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Hospitals in Kansas and across the nation have been working to develop fair and compassionate policies to help the uninsured and underinsured.
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In response to a Kansas law allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons, many Kansas hospitals will be enforcing a policy prohibiting handguns, pistols or revolvers all hospital property.
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The Critical Access Hospital program is part of a larger federal program, the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (FLEX) program. The FLEX program is administered by the Kansas Rural Health Options Project (KRHOP).
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Hospitals play a key role in emergency readiness throughout Kansas. As vital community resources, hospitals must be among the best prepared, alongside police, fire, rescue, and other public safety services.
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Health Information Technology and the electronic health record will change the face of access, quality and the cost of health care delivered in Kansas.
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There are many laws that govern health care as we know it today. Information regarding those legal issues can be found in this section.
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The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act is a federal law that regulates the transfer of patients between hospitals and the discharge of patients from hospital emergency rooms.
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is a federal law that made many changes in employer-sponsored health plans. The law allows individuals to move from job to job without losing coverage as the result of pre-existing conditions. HIPAA guarantees access to group coverage for employees in companies with two to five employees. HIPAA also contains new requirements for the electronic transmission of health information, including security and privacy standards.
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The last decade has seen explosive growth in the number of limited service facilities operating in Kansas. The impacts created by these facilities continue to undermine access to health care services for communities across the state.
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Medicare is designed to assist individuals aged 65 and older, some disabled individuals under the age of 65, as well as patients with end-stage renal (kidney) disease (ESRD). Medicaid has become the nation's health care safety net providing access to health services to those who cannot afford private insurance.
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Patient- and family-centered care is associated with improved clinical outcomes, increased market share and patient loyalty, increased patient safety, and higher employee satisfaction.
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For many Kansas health care organizations, government payment program beneficiaries represent a significant portion of the total patients served each year, and reimbursements from these programs comprise a significant percentage of revenues. KHA closely monitors state and federal budget provisions for these programs, as well as operational issues that affect its members. This site has been developed to provide information on various reimbursement topics that affect Kansas hospitals.
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Rural hospitals provide essential health care services. Yet because of their small size, modest assets and financial reserves, and higher percentage of Medicare patients, they face great pressures as government payments decline.
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