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 NEW KHA President and CEO Announced.pdf
(Jan. 23, 2020) – The KHA Board of Directors has selected Chad Austin to fill the position of president and CEO for the Kansas Hospital Association upon the retirement of current KHA president and CEO Tom Bell on Sept. 1, 2020.
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KHA Media Statement - Bipartisan Collaboration on Medicaid Expansion.pdf
(Jan. 9, 2020) - The Kansas Hospital Association is delighted to learn that Gov. Laura Kelly and Sen. Jim Denning have reached an agreement on a Medicaid expansion plan. The plan allows for expansion up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level beginning Jan. 1, 2021.
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KHA Media Release - KHA President and CEO Announces Retirement.pdf
(Jan.2, 2020) - Tom Bell expresses gratitude for members and the opportunity to serve them. He became president and CEO of the Kansas Hospital Association in January 2005.
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Tom Bell opinion editorial - Medical Debt.pdf
(Nov. 7, 2019) - It bears repeating that hospitals and health systems treat all patients who come through their doors, regardless of the time of day and regardless of their ability to pay.
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Leadership Institute Media Advisory 2019.pdf
(Sept. 18, 2019) – The KHA Leadership Institute graduated its 18th class of 30 students at the KHA Annual Convention and Trade Show in Wichita, Kansas.
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Billings Award Media Release Zimmerman.pdf
(Aug. 21, 2019) - It is with great pleasure that the Kansas Hospital Association announces Nancy Zimmerman, RN, administrator of Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater, as the recipient of the Charles S. Billings Award. Members of the Kansas Hospital Association will present Zimmerman with the Billings Award on Sept. 5 during the KHA Annual Convention and Trade Show in Wichita.
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Advocate Award Media Release-2019.pdf
(Aug. 26, 2019) - Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers and Rep. Kathy Wolfe Moore have been named the 2019 Kansas Hospital Association Distinguished Health Care Advocates. Members of the Kansas Hospital Association will honor them at the KHA Annual Convention and Trade Show on Sept. 5 in Wichita.
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KHERF Scholarship and Anniversary Media Release 2019.pdf
(July 30, 2019) - Scholarships are a part of the legacy of this 50-year-old foundation - The Kansas Hospital Education and Research Foundation.
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KHA Media Statement - Executive Order on Hospital Pricing Transparency.pdf
(June 25, 2019) - The Kansas Hospital Association joins other hospitals across the nation and the American Hospital Association in valuing the Administration’s efforts to promote health care transparency on price and quality. We look forward to more details as proposals come forward.
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KHA Media Release - Children's Mercy - Centers of Excellence Award.pdf
(June 19, 2019) - The Kansas Hospital Association has presented one of two 2019 Healthy Kansas Hospitals Centers of Excellence Awards to Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas.
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