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(Dec. 24, 2025) – HRSA anticipates posting two opioid-related funding opportunities in February:
1. The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Planning, estimated posting date Feb. 2; and
2. The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Impact, estimated posting date on Feb. 23.
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(Dec. 24, 2025) – CMS intends to announce a funding opportunity in early 2026 to support the Make America Healthy Again agenda.
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(Dec. 24, 2025) – While the Trump Administration signed an executive order last week reclassifying marijuana from a schedule I controlled substance (C-I) to a Schedule III controlled substance (C-III), the order does not legalize marijuana under federal law.
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(Dec. 24, 2025) – On Dec. 16, the CDC announced it had adopted individual-based decision-making for hepatitis B immunization allowing parents to decide whether to give the hepatitis B vaccine, including the birth dose, to infants born to women who test negative for the virus.
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(Dec. 24, 2025) – AHA has urged the U.S. Department of Education to adopt a broad definition of "professional degree programs" as it implements the One Big Beautiful Bill Act student loan provisions effective July 1, 2026
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(Dec. 24, 2025) – KHA would like to inform our members of the latest member hospital administrator changes since our last hospital list in November.
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(Dec. 24, 2025) – Supporting KHA's vision, "Optimal Health for Kansans and Kansas Hospitals," KHA is sharing SHSMD's Health Observance Calendar as a tool for planning your health events, internal and external communications and social media campaigns.
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(Dec. 24, 2025) – Unless special circumstances occur, Current Report will not be published next week. The next issue will be published on Jan. 9, 2026. The Kansas Hospital Association wishes you a safe holiday season and a happy New Year.
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(Dec. 19, 2025) – Throughout the past month, we have been busy at the federal level, educating members of our Congressional delegation about issues that have come to the forefront since the passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act this summer.
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(Dec. 24, 2025) – CMS Releases Transparency in Coverage Proposed Rule, CMS Innovation Center Announces Medicare Part A, Part B Drug Models and Before You Go.
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