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April 5, 2024

President's Perspective – Help KHA Award Individuals Making a Difference
KHA wants to honor those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty and needs your assistance in identifying them.

Attention CEOs – KHA Leadership Institute Nominations Now Open for Summer 2024
The 2024 KHA Leadership Institute recognizes hospital employees who display outstanding leadership abilities and provides them with additional leadership training to enhance their skills.
 

Mark Your Calendar for the 2024 Convention: Champions of Change
The KHA Annual Convention and Trade Show is Sept. 5-6 in Overland Park. We are thrilled to announce the convention theme Champions of Change.

Pneumococcal Vaccine Update for Physicians and Clinicians – April 30
Subject experts will provide updates impacting adult pneumococcal vaccine recommendations for adult and pediatric patients, respectively, and discuss navigating these updates from a clinical perspective.

Summer Fangman Joins the KHA Team
KHA is pleased to announce Summer Fangman, administrative professional, has joined the KHA staff team.

Register Now for the Health Care Preceptor Academy – May 23
The academy is designed to engage and grow current and future preceptors with key education tools and strategies to foster a strong preceptor/orientee relationship.

QHi April Back to Basics Training Session
After a brief program update, participants will walk through the basics of adding measures, adding users, entering and uploading data, and running and scheduling reports.

Centering Black Mental Health: A Conversation on Mental Health and Parenting
The Kansas Birth Equity Network is hosting the third annual Black Maternal Health Week event, a conversation centering on mental health during pregnancy, birthing and parenting. 

Funding to Assist with Housing Repairs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Kansas Rural Development has two funding programs available to assist very low-income individuals with repairing health and safety hazards in their homes.

Federal and National News
This week's topics include Final CY 2025 Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates and Part D Payment Policies, Marketplace Benefit and Parameters Final Rule for CY 2025, Additional Guidance on Informed Consent, Special Enrollment Period for Individuals Losing Medicaid Coverage Extended, FFY 2025 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS Proposed Rule, FFY 2025 Medicare Hospice, Psychiatric and SNF PPS Proposed Rule, CMS FFY 2025 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS Proposed Rule, CMS Publishes EMTALA Guidance, CMS Set to Publish Rules to Streamline Medicaid Enrollment, Alcohol-Related ED Visits Short Report Available, MLN Connects Provider eNews, Before You Go.