Capitol Comments Newsletter – October 14, 2025

Upcoming Events

KHA District Meeting - Northeast District - Oct. 15

KHA District Meetings are for CEOs, trustees and senior staff. Join us at 9:30 a.m. for networking. Meeting times are from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with lunch provided. You are free to attend at any location, so pick the location that best fits your schedule.

KCHC Fall Conference - Oct. 17

KCHC provides members with a unique opportunity to collaborate with their peers throughout the Greater Kansas City area. Benefits include educational programs offered to members through luncheon or breakfast meetings, as well as at the annual fall conference. While topics often focus on the communicator's role in a changing health care industry, programs also include general marketing and communications topics.

KC Health Communicators 2025 Fall Conference - Oct. 17

KCHC invites health care communications and marketing staff to their 2025 Fall Conference, Oct. 17 at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. Please send your registration form and payment via mail by Oct. 13 to KCHC, Attenetion: Jan Fenwick, 215 SE 8th Ave. Topeka, KS 66603

Kansas Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals Seminar – Oct. 18

Registration includes breakfast and lunch and 2026 membership fees. CE hours will be available and presented at the end of the day.

Advocacy All-Star Training Dinner - Oct. 20

It’s training season, and it’s your turn at bat! Advocacy All-Star Training gets you ready to rally and advocate on issues that impact your hospital. Advocacy All-Star Training will help you to tell the story of your hospital to elected officials and community partners in a way that resonates and prepares you for the big show.

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October 14, 2025

Bethell Committee Makes Recommendations

Today, the Joint Robert G. Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community-Based Services and KanCare Oversight met to make recommendations that will be considered during the 2026 legislative session.

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Bethell Committee Makes Recommendations

(Oct. 13, 2025) – Today, the Joint Robert G. Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community-Based Services and KanCare Oversight met to make recommendations that will be considered during the 2026 legi

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President's Perspective – Advancing Workforce Innovation through Collaboration

(Oct. 10, 2025) – Last week, KHA and MHA co-hosted the Health Care Workforce Innovation Bi-State Summit at Children's Mercy Research Institute in Kansas City. This inaugural event brought together hos

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Scholarships Awarded from Kansas Health Care Organizations

(Oct. 13, 2025) - Healthworks is pleased to announce the successful completion of the 24th Annual Health Care Scholarship Program. Healthworks partnered with the Kansas Hospital Human Resources Association and the Kansas Association of Health Care Executives to provide 26 scholarships totaling $36,000.

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