58th Annual KHCA/KCAL Convention & Trade Show

The 58th Annual KHCA/KCAL Convention and Trade Show will be held at the Century II-Convention Hall in Wichita on September 25-26, 2008.  Click here for a brochure.

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  2008 Trade Show Vendors

Accu-Med Services	GlaxoSmithKline	New Life Styles
American Health Tech	Graves Food Menu Maker Foods Inc	Novartis Pharmaceuticals
American Medical Technologoes	Great Plains Compounding Center	Nursing Home Quality LLC
ARJO-Inc	Health Care Information Systems	OPUS Medication Systems
Bellevue University	Health Technologies	Out Reach Eye Care
Ben E. Keith Foods	Healthcare Services Group	Penner Patient Care Inc
BKD, LLP	HealthPoint	PharMerica
Boyce and Bynum Pathology Lab	Hill-Rom	Preston Pharmacy
Breathe Oxygen and Medical Supply	Home For Life Solutions	Recover Care LLC
Care Tracker by Resource Systems	Hospice Care of Kansas	RehabCare
Carstens	HRH of Kansas	Rich and Cartmill
Center on Aging	IMA of Kansas	RJ Kool
Clock Medical Supply	Insurance Center Inc	Select Rehabilitation Inc
Community Hospice of America	Invacare Continuing Care Group	Senior Care Pharmacy-Wichita
ConvaTec Inc	Joerns Healthcare Inc	Senior RX Care Pharmacy
D.A. Burke & Associates	Kansas Foundation for Medical Care Inc	Shannon Sales Inc Silverchair Learning Systems
Devilbliss Healthcare Respitatory	KCI	Simplex Grinnell LP
Dynamic Medical Systems Inc	Key Rehabilitation Inc	Skil-Care Corp
eHealth Data Solutions	Kwalu, LLC	Summit Care Inc
Encompass	Lancaster Pollard	Sunflower LTC Consultants LLC
EnduraCare Therapy Management	MDI Achieve	Sysco Food Services of Kansas City
Evco Wholesale Food Corp	Medline Industries Inc	The Phone Connection
EZ Way Inc	Metropolitan Nursing	Tidewater Group Purchasing
First Choice Medical Supply	NAHCA	TMHC Services Inc
First Quality Products Inc	National Mobile Health Care	US Food Service Virtual Care Provider Inc WestRock Inc Winters Long Term Pharmacy

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  KHCA Web Updates

Remember to check the Member's Only section of the KHCA website.  Recent additions under What's Hot include: current KDOA Nursing Facility Staff contacts; SFY2009 Rate setting tables; KDOA Annual Reporting and Worksheet Forms; KHCA Health Survey Reports for CY 2007 for KHCA and non-KHCA members by Region. 

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  CMS Region 7 Newsletter

Attached is the latest newsletter from the Kansas City CMS Regional Office.  Click here for the newsletter which contains information on:

* Physician Fee Schedule Update
* DMEPOS Competitive Bid Postponed
* Therapy Caps Exceptions Extended
* More MIPPA Highlights
* New MLN Productions
* Part D Low Income Subsidy
* New MA and Part D Beneficiary Protections
* New Drug Compendia Used by CMS
* Value Based Purchasing Demo
* Hospice Wage Increases
* E-Prescribing Initiative
* Rural Heath Clinic Proposed Charges

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  CMS Caregiving Broadcast

The next Caregiving broadcast sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services New Freedom Initiative Subcommittee (NFI) is scheduled for September 17, 2008,  from 1:00 p.m.—2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

The broadcast will focus on Innovative Employer Caregiving Programs and include presentations from employers and other organizations that have developed and conducted successful programs for employed caregivers.  Presenters will discuss their experience with these programs and how they can be replicated by others to help employed caregivers.

If you are an employer looking to expand or create services and programs to support your employed caregivers, a Caregiver working full or part-time and caring for a loved one, an organization that provides caregiver services, or any one else with an interest in Caregiving, please make plans now to join us on September 17th.

To learn more about the broadcast or to register as an individual viewer or as a host viewing site, please go to: http://www.blsmeetings.net/caregivers/ .  Also, please feel free to forward this note and/or the attached flyer to those in your networks who can benefit from this broadcast.

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  CMS Updates

* CMS has also issued new QIS Survey Forms on the Kitchen/Food Service Observation (CMS Form 20055) and Environmental Observations (CMS Form 20061), which are also effective September 1st. The forms can be found on the University of Colorado's Division of Health Care Policy and Research Web site, which CMS has designated as the official source of the most up-to-date versions of the QIS Resource Manual and forms.

* CMS has released the draft MDS 3.0 Crosswalk which incorporates the MDS 3.0 items currently proposed for implementation in October 2009. Ongoing research and analysis could result in changes to the document, and the final list will be available by March of next year.

* AHCA has informed us that they have received several requests for clarification of the basis for F156 citations despite facilities providing an expedited appeal notice to residents. AHCA has requested further clarification from CMS regarding notice requirements related to demand billing, including the difference between the expedited appeal and the option to request demand billing. CMS has indicated they will provide additional information on this issue in the future via a Survey and Certification Letter.

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  AALNA Chapter of Kansas Organizes

A group of AL Nurses have announced that they are forming the AALNA Chapter of Kansas.  The AALNA Chapter of KAnsas is affliated with AALNA, a national Assisted Living nursing association.  The AALNA Chapter of Kansas will have its next meeting, September 4, 2008 at 10 am at the Kansas Health Care Asssociation/Kansas Center for Assisted Living offices, 117 SW 6th Ave, Topeka.  We will make the conference line available also.  For more information, contact Linda MowBray or Cindy Luxem at khca@khca.org.

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