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KHI News Service becoming part of KCUR public radio

The Kansas Health Institute News Service, the nonprofit news reporting service of the Kansas Health Institute (KHI), has become part of KCUR Public Media,…

HPPR Government & Politics

Medicaid fund could be tapped again to cover budget shortfall

Jim McLean

From the Kansas Health Institute:Kansas officials have borrowed a record $900 million from the state’s investment fund but still may need to implement a…

HPPR Health, Education & Welfare

State contractor oversight criticized in wake of Medicaid mistake

Andy Marso

From the Kansas Health Institute:News of a mistake that dropped several thousand Kansans from state Medicaid backlog reports has advocates and Democratic…

HPPR Health, Education & Welfare

For doctors-in-training, a dose of health policy can help the medicine go down

Julie Rovner

From the Kansas Health Institute:Doctors-in-training learn a lot about the workings of the human body during medical school and residency. But many are…

HPPR Health, Education & Welfare

HHS announces plans to curtail consumers’ use of short-term insurance policies

From the Kansas Health Institute:The Obama administration on Wednesday moved to sharply limit short-term health insurance plans, which a growing number of…