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(Feb. 6, 2025) – Daniel Warren, MD, a Kansas family physician with specialty training in addiction medicine, is offering Kansas health care providers free consultations on medication-assisted therapy for opioid use disorder in February 2026.
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(Feb. 6, 2025) – Mark your calendar and plan to attend KONL's Spring Conference, April 16-17 at the Vail by Hotel at Old Town, Wichita. This year's conference will feature an exceptional lineup of speakers and timely sessions.
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(Feb. 6, 2025) – Registration is now open for the 2026 Kansas Chapter Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference, April 23-24, at the Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview in Wichita.
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(Feb. 6, 2025) – The Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition has updated its reference, Medications and Lactation.
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(Feb. 6, 2025) – MLN Connects Provider eNews from the Medicare Learning Network;Congress Enacts FY 2026 Federal Appropriations, 2026 Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Application Cycle Is Now OpenCMS Closes Medicaid Health Care-Related Tax Loophole, Medicaid Technology Companies Pledge to Assist States with Work, Community Engagement Requirements, CMS Releases Organ Procurement Organizations Conditions of Coverage Proposed Rule
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(Jan. 30, 2025) – KHA's recent study, The Importance of the Health Care Sector to the Kansas Economy, found that hospitals alone employ nearly 76,000 Kansans with a direct labor income of almost $7 billion. Every 100 hospital jobs support an additional 74 jobs in other industries.
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(Jan. 30, 2025) – KHA Spring District Meeting dates and locations have been set. These meetings are a great informational and networking opportunity for all CEOs, trustees and senior staff.
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(Jan. 30, 2025) – Starting this year, Wichita State University Tech in Wichita has been awarded grant funding from the Patterson Family Foundation to provide free courses for EMR, EMT and AEMT personnel in Kansas.
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(Jan. 30, 2025) – This week, KDHE announced the agency has been authorized by HHS to use the state's Tamiflu (oseltamivir) stockpile in the event of localized shortages of influenza antiviral medication this flu season.
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(Jan. 30, 2025) – The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000 because of high immunization rates. However, with more than 2,200 measles cases in the U.S. during 2025, including 91 cases in Kansas, the U.S. is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.
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