UPDATED: New suicide prevention hotline: Will Kansas be ready?
(Updated to reflect House Appropriations committee action on Tuesday)
A little more than year from now, a new national suicide hotline will start transforming the...
Rise in Kansas deaths attributable to COVID-19, audit shows
Kansas saw more deaths last year than in 2019, with COVID-19 largely accounting for the increase, a new audit found.
A new audit released Tuesday...
State employee health clinic comes under scrutiny
The future of an onsite health clinic for state employees is cloudy because of questions of cost and whether it's used by enough workers...
Audit questions extended medical benefits
A new audit questions the Kansas health department's decision to continue providing medical benefits for less affluent Kansans who were no longer eligible to...
Decision on state employee health clinic delayed
The state Health Care Commission on Monday put off deciding the fate of an onsite health clinic for state employees to allow more time...
Lawsuits challenge mask mandates in two counties
Lawsuits were filed against two counties over mask mandates on Friday, contending that the health orders were overly broad under a new state emergency...
Task force approves $50 million for healthcare worker pay
A special task force on Friday moved ahead with a plan to spend $50 million for boosting the pay of front-line health care workers,...
Medicaid inspector general auditing for gambling winnings
The state Medicaid inspector general is reviewing KanCare beneficiaries to see who might have won big at the casinos or in the lottery without...
Youth suicides drop first time since ’14
For the first time in five years, the suicide rate for Kansas children declined, with 28 Kansas youths dying by suicide in 2019, a...
Lawmakers inquire about National Guard vaccine mandate
A group of Republican lawmakers wants to know whether the Kansas National Guard would violate state law if it moves ahead with a mandate...
