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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Fun Fact: The federal holiday is officially called “Washington’s Birthday.” However, since it always falls on the third Monday, the latest it can happen is February 21. One day before his birthday on the 22nd.
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Power Strips in Health Care Webinar
If you missed last week’s webinar with the Fire Marshal’s office about Power Strips in Health Care, you can view it by clicking here.
Office of the State Fire Marshal Inspector Supervisor Randy DeShon explains the safe usage and code compliance of the use of medical grade power supplies.
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Webinar: Applying Healthcare Customer Service Best Practices - Wednesday, March 2nd at 11am CT
We’re pleased to offer a professional development webinar session designed to help us all build customer service skills we can use in our daily interactions with patients, colleagues, and vendors.
We encourage you to take advantage of this session and register today.
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When: Wednesday, March 2nd at 11am CT/12pm ET
- Where: Virtual
- Length: 30 minutes
- Cost: Free
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Register here: https://rasmussen.co/training2022
- If you are not able to attend the live webinar, you can still register, and we will send you a link of the recorded session.
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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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Are you wondering if your BinaxNOW Tests are still good?
Click here to view the letter with extensions on expiration dates.
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AHCA/NCAL To Continue Efforts To Combat Nurse Staffing Agency Practices
In a guest column for Provider Magazine (2/17, 151K), Holly Harmon, senior vice president of Quality, Regulatory & Clinical Services for the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, writes about "the rise of staffing agency nurses and nurse aides." Harmon adds, "As the remaining workforce is stretched even further, it creates an extremely challenging situation where more and more staff burn out, get poached by the agencies, or leave the industry altogether." This "is why leaders in the health care industry recently called on regulators and lawmakers to investigate and take appropriate action against this blatant effort to take advantage of the pandemic and the health care workforce crisis." AHCA/NCAL "partnered with the American Hospital Association...in sending a joint letter to White House COVID-19 Response Team Coordinator Jeffrey Zients to bring attention to this matter." Harmon concludes "AHCA/NCAL will continue our calls for the Biden Administration to advance a solution that ensures health care providers are able to recruit and retain the staff they need to ensure patients and residents have access to the care and services they deserve."
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Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant Linda Farrar
As we review the QCOR information about survey data, for the first time in recent times, F756, Drug Regimen Review, Report Irregular, Act On, is the number ONE tag on Kansas standard surveys…really? So let’s take a quick look at the regulation… READ MORE
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Likely ‘years’ before nursing shortage is solved: expert
Long-term care providers and hospitals still have far to go to overcome the ongoing workforce shortage, and providers in each sector will likely have to contribute creative solutions to survive, according to Forbes columnist Howard Gleckman.
Recent data has revealed that the number of employees in the long-term care industry is the lowest it’s been in 15 years at about 2.97 million overall workers. That’s the lowest since January 2007. READ MORE
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A Reminder from KDADS about Battelle testing option
This note is a follow up to the guidance you received on February 7th (Critical Info for LTCFS Regarding Future Lab Testing) reminding you of the upcoming transition from KDHE-supported contract laboratories to routine testing with Battelle Midwest Coordination Center on March 31st. Please review the link at the end of this message for more information about the Battelle Testing Program.
There are now less than 7 weeks remaining prior to the deadline. Given Battelle’s onboarding process can take about 4 weeks, if you’re interested in continued routine testing support, please sign up as soon as possible to ensure coverage.
As of this week, 143 facilities are registered with the program. READ MORE
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ICD-10 Coding Workshop (2 days in person)
Lawrence, KS
3/29 -30/2022
8AM - 5PM
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: Conquering Falls Through Effective Care Planning
2/23/2022 1:30PM - 2:30PM
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Webinar: Survey Trends in Assisted Living
2/25/2022 1:00PM - 2:15PM
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Assisted Living FCS, NSA and HSP Lunch and Learn (in person)
3/4/2022 12:00PM - 4:00PM
THIS CLASS IS FULL! Please e-mail khca@khca.org to be added to the wait list.
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ICD-10 Coding Workshop (in person)
3/29 - 3/30/2022
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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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