Kansas Reps Agree Proposal Too Tight
Two Kansas lawmakers Keith Sebelius and Martha Keys urged the House Ways and Means Health subcommittee to soften HEW Medicare review rules. They warned 24 hour patient need reviews and total bar on physician financial interests could push many rural Kansas hospitals out of business. They proposed retroactive review allowances and shared UR staff to ease compliance.
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Kansas
House
Keith Sebelius
Rorton
Martha Keys
Manhattan
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ways and Means Health
Keys
HEW
Caspar Weinberger
Keys and Sebelius
Sebelius
Beef and Potatoes Higher While Pork Prices Vary
Kansas Farm Bureau report shows beef prices up across seven checked cuts with ground beef unchanged at 82 cents. Potatoes rise on new crop supplies. red potatoes up 26 cents to 1.76 and whites to 1.78 per pound. Bacon up eight cents to 1.52. center cut pork chops down seven cents to 1.71 and whole ham at 1.10. Whole fryer chickens 52 cents per pound.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Blood Pressure Clinic Here Monday
Free hypertension screening offered Monday from 2 to 6 p.m. at 1516 N. Taylor US83 via a mobile unit. Sponsored by Western Kansas Migrant Health project with support from Kansas Regional Medical Program grant, Wichita State University KU Medical School branch, Finney County Heart Association, Medical Society of Sedgwick County, and Kansas Heart Association.
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Wichita State University
Garden City
Mobile University of Kansas School of Medicine
N. Taylor
Western
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas Regional Medical Program
Finney County Heart Association
The
Medical Society of Sedgwick County
Kansas Heart Association
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