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Rural health care providers are constantly faced with new challenges and fewer resources. The purpose of this symposium is to provide attendees with the skills, ideas and information necessary to survive in the rapidly changing world of rural health care. The symposium is designed for senior-level administrators, hospital trustees and others interested in rural health issues.

Management and Leadership Training Three-Part Webinar Series - Part 3 - Dec. 4

This webinar series is designed for all health care managers and supervisors, including those in the nursing and allied health professions who want to fine-tune their management skills.

Healthworks Board Meeting - Dec. 5

At Healthworks (formerly the Kansas Hospital Education & Research Foundation), we are health care delivery revolutionaries, using our time, energy and resources to spark action. We educate our partners, bring groups together, find funding and provide services that will change our health care delivery system for the better.

KHA Allied Presidents' Retreat - Dec. 6

KHA has 24 different allied organizations. Membership in these organizations keep you in touch with people who understand the joys and frustrations of your job and keep you up-to-date on important health care issues and trends that affect your job and your facility. KHA provides education to allied organization leaders annually.

Financial Webinar: Price Transparency - Dec. 10

Join us at noon on Dec. 10 for a financialwebinar where Kathy Reep, PYA will lookat the new requirements for hospital pricetransparency, as well as some of the keyconcerns from providers regarding thecurrent regulations. She will also discussthe status of federal legislation relatedto price transparency and recent reportson provider compliance from both thirdparties and government agencies.

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Kansas Seal (Mar. 19, 2024) – Senate Bill 554 – Concerns health and health care; relating to certain definitions; provides that a fertilized human ovum or embryo existing outside of the uterus of a human body shall not be considered an unborn child or human being
–By Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Senate Bill 555 – Concerns health and health care; relates to medical cannabis; creates the Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act; authorizes the secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to enter into contracts for the limited cultivation, processing and distribution of medical cannabis for patient use upon a physician's recommendation; imposes terms and conditions for such contracts; establishes requirements for physician certifications recommends medical cannabis use; levying an excise tax on the retail sale of medical cannabis; establishes the Medical Cannabis Refund Fund and the Medical Cannabis Research and Education Fund; creates the crime of unlawful storage of medical cannabis; makes exceptions to the crimes of unlawful manufacture and possession of controlled substances
–By Committee on Federal and State Affairs

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