Latest Health News from the Kansas Health Institute

It’s not always easy for medical school students to find career advice outside the classroom.

An effort in the U.S. Senate to add back $24.2 billion in federal Medicaid assistance for states, including about $131 million for Kansas, was rejected today on a procedural test vote that sent Democratic leaders back to the drawing board.

Cities and businesses are preparing for the July 1 start of a statewide smoking ban.

A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine ranks the University of Kansas School of Medicine in the nation's top five for fulfilling the "social mission" of medicine.

Dr. Matt Voth doesn’t carry a pager home from the hospital. He doesn’t need to.

Hospitals in cities such as Wichita and Topeka are finding that hospitalist positions are becoming an important recruiting tool.

The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services has overhauled its website.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, which is leading the state effort to spread adoption of health information technology, has scheduled a meeting of its advisory council from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

Almost one in four Kansans under age 65 have a pre-existing condition that could affect their being able to buy or hold on to their health insurance, according to a recent study by Families USA, an advocacy group representing health care consumers.

A bill before Congress that would extend richer federal Medicaid assistance to states has now become an issue in the Kansas governor's race.

State employees who use Walgreens to fill their prescriptions will soon have to find another pharmacy.

CJ Janovy is stepping down as editor of The Pitch to head communications at the University of Kansas Medical Center where she will start June 21.

Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson was among state executives calling on Congress to approve extended Medicaid assistance. Kansas lawmakers already built a budget assuming the $131 million would come.

Extra dollars legislators approved for the coming budget year to trim the waiting lists for services for people with physical or developmental disabilities may get eaten up by current-year cost over-runs, according to the state’s welfare chief.

If an environmental group wins its bid to have the federal government force different standards for measuring pollution in the Kansas River, cities and agriculture could bear the cost, according to KDHE.