The Kansas Department of Health and Environment opened two Rural Health Transformation grants, $44 million for regional partnerships and $11 million for capital projects.
KDHE's July 22 release reports that, as of July 22, Kansas had 289 cyclosporiasis cases in 2026: 114 classified as domestically acquired, 24 likely linked to international travel, six not definitively classified, and 145 pending classification.
GraceMed says it is partnering with Clearway Testing to offer Sedgwick County residents potentially exposed to TCE or PCE in groundwater free health screenings through December 31, 2026, with no insurance required.
Health Partnership Clinic, Inc. Announced that three providers had joined its team: Valeria Higinio, MD, FAAP, as a pediatrician at Shawnee Mission; Jeffrey Waddell, DNP, FNP, providing family care for patients of all ages at Ottawa; and Kurt Echols, DDS…
Heartland Community Health Center says Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health will assume the Title X grant effective July 2026, while Heartland will continue comprehensive family-planning services as an FQHC and, after July, will use its sliding-fee scale.
Cencora's manufacturer-update tracker says Biogen's June 1 notice exempted Washington and states that Kansas is no longer exempt from Biogen's contract-pharmacy policy as of July 1, 2026.
CHC/SEK's June 11 announcement said it would assume operations of Ascension St. John Primary Care in Independence effective July 1, with Ascension donating the clinic building and land.
On Aug. 16, KDHE's live RHTP page reported $1,007,152 awarded to seven rural health care organizations through the Community Health Worker + Accountable Food is Medicine program and linked the recipient list.
Kansas' July 1 announcement says CMS approved the state's Health Care Access Improvement Program preprint for Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Emergency Hospitals, injecting $83 million into those facilities through enhanced Medicaid payments.
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas will take over Ascension St. John Primary Care in Independence, Kansas, on July 1, 2026, as Fort Scott Biz reported. Ascension is donating the building and land, and a new CHC/SEK site opens August 10.
KCUR's June 11 report on the latest Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform analysis says 69 of about 100 analyzed Kansas rural hospitals were at risk and 28 were at immediate risk, the highest immediate-risk count among states in that report.
KHI reports that the average monthly 2026 benchmark silver premium for a Kansas family of four increased from $1,848 to $2,381 before Advance Premium Tax Credits, a 28.9% increase and the largest since 2019.
KHI says OBBBA eliminated the $542 million expansion incentive, preserved current Kansas provider-tax rates subject to stricter renewal rules, and requires state-directed payments above 110% of Medicare to phase down beginning in 2028.
The governor's Dec. 29, 2025 notice says CMS awarded Kansas $221 million for the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program, above the state base allocation. KDHE is the lead agency.
KFF's tracker, published May 21, 2026, says 41 states including DC have adopted ACA Medicaid expansion and 10 have not; Kansas remains in the non-expansion group.
Cencora's live tracker records manufacturer-specific dates: GSK said Kansas was no longer exempt effective March 1, 2025; Pfizer reinstated Kansas contract-pharmacy restrictions effective April 1, 2025; and Biogen ended its Kansas exemption July 1, 2026.
Kansas Reflector reported that House Speaker Dan Hawkins ended the March 19 session as a bipartisan group sought a route to floor consideration of SB 284.
KHI's June 2025 expansion model estimated 120,157 additional enrollees and a $75 million 10-year net state cost only under then-current law, including a $542 million ARPA incentive.
KDHE's award document lists seven Community Health Worker + Accountable Food is Medicine awards totaling $1,007,152: $150,000 each to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hospital District No. 6 of Harper County, Great Plains of Smith County…
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