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Legislative budget negotiators have agreed to insert a provision in the state budget preventing Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration from consolidating…
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Federal officials have reversed position on a long-standing ban on paying for some inpatient psychiatric care, giving a possible boost to Kansas crisis…
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Two employees of Larned State Hospital made rare public comments Monday about difficult working conditions at the mental health facility.Kyle Nuckolls and…
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A health care consultant who lists experience with hospital turnarounds will take over the top job at Larned State Hospital for the next six months.Tim…
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The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services has raised starting pay for registered nurses at Osawatomie State Hospital to attract more…
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Federal officials may halt Medicare funding to an Emporia hospital because a mental health patient was discharged too soon — an incident that hospital…
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State officials said bills requiring legislative consent before the state could privatize Osawatomie State Hospital would take away one option to address…
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The Kansas House and Senate both passed budgets this week that shift money from several sources to shore up an underwater state general fund.But even in…
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The first time Rebecca Schunck tried to commit suicide she was 25. She called the police following a fight with her father, threatening to kill him and…
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Steve Feinstein was superintendent of Osawatomie State Hospital from 1994 to 1998. He has a Ph.D. in psychology and got involved in mental health issues…
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The state will try to get Osawatomie State Hospital back into Medicare’s good graces within the next six months, officials told a joint legislative…
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The Kansas legislative session is already underway in Topeka. On this week's Statehouse Blend, we discuss the most important issues for the 2016…