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Pneumococcal Vaccine Update for Physicians and Clinicians – April 30

Please join us for a pneumococcal vaccine update webinar on Tuesday, April 30, noon - 1:00 p.m. and hear from Lynn Fisher, MD, family physician and Gretchen Homan, MD, pediatrician, who will provide updates impacting adult pneumococcal vaccine recommendations for adult and pediatric patients, respectively and Monica Pando, RN, VFC coordinator, who will discuss navigating these updates from a clinic perspective.

careLearning Informational Webinar - May 1

In this webinar you will gain practical knowledge of how the careLearning system will help you organize and manage your education. careLearning is non-profit member service of The Kansas Hospital Association and over 40 other state hospital associations.

KARQM Education Program - May 2

The Kansas Association of Risk and Quality Management was created to promote the delivery of quality health care and the practice of risk management in Kansas health care facilities. Membership includes risk and quality management professionals in health care facilities or health-related organizations.

Educational Webinar: How Do Your Hospital Finances Measure Up? – May 2

Join Healthworks and KHA for an educational session at 2:00 p.m. on May 2 to learn how to utilize QHis financial benchmarking tool effectively. Shannan Flach, vice president health care finance and reimbursement and Sally Othmer, vice president data and strategic analytics will be joined by Wes Garrison, founder, Databasically to walk through the tool including the easy-upload process, reviewing the QHi financial measures available and to demonstrating how to run and schedule reports.

Opioid Educational Webinar: Partnering to Increase Access to SUD Treatment – May 3

Please join us on May 3 to hear how hospitals and communities are partnering to increase access to substance use disorder treatment and harm reduction. The program has been approved for 1.0 contact hours of continuing nursing education and pending approval for 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education. There is no charge to attend as this program is funded through a grant from our partners at DCCCA.

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Budget Updates

Budget Plan (March 21, 2023) – Today, the Kansas Senate took a final vote on Substitute for Senate Bill 155, the pared-down Senate budget bill. The bill passed the chamber on a vote of 23-12, giving the chamber a position going into conference with the House.

Today, the House Appropriations Committee, chaired by Representative Troy Waymaster (R-Bunker Hill), began assembling the House budget, which will now be housed in Senate Bill 42. The discussions today included the following items:

Higher education
State Fair Investments
Infrastructure Grant Program for local matches
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Items: $3 million for senior nutrition services, $3 million for State General Funds, adding $2.1 million SGF to administer a grant for organizations developing crisis services for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities
$3 million from Economic Development Initiatives Fund for tourism project for Sunflower Summer Program

The committee will continue discussions tomorrow.

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