Audit to determine if Medicaid covers ineligible women claiming pregnancy
The state's Medicaid inspector general has launched an audit to determine whether Kansas is insuring women claiming to be pregnant who aren't eligible for...
Senate passes bill expanding nursing practitioner authority
The Kansas Senate on Wednesday passed a major piece of health care legislation expanding the authority of nurse practitioners to work in Kansas without...
Legislature approves new protection for health care workers
The Kansas Legislature on Thursday gave a new legal protection to health care workers, who have faced a rise in violence over the last...
UPDATED: Governor vetoes abortion reversal bill; sets up showdown with Legislature
(Updated to include statements from Kansans for Life and the House speaker)
Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed a bill requiring physicians to notify women...
Dogfight at the Capitol
The state's hospitality industry is in a dogfight with the Agriculture Department at the Capitol.
The Kansas Restaurant & Hospitality Association is urging lawmakers to...
UPDATED: Battle over abortion-reversal bill starts unfolding in Legislature
(Updated to reflect that Mae Winchester did not represent the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists at Wednesday's hearing, although she told the committee...
BREAKING: Schmidt challenges contractor vaccine mandate
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt joined with six other states to challenge a Biden administration mandate requiring vaccines for federal contractors and federally contracted...
Social services secretary reports declining payment error rate in food assistance
The Kansas social services secretary said Wednesday that the state's payment error rate for food-assistance benefits had dipped to 7.5% for the first four...
KFL apologizes for abortion amendment mailing
Kansans for Life is apologizing for a mailing on the proposed constitutional amendment on abortion that was inadvertently sent to districts of lawmakers who...
Concerns expressed about cost of Medicaid study
State insurance officials on Tuesday expressed concern about how much it would cost to prepare an application for part of the Senate's Medicaid expansion...
