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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CMS Issues Letter on the Importance of COVID-19 Staff Vaccinations
Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure issued a letter to health care facility administrators on the importance of COVID-19 staff vaccinations and the current CMS requirements. CMS recommends that facilities review the vaccine rule guidance released on December 28, 2021; January 14, 2022; and January 20, 2022 for additional information.
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KHCA/KCAL President/CEO Update from 1/31/22
Click here if you missed yesterday's President/CEO Update.
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TOMORROW! CMS and CDC National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call
Register Now!
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will host a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call on Wednesday, Feb. 2 to provide updates on COVID-19, revisions to nursing home guidance, and best practices. Additionally, subject matter experts from CDC and CMS will address frequently asked questions.
When:
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
CMS and CDC Speakers:
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Dr. Lee Fleisher, CMS Chief Medical Officer and Director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality
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Jean Moody Williams, Deputy Director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CMS)
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Dr. Kara Jacobs-Slifka, Long Term Care Lead, Prevention and Response Branch (CDC)
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Evan Shulman, Director, Division of Nursing Homes (CMS)
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FDA Approves Moderna COVID Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday, January 31, 2022 the approval of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine which has been brand named “Spikevax” is the same formulation and is interchangeable with the Moderna COVID vaccine which was first authorized by the FDA under Emergency Use Authorization in 2020. READ MORE
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AHCA/NCAL, AHA Ask White House To Investigate Staffing Agency Prices
Becker’s Hospital Review (1/28, Plescia, 91K) reported the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living and the AHA in a letter Thursday asked "Jeffrey Zients, the White House’s COVID-19 response team coordinator," to investigate staffing agencies. The industry groups "accuse these agencies of exploiting workforce shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic to charge high prices, often two to three times pre-pandemic rates." Their letter follows a similar request last week "by nearly 200 House members also asking for an investigation."
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News (1/30, Brown) reports the letter argues that the agencies are "engaged in anticompetitive practices that are detrimental to hospitals’ and LTC facilities’ ability to care for their patients," and that their uniformly higher prices suggest "widespread coordination and abuse of market position." The groups go on to say that "preventing these agencies from exploiting our organizations’ desperate need for health care personnel should help mitigate one of the enormous pressures on our hospitals, health systems, and LTC facilities and enable them to focus on caring for the patients who rely so heavily upon them as the pandemic continues."
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Webinar TOMORROW: Winning the Fall Prevention Battle Series: Assessing Fall Risk Using Evidence Based Practice
2/2/22
1:30PM - 2:30PM
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HRSA Continues Phase 4 Funding Release
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released an additional $2 billion in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 General Distribution payments to more than 7,600 providers across the country this week. These payments are in addition to the nearly $9 billion in funding that was already released in December 2021.
This means approximately $11 billion in PRF Phase 4 payments have been distributed to more than 74,000 providers in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and five territories. The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural has distributed $7.5 billion in funding to more than 43,000 providers in December 2021 and January 2022.
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Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant Linda Farrar
You have been getting a plethora of information on the new surveyors guidance for the vaccine mandate. Just quickly, you should have the Staff Vaccination Matrix ready to go for them. You will have 4 hours after entrance to get it to the survey team and it will likely take some time to put it together. Remember, it asks for those who have worked in the previous 4 weeks, so it will be similar to the CMS 802, CMS 672 and your census which have to be kept current. CMS has also updated the Entrance Conference Checklist, so print it out & get it into your survey ready book. READ MORE
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
KDADS LTC Provider Webinar on Staff Vaccination Regulatory Oversight and Enforcement, with time for Q &A
Presenters: Deputy Secretary Scott Brunner, Commissioner Lacey Hunter, Assistant Commissioner Dawne Stevenson
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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.
Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality for the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Lee A. Fleisher, MD, is the opening keynote speaker.
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Assisted Living FCS, NSA and HSP Lunch and Learn (In Person)
3/4/22 12PM - 4PM
Topeka, KS
The Functional Capacity Screen (FCS). Who knew such a simple looking document could be so complicated? During this lunch and learn you’ll learn how to accurately complete a Functional Capacity Screen (FCS). Together you’ll collaborate and work through common ‘gray areas’ and how to document them. Once you’ve tackled the Functional Capacity Screen (FCS), the Negotiated Service Agreement (NSA) and Health Services Plan (HSP) are next! A completed FCS will be provided to all participants and Joan Hudson, RN-BC, LNHA will walk you through how to take the data from the FCS, add your resident ‘wants’ to the assessment and produce a Negotiated Service Agreement (NSA) to capture all the billable services for your resident.
Joan will also address situations for Negotiated Risk Agreements, NSA Addendums and ideas for completing them. Once the FCS and NSA are done we’ll use the information to create our Health Services Plan (HSP) that describes to our direct caregivers how to provide the services we’ve negotiated for our residents.
This workshop is a great opportunity for Operators and Nurses to work through this process as a team. It’s also a chance for you to make sure you’re on the same page and meeting the requirements as set out by KDADS.
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Virtual Adult Care Home Operators Course
2/9-2/22/2022
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8 Week Webinar Series: Winning the Fall Prevention Battle
Every Wednesday Starting February 2 and Ending March 23, 2022
1:30PM - 2:30PM
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Focus on Dementia Care (3-part webinar series)
1:00PM - 2:15PM
2/10/22
2/17/22
2/24/22
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Webinar: The Proficient Infection Preventionist Series: Developing an Exceptional Infection Control & Prevention Program
2/15/2022 1:30PM - 2:30PM
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ICD-10 Coding Workshop (in person)
3/29 - 3/30/2022
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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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