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June 6, 2025

President's Perspective – KHA Board Retreat and Meeting Highlights
Last week, KHA's Board of Directors held its annual retreat and board meeting. This event allows the board to delve deeper into health care issues affecting Kansas hospitals and the health care industry.

New County Economic Impact Reports Released
KHA is pleased to release new county-level analysis of the economic contributions to the local health care sector on the economies of each of the state's 105 counties.

CMS Implements Revised Hospital Price Transparency Requirements
On Thursday, CMS began implementing revised hospital price transparency requirements as part of a February executive order enhancing oversight of price transparency requirements enacted in 2021.

Hospital Bed Capacity Project and Survey
An exciting project has become available to Kansas hospitals to automate hospital bed capacity data transfer. The goal of this project is to lighten the burden of data entry on staff and reduce redundancy.

KHA Seeks Candidates for Director, Clinical Services
This position will provide nursing and clinical expertise across KHA initiatives, work collaboratively with internal and external partners to develop, enhance and implement quality, safety and clinical workforce-related initiatives to support KHA member hospitals.

Share #HAVHope Resources to Raise Awareness of Workplace Violence
Today, June 6, marks the ninth annual Hospitals Against Violence #HAVhope Friday to highlight how hospitals and health systems continue working toward partnerships, innovations and creative thinking to build a safe workplace and community.

Measles Cases Reach 71 in Kansas
Many resources are available to hospitals/health systems, physicians and other practitioners, including the KHA's measles resources page, KDHE's measles resources, Immunize Kansas Coalition and Be Immune Kansas.

Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in Health Care Settings – Virtual Training June 12
Topics include new strategies for addressing intimate partner violence, the evidence-based intervention CUES, the health impacts of violence and the difference between intimate partner violence and domestic violence.

FIFA World Cup Kansas City 2026 Planning Continues
FIFA World Cup soccer will be coming to Kansas City a year from now. It may be too early to buy tickets, but it's not too early to plan. 
 

90-Day Survival Guide for New Infection Prevention Personnel
The CDC, through Project Firstline and the University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine, has teamed up to develop a 90-Day Survival Guide for new infection prevention personnel.

Sunflower Chapter HFMA Medicare Cost Report Workshop
Join the Sunflower (Kansas) Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association for a two-day, in-person Medicare Cost Report Workshop on July 17 and 18 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Manhattan.

The 2025 KHA Membership Directory Is Now Available
The 2025 KHA Membership Directories are being distributed to the CEOs of all members. If you want additional directories, please contact Jan Fenwick at (785) 233-7436.

Federal and National News
This week's topics include FFY 2026 Budget In Brief, Proposed FFY 2026 Medicare Inpatient PPS Correction Notice, CDC Provides Updated Immunization Schedules, COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance and MLN Connects Provider eNews.