Registration Open for KHA's Rural Health Symposium

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KCHC provides members with a unique opportunity to collaborate with their peers throughout the Greater Kansas City area. Benefits include educational programs offered to members through luncheon or breakfast meetings, as well as at the annual fall conference. While topics often focus on the communicator's role in a changing health care industry, programs also include general marketing and communications topics.

KC Health Communicators 2025 Fall Conference - Oct. 17

KCHC invites health care communications and marketing staff to their 2025 Fall Conference, Oct. 17 at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. Please send your registration form and payment via mail by Oct. 13 to KCHC, Attenetion: Jan Fenwick, 215 SE 8th Ave. Topeka, KS 66603

Kansas Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals Seminar – Oct. 18

Registration includes breakfast and lunch and 2026 membership fees. CE hours will be available and presented at the end of the day.

Advocacy All-Star Training Dinner - Oct. 20

It’s training season, and it’s your turn at bat! Advocacy All-Star Training gets you ready to rally and advocate on issues that impact your hospital. Advocacy All-Star Training will help you to tell the story of your hospital to elected officials and community partners in a way that resonates and prepares you for the big show.

HFMA Educational Program - Oct. 22-24

he Healthcare Financial Management Association is a national organization for healthcare financial management professionals. Its members are employed by hospitals, integrated delivery systems, long-term and ambulatory care facilities, managed care organizations, medical group practices, public accounting and consulting firms, insurance companies, government agencies, and other healthcare organizations.

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Registration Open for KHA's Rural Health Symposium – Nov. 20

RuralHealthDay (Oct. 3, 2025) – Rural health care providers constantly face new challenges and fewer resources. The goal of this symposium is to equip attendees with information, skills and ideas needed to thrive in the fast-changing world of rural health care. Held alongside National Rural Health Day, the symposium will offer practical strategies and timely updates to support health care in rural communities.

Sessions include:

Partnering for Community Health: Lessons from Coffey County – highlighting collaboration with local leaders.
KHA Productivity Study – presenting statewide benchmarks to improve efficiency.
Federal Policy and Advocacy Update – insights from Brock Slabach, COO, National Rural Health Association.
Emergency Preparedness in Action – lessons learned from the March 2025 I-70 dust storm and mass casualty response.
Keeping Your Best – strategies to retain top staff with Craig Deao, Huron.

The symposium also features networking roundtables and a luncheon sponsored by the Kansas Rural Health Association.

Location and Hotel Accommodations:
The symposium will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Hays, located at 221 W. 43rd St., Hays, KS 67601. A block of rooms has been reserved for the night of Nov. 19 at a rate of $147 plus tax. The room block is available until Monday, Oct. 20. After that, reservations will be accepted on a space-available basis. To reserve your room and secure the special rate, call (785) 727-7721 and mention the KHARHS room block.

--Hayley Finch-Genschorck

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