KANSAS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

Health Issues

Protect Kansas' provider tax and state directed payments in the One Big Beautiful bill. Get Kansas' provider tax increase approved by CMS. Get Kansas' provider tax distribution model grandfathered. Reduce timelines for nurses looking to immigrate to the United States. Oppose sequestration extensions. Support changes to the rural emergency hospital program to include closed hospitals and allow necessary provider CAHs to revert back to CAHs if necessary. Preserve funding for FLEX and SHIP. Support extension of enhanced premium tax credits in the ACA. Preserve DSH funding for non-expansion states. Oppose site-neutral payment schemes in Medicare.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) · Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) · Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Medicare/Medicaid

Protect Kansas' provider tax and state directed payments in the One Big Beautiful bill. Get Kansas' provider tax increase approved by CMS. Get Kansas' provider tax distribution model grandfathered. Oppose sequestration extensions. Support changes to the rural emergency hospital program to include closed hospitals and allow necessary provider CAHs to revert back to CAHs if necessary. Preserve DSH funding for non-expansion states. Oppose site-neutral payment schemes in Medicare.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) · Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) · Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)