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The Kansas Hospital Association looks forward to celebrating National Hospital Week next week, May 11-17. A toolkit of resources is available to assist members in their hospital week celebrations. The assets are online in the Hospital Week Toolkit folder. They include videos, social media posts, frames, a media release and more. AHA also resources hospitals can use.

Critical Marketing: KHSC Introductory Webinar - May 20

Join Kansas Health Service Corporation on Tuesday, May 20 at 10 a.m. featuring Critical Marketing, a KHSC partner dedicated to helping Critical Access Hospitals stretch their marketing budgets, build community trust, and improve health education.

Healthworks Board Meeting - May 22

KHA established a foundation for it's members in 1969 and redesigned it in 1998 as a 501(c)3 organization. Healthworks, previously the Kansas Hospital Education and Research Foundation, is funded through contributions, grants and educational fees.

KHSC Board Meeting - May 27

KHSC is a wholly owned subsidiary of KHA. Therefore, a secondary objective of KHSC is to support KHA in meeting its mission to serve hospitals. Its mission is to provide enhanced value to KHA members through evaluation and endorsement of selected vendors of services needed by the KHA membership. KHSC will be a valuable resource to Kansas health care facilities and KHA as they serve their constituents.

KHA Board Retreat - May 28-May 30

The Kansas Hospital Association has a 21-member board of directors. They meet at least five times a year. Each board member holds three-year terms, with a two-term limit. The board has a composition of members from all geographic areas of Kansas all sizes and types of member hospitals are represented. The board also includes two hospital trustees and two physician members. Other participants include American Hospital Association delegate.

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News (May 2, 2025) – CMS Releases Updated Medicare Advantage Provider Complaint Submission Form
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released an updated version of the Medicare Advantage provider complaint submission form. Complaint form version 8 now includes a new section on quality-related inquiries, directing providers to submit quality-related complaints to a dedicated mailbox at CMS's Center for Clinical Standards and Quality.

MLN Connects Provider eNews Available
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates to MLN Connects Provider eNews:

Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Preliminary Gapfill Rates: Submit Comments by June 28

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