Senate approves PBM reforms; bill goes to House
A package of reforms intended to corral the middlemen who manage prescription drug plan benefits for insurers and employers overwhelmingly cleared the Kansas Senate.
The...
Senate legislation seeks to better regulate prescription drug ‘middlemen’
A package of reforms that would reign in the middlemen who manage prescription drug plan benefits for insurers and employers is moving through the...
ACA enrollment in Kansas falls almost 4% after tax credits expire
Fewer Kansans enrolled in an insurance plan available from the Affordable Care Act following the expiration of enhanced tax credits intended to offset premium...
Audit explores causes of state’s payment errors for food assistance
Staff turnover, complex federal rules and inconsistent verification efforts have contributed to a rising payment error rate in the state's food-assistance program, which is...
Lawmakers designate $1 million to compensate nurses harmed by regulators
House budget writers on Tuesday agreed to set aside $1 million for compensating nurses for "nonclinical harms" caused by state regulators.
The House Appropriations Committee...
UPDATED: Will cellphone ban get tripped up by private school provision?
(Updated to include comments from the Kansas Catholic Conference)
Cracks are starting to appear in support of a bill that would ban cellphones during instructional...
Social service secretary says food-assistance payment errors improving
The state's social services secretary says Kansas is making progress toward lowering its payment error rate for the federal food-assistance program in an effort...
Kansas abortions climb again in ’24, marked by increase for minors
(Developing: Will be updated)
Kansas set a new record for abortions in 2024, climbing almost 2% from a year earlier but lower than what had...
Federal government awards Kansas $222 million for rural health care
The federal government on Monday awarded Kansas about $222 million as part of a national effort to reinvent rural health care, an initiative that...
National public interest law firm takes on legal fight against nursing board
A national public interest law firm is helping a Kansas nurse clear her name with state regulators in court.
The Pacific Legal Foundation, which defends...
