Tag: Hospitals

Kansas hospitals urge congressional delegation to restore health care tax credits

Kansas hospital leaders are urging Congress to extend premium tax credits for Affordable Care Act Marketplace health insurance. Republicans recently removed these credits, threatening coverage for over 160,000 Kansans and straining rural hospitals. Hospital executives warn that losing these credits will lead to increased premiums and financial instability for families and healthcare providers.

Miami businessman who took over Missouri and Kansas hospitals convicted of $1.4 billion fraud

By Dan Margolies - Kansas News Service A federal jury on Monday convicted Jorge Perez, a Miami businessman who masterminded...

Kansas To Provide $50M Pay Boost For Nurses At Understaffed Hospitals

By Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Kansas officials plan to allocate $50 million in federal COVID-19 aid to boost...

Kansas Coronavirus Cases Skyrocket From Hundreds To Thousands Per Week

Kansas has managed to travel backward in pandemic time. Suddenly it’s February again. Except this time, the state faces a...

COVID Is Putting As Many Kansans In The Hospital As It Did In March

By Celia Llopis-Jepsen - Kansas News Service For six straight months, COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped steadily. Kansans let down their guard. They...

Kansas Insurers And Hospitals Wrestle Over How Much Your Telehealth Visit Should Cost

By Celia Llopis-Jepsen - Kansas News Service Ansel Armstrong had just found a psychologist when COVID-19 turned the world upside...

Kansas Hospitals Seek Help From Nearby States, But The Whole Midwest Faces A COVID Surge

By Celia Llopis-Jepsen - Kansas News Service Hospitals in Colorado and Nebraska are calling Kansas in desperate search of beds...

Even 40% Of Kansans Getting COVID-19 In Six Months Would Overwhelm State’s Hospitals

By Celia Llopis-Jepsen - Kansas News Service Dr. Joe Meier’s hospital in Wilson County has 15 beds, no intensive care...

The First Coronavirus Patient In Kansas Has Been Admitted To KU Hospital, Is ‘Doing Well’

By Elle Moxley - Kansas News Service Kansas’ single confirmed coronavirus patient has been admitted to the University of Kansas...

Kansas Medicaid Insurer Aetna On Even Thinner Ice With State Officials

By Celia Llopis-Jepsen - Kansas News Service TOPEKA ― Aetna remains in hot water with the state of Kansas, which...

Allegations Of Fraud, Stolen Records Swirl In Legal Fight Over Hillsboro, Kansas, Hospital

By Dan Margolies - KCUR/Kansas News Service Allegations of financial fraud and stolen hospital records have surfaced in an increasingly...