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After airing complaints, Kansas Hospital Association optimistic Aetna can fix Medicaid woes

Dive Brief: After providers and stakeholders aired their concerns in front of Kansas lawmakers over Aetna’s less-than-stellar performance in delivering benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries, the Kansas Hospital Association says it’s optimistic that longstanding issues will be corrected. The hearing in front of an oversight committee was held Monday, about a month after the state of… Read More »

Kansas doctor given life sentence after patient's opioid overdose death

A Wichita doctor was sentenced to life in prison Friday by federal courts after he was found guilty of illegally selling opioids that led to one of his patient’s death. Steven R. Henson, 57, was convicted last year on multiple counts, including falsifying patient records and fulfilling prescription requests outside the regular regimen of care.… Read More »