In communities across Kansas, the blue and white "H" sign dots the streets, promising to guide patients and families to a place that provides compassion, care and curing: the community hospital.

2008 State Advocacy Issues focus on a number of issues including: Medicaid, Transparency, Payments and Workforce.

2008 Federal Advocacy Issues focus on: Medicare and Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Rural Provisions and Limited Service Hospitals.

The mission of every community hospital in Kansas is to serve the health care needs of the people in their communities, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This mission is made increasingly more difficult as hospitals face the additional challenges of: maintaining information technology standards; increasing the health care workforce; underfunded public programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid; improving hospital emergency readiness; publicly reporting hospital data; increasing access to care; and improving care for chronically ill patients.

For KHA strategies and activities related to health care reform, click on the "issue brief icon" to link to our member-only issue brief.

 
How do we meet these challenges? We all must work together - public and private sectors, hospitals, other health care providers and the state and federal government. The Kansas Hospital Association will do its part by protecting the health care safety net, increasing affordability and improving care.

For KHA strategies and activities related to positive hospital/physician relationships, click on the "issue brief icon" to link to our member-only issue brief.

The focus of KHA’s 2008 state advocacy efforts is Medicaid, health care data transparency, limited service facilities, payment for health care services and maintaining an adequate health care workforce.