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Are you on KDADS’ List?
Click here for the list of facilities that have some outstanding issues with their Beneficiary Agreement and click here for the email blast sent out today by KDADS at 11:37am.
FYI – KDADS has been getting a steady number of calls since the email was sent. They are currently calling each of the 39 facilities that have not submitted any documentation.
Trescia Power
Program Finance Oversight Manager
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
Long Term Services & Support
785-368-6685
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AHCA/NCAL President Says Long-Term Care Is Going To Survive Pandemic
McKnight’s Senior Living (10/11, Bonvissuto) reports, "Long-term care is going to survive. That’s the prediction President and CEO Mark Parkinson gave Monday during the opening general session of the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living Conference & Expo." Parkinson said, "One thing that I’m sure about and that I see very clearly is my prediction for you: You, your team and your company are going to survive this pandemic." The article adds, "Government assistance, occupancy recovery and a commitment to culture are among what the CEO cited as evidence that assisted living and skilled nursing providers have what it takes to emerge from the pandemic." Parkinson said evidence of recovery exists, "noting that one-third of providers no longer are using staffing agencies" and that "average occupancy is 5% below the pre-pandemic level." The article adds, "In remarks preceding Parkinson’s, NCAL Executive Director LaShuan Bethea reiterated the organizational priorities she shared Sunday during NCAL Day and challenged opening general session attendees to ‘choose to find joy in every day, especially when you aren’t having the best day’ in the year ahead." Also, "NCAL Board Chair Gerald Hamilton encouraged attendees to ‘see residents for who they are, what they are and what they need. Only then can you provide the best care.’"
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News (10/10, Marselas) reports Parkinson said, "The naysayers that were out there that said, ‘People will never come back to facilities, the sector will never survive,’ were simply wrong. ... Our services both in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities are critically needed, more people will need those services as the Boomers age, and we already have buildings that are in recovery." AHCA Board Chair Phil Fogg Jr. "addressed the staffing crisis," saying, "Knowing the difference that we’ve made in people’s lives is what attracts and keeps us in this profession, and that is true even when we are faced with the perfect storm of fighting the pandemic, managing through unprecedented workforce shortages and navigating the financial challenges of skyrocketing inflation without adequate reimbursement."
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White House: COVID treatments should be part of ‘routine’ clinical care at nursing homes
Nursing homes are on the front lines of not just preventing COVID-19, but also increasingly treating it, as more deaths from the disease shift from hospitals to that setting, officials say. READ MORE
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Do you follow us on social media?
These days there are so many different ways to stay connected with those we care about. Luckily, at KHCA/KCAL, we don't make you choose! Check us out across our different social media platforms. Give us a like or follow!
Convention pictures posted!
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Virtual Adult Care Home Operators Course
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS TOMORROW!
10/16/2022 - 11/1/2022
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Campaign Update Call with Laura Kelly & Derek Schmidt - Hosted by KHCA/KCAL Lobbyist Federico//Duerst Consulting Group
GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY CALL:
Thursday, October 6 from 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM CT.
ATTORNEY GENERAL DEREK SCHMIDT CALL:
TOMORROW! Wednesday, October 12 from 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
REGISTRATION:
Should you, or anyone in your organization choose to join the calls, we ask that you register by clicking here. Call-in information will be sent at a later date, prior to the calls. Participants need only register once and will receive dial-in information for both calls.
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CMS Pulls Back Memo Restricting Use of COVID Tests
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has rescinded QSO-22-25-CLIA, which barred the use of SARS-CoV-2 tests outside of the FDA test’s instructions for use. AHCA/NCAL highlighted the memo in a recent blog post.
This comes after AHCA/NCAL strongly advocated that this memo should be rescinded as it limited the use of the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card being sent by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to symptomatic individuals.
This means the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card being sent to long term care providers from the HHS program can continue to be used on both asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals.
Specifically, CMS indicates that for the duration of the public health emergency, it will not cite facilities with a CLIA Certificate of Waiver when authorized SARS-CoV-2 molecular or antigen POC tests are performed on asymptomatic individuals outside of the test’s authorization. In addition, CMS will not cite nonwaived facilities when modified authorized, cleared or approved SARS-CoV-2 molecular or antigen POC tests are performed in such manner without establishing performance specifications. READ MORE
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Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant Linda Farrar
What’s the best way to get ready for the October 24th revisions to Phase 2 & Phase 3 of Appendix PP? It seems we are all scrambling. Probably the wisest first steps to getting ready is to learn all you can about the changes…the same way the surveyors learn about the changes. CMS has provided training in the Quality, Safety, and Education Portal (QSEP) https://qsep.cms.gov/welcome.aspx. This is the site for surveyors and nursing home stakeholders to explain the updates and changes of the regulations and interpretive guidance. The training modules are currently available on the site. READ MORE
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Webinar: The Proficient Infection Preventionist Series: Expert Outbreak Management for the Infection Preventionist
10/18/2022 1:30PM-2:30PM
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Webinar: Survey Top 10 Citation Series - Survey Success! Avoiding Top Citations. #10 Top Citation: F758 Free from Unnecessary Psychotropic Meds/PRN Use
11/1/2022 1:30PM-2:30PM
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Joint Provider Surveyor Training
11/9/2022 8:30AM-4:00PM (Topeka)
11/10/2022 8:30AM-4:00PM (Wichita & Virtual)
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DON Boot Camp
11/14-17/2022 8:00AM-4:00PM
Olathe, KS
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Looking for options for required Staff In-Service?
KHCA’s online learning platform is BACK! We’ve loaded the in-services for SNF and for AL first. Many more education sessions to come.
Questions about education can be directed to Polly Berkley VP of Operations and Education.
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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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