
Microsoft Teams Meeting
Join on your computer or mobile app
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Members Only Facility Standards Call – Friday, March 18, 2022 at 11:00 AM
Join Linda Farrar - KHCA Consultant and Polly Berkley - VP of Operations and Education as they discuss the latest SNF survey findings.
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TOMORROW! Webinar: Winning the Fall Prevention Battle Series: Engaging the Troops: Moving the Falls Program Forward Through Staff Training & Engagement Activities
3/16/2022 from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
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Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant, Linda Farrar
Let’s talk guidance changes…again, and again, and again. Testing now hinges on if staff are “up to date” on their vaccinations versus fully vaccinated. Facilities now required to perform routine testing on staff who are not considered “up to date” (we knew it was coming, right?), which means they have had the initial series AND a booster and that testing is based on county positivity rates. Also staff and residents, regardless of vaccination status, if the person exhibits symptoms of COVID or in an outbreak investigation. READ MORE
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Extension of State Funded Labs for COVID-19 testing through May 15th
Click here to view a letter from Secretaries Stanek from KDHE and Howard from KDADS announcing an extension of the state funded labs for COVID-19 testing through May 15th and shifting the deadlines to Battelle as a free option for testing.
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CMS in ‘Full Court Sprint’ to Carry Out Biden’s Nursing Home Reforms
If you missed Friday’s CMS Stakeholder call, this article is a nice summary of what was discussed.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is in a “full court sprint” toward fulfilling the Biden administration’s proposed nursing home reforms first announced last week, CMS Principal Deputy Administrator Jonathan Blum said during a stakeholder call on Thursday. READ MORE
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Registration Now Open for 2022 AHCA/NCAL Congressional Briefing
AHCA/NCAL’s Congressional Briefing is back in 2022 and it’s time to register! Mark your calendars for June 6-7 and join us at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. Learn about the latest happenings in long term and post-acute care, make an effective and immediate plan of action with your colleagues, and meet with your Representatives and their staffs. READ MORE
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Call for Presentations
An essential service to our association is offering high quality training and education to our members. We invite you to join us in our commitment to delivering timely, relevant, and engaging information as we prepare for our 2022 Nurse Leadership Conference (June) and Annual Convention (September).
We are looking for topics that fit skilled nursing, assisted living, home plus and residential health care communities.
Click here to learn more on our needs and how you can submit a proposal.
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ICD-10 Coding Workshop (2 days in person)
Lawrence, KS
3/29- 3/30/2022
8AM - 5PM
14 CEs!!
Diagnosis coding accuracy is paramount to appropriate payment under PDPM, as ICD-10 Diagnosis codes & other patient characteristics are used as basis for classification in determining MCR payment. The 5-day MDS establishes the PDPM payment category for the entire Medicare stay which is why it is so important to have good processes in place for establishing the principal diagnosis and having information to support coding all active diagnosis prior to the 5-day assessment reference date.
This program will include information regarding the Official ICD-10 Coding Guidelines, best practices for accurate ICD-10-CM code assignment, how to avoid common coding mistakes, and the importance of principal diagnosis identification.
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Webinar: Winning the Fall Prevention Battle Series: Tactical Plan for Sustained Falls Prevention Through QAPI
3/23/2022 from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
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ICD-10 Coding Workshop (in person)
3/29 - 3/30/2022
Lawrence, KS
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KCAL Assisted Living Conference (in person)
4/5/22 from 8:30AM - 5:00PM
Lawrence, KS
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Webinar: Survey Top 10 Citation Series - Survey Success! Avoiding Top Citations. #3 Top Citation: F761 Label/Store Drugs & Biologicals
4/5/22 from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
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Webinar: Restorative Nursing Series: Restorative Nursing Overview (Part 1)
4/7/22 from 1:00PM - 2:15PM
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Webinar: Restorative Nursing Series: Bowel Bladder, Dining, Communication & Cognition (Part 2)
4/14/22 from 1:00PM - 2:15PM
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The AHCA/NCAL Quality Summit is Back! Registration Now Open!
Quality Summit will be held in Kissimmee, FL, May 16-18.
This year’s AHCA/NCAL Quality Summit delivers three days of education programs and awesome networking opportunities with like-minded, quality professionals in long term and post-acute care. The Quality Summit offers 30 sessions topics focused on leadership, recruitment and retention, infection prevention and PDPM.
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Learn How to Create an Effective SNF Revenue Cycle Management System
AHCA offers a five-module online training program titled Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Academy which offers training about a holistic interdisciplinary approach toward revenue management. RCM can be implemented in a building, more broadly or as an organization-wide approach to enhance revenue by minimizing losses from payments that too often are unnecessarily lost or overlooked. Click here for more details.
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Kansas Health Care Association and the Kansas Center for Assisted Living
1100 SW Gage Blvd. | PO Box 4770 | Topeka, KS 66604
PH: 785-267-6003 FAX: 785-267-0833
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