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Blue Cross won't bid on Medicaid, stirring fears - CBS News
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Boston.com
Blue Cross won't bid on Medicaid, stirring fears
CBS News
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's efforts to overhaul Medicaid hit a rough spot Thursday after the state's largest health insurance company decided not to bid on a contract to help manage the program, leaving some lawmakers and advocates increasingly uneasy.
Medicaid News: Kansas Insurer Says 'No' To MedicaidKaiser Health News
The Star's editorial | Shhh! Governor and lobbyists hard at workKansas City Star
Clay Center Dispatch, Kan., Ryan D. Wilson column [Clay Center Dispatch, Kan.]Insurance News Net (press release)
FierceHealthPayer -El Dorado Times -Lawrence Journal World
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Valley Center death fuels questions about previous accidents - Kansas.com
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Kansas.com
Valley Center death fuels questions about previous accidents
Kansas.com
A series of deaths in Kansas and other states — all people who were associated with Daniel Perez and his traveling entourage — have been raising questions for years. The situation drew attention because, according to a court document, there had been ...


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ACLU legal challenge of new Kan. abortion insurance law set for federal trial ... - The Republic
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Hays Daily News
ACLU legal challenge of new Kan. abortion insurance law set for federal trial ...
The Republic
A federal magistrate judge has scheduled a trial next year in a lawsuit challenging a Kansas law restricting insurance coverage of abortion. The tentative Jan. 7, 2013, trial was set in a revised scheduling order handed down Friday by US Magistrate ...
Kan. abortion insurance case assigned to new judgeHays Daily News

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Aid may draw dentists to rural Kansas - Topeka Capital Journal
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Aid may draw dentists to rural Kansas
Topeka Capital Journal
By Tim Carpenter A Kansas dental association and insurance company Thursday revealed plans to develop a college-loan repayment program to place dentists in underserved rural areas of the state. Large swaths of lightly populated western Kansas have ...

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Kan. abortion insurance case assigned to new judge - El Dorado Times
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Kan. abortion insurance case assigned to new judge
El Dorado Times
By Anonymous AP A challenge to a new Kansas law restricting insurance coverage of abortion has been assigned to a new judge following the death of the federal judge who had been overseeing the case. US District Judge Wesley Brown died last week at the ...

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It's Your Business - Topeka Capital Journal
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It's Your Business
Topeka Capital Journal
Marchant is recognized for her work as the second director of the Kansas Center for the Book, and she traveled the state extensively in the Words on Wheels mobile library, promoting Kansas authors and literature. She was one of 100 honored by first ...


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Kansas' largest insurer declines participation in Brownback's Medicaid reform - Kansas City Star
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Kansas' largest insurer declines participation in Brownback's Medicaid reform
Kansas City Star
The state of Kansas' largest insurance company has decided it doesn't want to participate in Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to move Medicaid patients into privatized managed-care programs. In a letter addressed “Dear provider,” Angie Strecker, ...


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Kansas City North Veterinary Hospital Introduces Loyalty Pays Club - MarketWatch (press release)
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Kansas City North Veterinary Hospital Introduces Loyalty Pays Club
MarketWatch (press release)
The Kansas City North veterinarian designed the loyalty program as a way of motivating pet owners to bring their pets in for regular wellness examinations and to promote better healthcare for the pets at home. By seeing pets on a regular basis at the ...

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Tribute | Maria Devinki embraced her faith and family - Kansas City Star
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Kansas City Star
Tribute | Maria Devinki embraced her faith and family
Kansas City Star
A few months later, good fortune came their way when the Kansas City Life Insurance Co. offered to buy the house for a nice profit and a real estate career was born. As partners, Maria was an outstanding businesswoman while Fred possessed the ...


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5 questions with Adam Mills - Kansas.com
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Kansas.com
5 questions with Adam Mills
Kansas.com
By Carrie Rengers After a career as an American Family Insurance agent and trainer, Adam Mills joined the Kansas Restaurant & Hospitality Association in 2003. The association, which was founded in 1929, represents the hospitality industry.


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ICW Selected to Implement New Enterprise Master Patient Index for Blue Cross ... - MarketWatch (press release)
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 (4 days ago)

ICW Selected to Implement New Enterprise Master Patient Index for Blue Cross ...
MarketWatch (press release)
WALLDORF, GERMANY and WAYNE, PA, Jan 31, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- InterComponentWare, Inc., (ICW), a leading international provider of healthcare information technology, was selected by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) to ...

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Health IT Business News Roundup for the Week of February 3, 2012 - iHealthBeat
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Health IT Business News Roundup for the Week of February 3, 2012
iHealthBeat
Acadia Healthcare Company in Tennessee has selected financial software from Healthcare Management Systems...Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City in Missouri will implement InterComponentWare's master patient index for care management and health ...

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KCTV 5Insurance broker will stay at Plaza through 2030 - KCTV Kansas City
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 (5 days ago)

KCTV 5Insurance broker will stay at Plaza through 2030
KCTV Kansas City
Entertainment News from AP By Chris Oberholtz, Multimedia Producer - email More and more about companies are jumping from Missouri to Kansas, but a big insurance broker announced Monday that they are staying at the Country Club Plaza.
Lockton Extends Square Footage and Expands Lease at Highwoods Properties ...MarketWatch (press release)
Lockton stays in KC, to remain on Plaza through 2030Kansas City Star
Highwoods renews 171000-square-foot lease in Kansas CityNews & Observer (blog)
Triangle Business Journal (blog)
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Taxi drivers say KC regulations cut their pay - Kansas City Star
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Kansas City Star
Taxi drivers say KC regulations cut their pay
Kansas City Star
By LYNN HORSLEY Members of the Kansas City Cab Drivers Association protested their treatment Thursday in Ilus Davis Park. A group of cab drivers has sued Kansas City municipal government, alleging its taxi regulations are discriminatory, ...
Cabbies File Suit Against KCMO Over “Monopolistic” Permit Systemfox4kc.com

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Kan. gov. has no plans to slow Medicaid overhaul - CBS News
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 (9 days ago)

Kansas City Star
Kan. gov. has no plans to slow Medicaid overhaul
CBS News
Kansas asked the federal government Thursday to waive some of its rules so that the state can overhaul its $2.9 billion Medicaid program, despite concerns among legislators that Gov. Sam Brownback is moving too quickly to turn all of it over to private ...
State Submits Medicaid Waiver RequestWIBW
Republican legislator seeks delay of governor's Medicaid planLawrence Journal World
Kan. asks federal officials to waive some rules to allow state's overhaul of ...The Republic

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Shelter Insurance welcomes new agent - KC Community News
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

Shelter Insurance welcomes new agent
KC Community News
Pesky mammals known as deer cause quite a few accidents in Kansas, and the Midwest in general, and now someone new hopes to help Louisburg residents with the damage deer cause, or any other accidents for that matter. Scott Woolsey has taken over at the ...


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Kansas farmers claim $1 billion after drought - CanadianBusiness.com
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 (9 days ago)

Wall Street Journal
Kansas farmers claim $1 billion after drought
CanadianBusiness.com
(AP) — Kansas farmers have already claimed a record amount in crop insurance for losses suffered during a lingering drought last year, and the claims are expected to surpass $1 billion, a federal agriculture official said.
What Drought? Wheat May SurpriseWall Street Journal
Record drought claims near $1 billion [The Hutchinson News, Kan.]Insurance News Net (press release)
KS farmers receive close to $1 billion in crop insurance claimsKansas CW

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NetStandard Upgrades Kansas City Data Center to 10GigE Connectivity - MarketWatch (press release)
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

NetStandard Upgrades Kansas City Data Center to 10GigE Connectivity
MarketWatch (press release)
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NetStandard announced an upgrade to one of their SSAE 16 compliant Kansas City Data Center facilities today with the implementation of 10GigE internet connectivity.

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Red Ribbon Campaign Honors Supporters - WIBW
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Red Ribbon Campaign Honors Supporters
WIBW
Sam Brownback was on hand for the 12th annual Red Ribbon recognition luncheon at Stormont-Vail HealthCare's Pozez Education Center. Among those honored were Margi Grimwood, for outstanding dedication to the Kansas Red Ribbon campaign.


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$2M bond for man facing charges in Kan. woman's 2003 death, sex crimes, life ... - Washington Post
Posted on Jan 19, 2012 (16 days ago)

Daily Mail
$2M bond for man facing charges in Kan. woman's 2003 death, sex crimes, life ...
Washington Post
Court documents indicate that both were living with a group of people in central Kansas now linked to several deaths, and Hughes' death was reclassified as a homicide amid evidence that the group was living off life insurance policies.
Fugitive charged with murder, rape, child sexual exploitation; bond set at $2.1MKansas City Star
Fugitive charged with murder in 2003 drowningKSN-TV
Woman's death now considered homicideKansas.com

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Obama to Nominate Former Paulson Aide to FDIC - Wall Street Journal
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Obama to Nominate Former Paulson Aide to FDIC
Wall Street Journal
By ALAN ZIBEL And VICTORIA MCGRANE The White House said Friday it plans to nominate to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. a former Bush administration official who helped develop the government's response to the 2008 financial crisis.
Former Treasury Official Nominated to FDIC BoardAmerican Banker (subscription)

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Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. Acquires Panhandle Correctional Care, Inc. - MarketWatch (press release)
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. Acquires Panhandle Correctional Care, Inc.
MarketWatch (press release)
Conmed has provided correctional healthcare services since 1984, beginning in the State of Maryland, and currently serves county and municipal correctional facilities in nine states, including Arizona, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, ...

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Kansas Farmers $1B in Insurance Claim After Drought - Insurance Journal
Posted on Jan 27, 2012 (8 days ago)

Kansas Farmers $1B in Insurance Claim After Drought
Insurance Journal
Kansas farmers have claimed nearly $1 billion in insurance to offset crop losses caused by the lingering drought. The federal government says that breaks a Kansas record of $446.8 million for drought claims set in 2002, and more claims are expected.

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Kansas City police shut down homeless camp - Kansas City Star
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

Kansas City Star
Kansas City police shut down homeless camp
Kansas City Star
By MIKE HENDRICKS A man who calls himself White Hawk lives in an elaborate multilayered assembly of tarps, blankets and a tent on the hillside above Beardsley Road overlooking Kansas City's West Bottoms. Sitting atop an empty pop corn tin on the north ...

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The keys to piano care - Kansas City Star
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Kansas City Star
The keys to piano care
Kansas City Star
By SUSAN MURPHY CASEY “Pianos go out of tune whether you play them or not because of heat and humidity,” said Steve Cantu, owner of Jones Piano House in Kansas City. He tuned a grand piano recently inside the home of Judith King in Kansas City.


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