1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (432+ words) A healthy start to life — for both mom and baby — provides a foundation for lifelong health, and access to quality, culturally competent maternity care is critical to ensuring a healthy start to life. In Kansas, access to maternity care services…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (452+ words) TOPEKA — The Kansas House budget committee continued adjusting a bare-bones state government appropriations bill that deleted more than $540 million from agency requests for program enhancements, salary adjustments and hiring new employees. An array of House subcommittees have started sharing with…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (502+ words) Kansas families expect timely, safe medical care — whether it’s a cesarean section in the middle of the night, surgery after a farm accident or a routine procedure that shouldn’t require driving hours to a major city. Yet across our state,…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1357+ words) By SUZANNE KINGThe Beacon Kansas has more hospitals in immediate danger of closing than any other state, according to a recent analysis of the financial health of the country’s most remote hospitals. The Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform, a…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1029+ words) Kansas is spending tens of millions of dollars a year on traveling nurses because it can’t find full-time staff to fill positions at two state psychiatric hospitals. But paying for temporary help is more expensive than hiring full-time employees. In…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (362+ words) Dec 30, 2025 - 4:13pm Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday that Kansas received a $221 million federal grant as part of the Rural Health Transformation Program. TOPEKA — Kansas received $221 million from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program to strengthen health systems and expand access to…...

9+ mon, 2+ day ago   (330+ words) TOPEKA — The Kansas attorney general is dropping his federal lawsuit that targeted health care for immigrants across the U.S. Kris Kobach announced Wednesday he voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit, but health care for certain immigrants was stripped away more than three…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (286+ words) Representatives of Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, Kansas Appleseed and Kansas Action for Children speak to an audience in Iola about H.R. 1, the "big, beautiful bill" touted by President Donald Trump. (Submitted) Much like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman joined forces…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (167+ words) Nearly 70% of Served Population Face Limited Access to a Local Pharmacy Chronic Conditions: 74% of the population reported that they are dealing with two or more chronic conditions. High Prescription Use: 75% of members regularly take 5 or more prescriptions. Financial Headwinds: As…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (192+ words) Many Kansas hospitals, especially in rural parts of the state, are in trouble. Hospitals are sounding the alarm as long-term sustainability approaches crisis levels with challenges stemming from a shortage of nurses and doctors, rising operational costs, and declining payments…...