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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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Introduction of Bills

Kansas Seal (Jan. 20, 2023) – Senate Bill 43 – By Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for the University of Kansas Medical Center; relating to conducting certain clinical trials at the midwest stem cell therapy center

Senate Bill 45 – By Committee on Ways and Means
Concerning the state children's health insurance program; relating to eligibility; updating income requirements therefore

Senate Bill 65 – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Concerning abortion; authorizing cities and counties to enact local laws more stringent than state law regarding regulation of abortion

Senate Bill 70 – By Senator Corson
Concerning labor and employment; increasing the minimum wage; enacting the Making Work Pay Act;

House Bill 2082 – By Committee on Local Government
Concerning counties; allowing counties to create a code inspection and enforcement fund and expanding the county equipment reserve fund to include electronic technology; allowing counties to create a municipalities fight addiction fund for the expenditure of opioid settlement monies received pursuant to the Kansas Fights Addiction Act

House Bill 2089 – By Committee on Insurance
Concerning insurance; relating to prepaid service plans; certificates of registration; discontinuing annual registration fees for such plans; modifying the requirement to report individuals who solicit memberships on behalf of such plans from semi-annually to annually and upon application for registration

House Bill 2094 – By Committee on Insurance
Concerning insurance; relating to health maintenance organizations and Medicare provider organizations; applications for certificates of authority; specifying certain requirements necessary to demonstrate fiscal soundness

House Bill 2095 – By Committee on Insurance
Concerning insurance; relating to coverage for autism spectrum disorder; changing the required number of employees contained in the definitions of "large employer" and "small employer"

House Bill 2098 – By Committee on Insurance
Concerning insurance; relating to insurance laws and enforcement thereof

House Bill 2099 – By Committee on Insurance
Concerning insurance; relating to third party administrators; discontinuing certain exemptions from the Pharmacy Benefits Manager Licensure Act

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