Schmidt challenging nursing home vaccine mandate
Republican Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt on Wednesday filed a third lawsuit challenging Biden administration vaccine mandates, this time for health care facilities that...
Advance nursing practitioner bill sent to conference
A bill expanding the authority of nurse practitioners to work in Kansas without signing collaborative agreements with physicians was sent to House-Senate conference committee.
The...
New state budget adds staff for Medicaid fraud eligibility investigations
The state is beefing up efforts to investigate Medicaid eligibility fraud, something that Kansas regulators have largely overlooked for years.
The state's new budget calls...
Bill blocking new Medicaid planning clears Legislature
A bill blocking the state from seeking new proposals for its Medicaid program until after this fall's campaign for governor cleared the Kansas Legislature...
Health care legal protections expire Thursday after deal not reached
Civil liability protections for Kansas health care providers for damages stemming from the pandemic were set to expire Wednesday night as senators and House...
UPDATED: Alliance forms with advocacy groups to seek KanCare contract
(Updated to reflect new expiration date for the MCO contracts provided by the state)
An Ohio-based managed care nonprofit is teaming up with Kansas groups...
UPDATED: Kansas abortions reach highest point since ’01
(Updated to include more comments from various interests with edits throughout)
In the year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its historic decision legalizing abortion,...
Kelly vetoes bill blocking planning for new KanCare program
Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed a bill blocking the state from seeking new proposals for its Medicaid program until after this fall's campaign...
Vaccine exemption bill fails to muster enough votes to win passage
A bill removing the power of the state health secretary to limit the spread of infectious diseases and broadening a vaccine exemption for school...
UPDATED: Senate passes bill broadening vaccine exemption for children
(Updated to clarify part of the bill dealing with meningitis vaccines)
The Kansas Senate on Wednesday agreed to broaden an exemption for vaccines by requiring...
