By ANDY MARSO, Kansas Health Institute
KANSAS CITY, KAN. ---- Experts on rural Kansas hospitals gave dire predictions about their fiscal futures in a legislative hearing Wednesday that laid groundwork for a discussion of Medicaid expansion.
Rep. Tom Sloan, chairman of the Vision 2020 Committee, said that he’s trying to facilitate a discussion about how to craft an expansion plan that addresses the needs of stakeholders and the concerns of those wary of its connections to federal health care reforms spearheaded by President Barack Obama.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Friday, January 2, 2015
State finalizes sale of Rainbow Mental Health Facility to KU Endowment
By Dave Ranney
KHI News Service
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — State officials have sold the former Rainbow Mental Health Facility building to the University of Kansas Endowment Association.
The 11-acre property is a short distance from KU Medical Center.
KHI News Service
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — State officials have sold the former Rainbow Mental Health Facility building to the University of Kansas Endowment Association.
The 11-acre property is a short distance from KU Medical Center.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Number of Uninsured Kansans in 2013 Unchanged from 2012
By Cheng-Chung Huang, M.P.H.
and
Sheena Smith, M.P.P.
Public Health via Kansas Health Institute
KANSAS CITY, KAN. ---- The latest numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show an estimated 348,097 (12.3 percent) Kansans didn’t have health insurance in 2013, which is not a significant change from 2012 (12.6 percent). Kansas had lower uninsured rates across all age groups compared to national rates for 2013.
The Kansas Health Institute has developed a fact sheet that details this information.
Public Health via Kansas Health Institute
KANSAS CITY, KAN. ---- The latest numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show an estimated 348,097 (12.3 percent) Kansans didn’t have health insurance in 2013, which is not a significant change from 2012 (12.6 percent). Kansas had lower uninsured rates across all age groups compared to national rates for 2013.
The Kansas Health Institute has developed a fact sheet that details this information.
Friday, December 26, 2014
Medicaid expansion, local revenues on top of UG agenda for Kansas Legislature
The expansion of Medicaid in the State of Kansas and protecting local revenue funds are two of the top agenda items for the Unified Government as the Kansas Legislature session begins next month.
Unified Government Commissioners met earlier this month to discuss the upcoming session.
UG Public Affairs Director Mike Taylor, who serves as the government's lobbyist in Topeka, said there will be a fight with the Republican-dominated legislature on most issues.
Wyandotte County Sheriff, Target provides Christmas to those kids in need
Photo and information courtesy of the Unified Government:
A group of areal children got do some holiday shopping of their own at Target thanks to the Heroes and Helpers program. Target employees, the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office, victim advocates and protective custody workers had an opportunity to give these children something special this holiday season.
"Many of the children have had a portion of their childhood tragically taken away from them and this was a chance to have conversations, to build self-esteem and show these kids that we value them and want to be a part of the healing process," says Lt. Kelli Bailiff with the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office.
The children ages 4 to 14 were chosen from the District Attorney's Victims Assistance Division and from the Sheriff's Office JIAC division. The group of ten received special attention in a non-stressful environment.
It was a day that brought a spirit of heroism out of everyone.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
HOLIDAY TIPS: What To Give As Gifts To Chronically Ill People That Doesn't Involve Shopping
Courtesy of the University of Kansas Hospital
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Turning Point, the center for hope and healing, Kansas City’s highly respected patient support organization, is offering gift tips this holiday for families facing serious illnesses...gifts that don’t have to do with shopping.
Turning Point patients say the holidays are a difficult time when dealing with a serious illness.
Friends often want to do more for them during the holidays but don’t know what to do.
Sami Papacek, Wellness Program Development Manager at Turning Point, said the first thing friends and other family members need to do is take the initiative to contact the family and make something happen.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Turning Point, the center for hope and healing, Kansas City’s highly respected patient support organization, is offering gift tips this holiday for families facing serious illnesses...gifts that don’t have to do with shopping.
Turning Point patients say the holidays are a difficult time when dealing with a serious illness.
Friends often want to do more for them during the holidays but don’t know what to do.
Sami Papacek, Wellness Program Development Manager at Turning Point, said the first thing friends and other family members need to do is take the initiative to contact the family and make something happen.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Wounded veterans return to unprepared medical system
By Andy Marso
KHI News Service
TOPEKA — A sniper’s bullet tore through U.S. Army Sgt. Jamie Jarboe’s neck while he was on patrol during a tour of duty in Afghanistan in April 2011. The bullet shattered three vertebrae, severed Jarboe’s spinal cord and caused severe bleeding. It was the kind of wound that almost certainly would have been fatal in previous conflicts.
But an Army medic was at Jarboe’s side almost immediately to keep him from bleeding out, and within 17 minutes of the shooting a helicopter lifted Jarboe out of the danger zone. In less than an hour, he arrived at a state-of-the-art field hospital in Kandahar, where a medical team was waiting to stabilize him enough so that he could be evacuated from the country.
KHI News Service
TOPEKA — A sniper’s bullet tore through U.S. Army Sgt. Jamie Jarboe’s neck while he was on patrol during a tour of duty in Afghanistan in April 2011. The bullet shattered three vertebrae, severed Jarboe’s spinal cord and caused severe bleeding. It was the kind of wound that almost certainly would have been fatal in previous conflicts.
But an Army medic was at Jarboe’s side almost immediately to keep him from bleeding out, and within 17 minutes of the shooting a helicopter lifted Jarboe out of the danger zone. In less than an hour, he arrived at a state-of-the-art field hospital in Kandahar, where a medical team was waiting to stabilize him enough so that he could be evacuated from the country.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
COMMENTARY: Health Insurance in Kansas: Are Premiums Increasing?
By Roberta Riportella
Professor of Community Health, K-State Research and Extension
KANSAS CITY, KAN. ---- Consumers might read or hear mixed information about premium increases in the Kansas Health Insurance Marketplace. Premiums are the monthly fixed costs you will pay for your health insurance policy.
A Pricewaterhouse Coopers report shows that premiums in Kansas have gone up more than in the rest of the nation, while the Kansas Health Institute (KHI) reports that the average premium for all plans offered in the Kansas Health Insurance Marketplace increased just 0.1 percent from 2014 to 2015.
Professor of Community Health, K-State Research and Extension
KANSAS CITY, KAN. ---- Consumers might read or hear mixed information about premium increases in the Kansas Health Insurance Marketplace. Premiums are the monthly fixed costs you will pay for your health insurance policy.
A Pricewaterhouse Coopers report shows that premiums in Kansas have gone up more than in the rest of the nation, while the Kansas Health Institute (KHI) reports that the average premium for all plans offered in the Kansas Health Insurance Marketplace increased just 0.1 percent from 2014 to 2015.
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