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Agenda Set KHA Fall District Meetings

District Meeting 2 (Sept. 15, 2023) – The top two issues hospitals are facing, workforce and finance, are the focus of the Kansas Hospital Association Fall District Meetings. We will carve out a significant amount of time to discuss payor issues including Medicare, Medicaid and the All Payor Scorecard. KHA members will discuss recruitment and retention best practices. We also will have time allotted to discuss messaging to improve the public perception of hospitals in Kansas, advocacy issues and other current topics.

We encourage CEOs, CFOs, HR executives, trustees and senior staff to join us for these meetings. District Meetings are limited to KHA hospital and system members. A full agenda with discussion topics is available. The dates and locations are below. Join us at 9:30 a.m. for networking. Meeting times will be from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with lunch provided. Members can attend any location.

District	Date	Location	City
N. Central	Oct. 3	Memorial Health System, Nichols Education Ctr.	Abilene
S. Central	Oct. 4	NMC Health	Newton
Southwest	Oct. 5	Centura St. Catherine Hospital Dodge City	Dodge City
Northwest	Oct. 6	Phillips County Health Systems	Phillipsburg
Southeast	Oct. 10	Girard Medical Center	Girard
Northeast	Oct. 11	The University of Kansas Health System – St. Francis Campus	Topeka
Virtual	Oct. 13	9:00 a.m. to Noon	Zoom

Thanks to our sponsors at APS, KHSC, KAMMCO, CareSource and Qualivis, these meetings are provided at no charge. Please contact Melissa Willey or Cindy Samuelson at (785) 233-7436, if you have any questions.
--Cindy Samuelson

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