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(Mar. 8, 2024) – In the calendar year 2024 Physician Fee Schedule rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized several new services addressing health equity.
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(Mar. 8, 2024) – Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Available for Older Adults, Cyberattack on Change Healthcare, LTCF Minimum Staffing Rule, Respiratory Viral Illness Guidance Information, Funding Assistance Available to Those Impacted by Change Healthcare Cyberattack, Medicare Prescription Payment Plan Final Guidance, Isolation Period for COVID-19 Shortened, TJC CY 2023 Reporting Deadlines, Cyberattack on Change Healthcare, MLN Connects Provider eNews, and Before You Go.
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(Mar. 1, 2024) – Maternal health is a strategic priority of the Kansas Hospital Association and our members. The KHA staff represents the membership on a variety of committees and initiatives seeking to improve maternal health in Kansas.
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(Mar. 1, 2024) – KHA Spring District Meeting dates and locations have been set. Join us at 9:30 a.m. for networking. Meeting times will be from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with lunch provided.
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(Mar. 1, 2024) – Advantage Optics is where your KHA hospital-level data resides. The site was recently updated with the first quarter of the fiscal year 2024 data and now contains October 2018 – December 2023 inpatient, outpatient and emergency department discharges.
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(Mar. 1, 2024) – The Alliance for a Healthy Kansas and other Medicaid expansion advocacy groups are hosting a rally at the Kansas Statehouse from 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 6 in the second-floor rotunda of the Capitol.
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(Mar. 1, 2024) – A new poll released last week by the Sunflower Foundation re-affirms previous polls from the last several years that Kansans widely support Medicaid expansion and highlights most Kansans value the economic benefits expansion brings.
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(Mar. 1, 2024) – On Feb. 8, CMS issued QSO-24-05-Hospital/CAH allowing texting patient information and the texting of patient orders among members of the health care team permissible, if accomplished through a HIPAA-compliant secure texting platform and is in compliance with the COP.
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(Mar. 1, 2024) – CMS recently released the final disproportionate share hospital third-party payer rule, addressing recent legislative changes that govern the hospital-specific limit on Medicaid DSH payments.
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(Mar. 1, 2024) – The Office of Burden Reduction & Health Informatics is hosting a virtual education session from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., on March 26, 2024, on the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization final rule released on Jan. 17, 2024.
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