Safety Net

Advocates for mid-level dental providers meet with legislators

0 | Feb. 06, 2013 | Advocacy, Legislature, Oral Health, Safety Net

About 30 dental hygienists from around the state traveled to Topeka to ask their legislators to approve the licensing of mid-level dental providers.

HCF announces $4.7M in safety-net grants

0 | Dec. 12, 2012 | Foundations, Safety Net

The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City has awarded $4.7 million in safety net grants to 39 nonprofit groups in Kansas and Missouri, foundation officials announced today.

Initiative aims to boost integrated care

0 | Oct. 29, 2012 | Foundations, Health Care Delivery, Mental Health, Safety Net

Amid national concerns that the seriously mentally ill are dying from preventable diseases, a leading Kansas healthcare philanthropy is about to make a down payment on a multi-year initiative aimed at integrating physical and mental health services for safety-net patients.

Homeless patient remembered by hospital staff

0 | Aug. 06, 2012 | Safety Net

Donald Duncan lived on the streets, was often drunk and had used the St. Luke’s Hospital emergency room as a safe haven for so long that the head of the department remembered him all the way back to her medical school days.

Group aims to reduce Medicaid waiting lists for developmentally disabled services

0 | Jul. 20, 2012 | KanCare, Safety Net

Launched in January, the End The Wait Kansas Campaign aims to persuade state officials to eliminate a backlog for Medicaid-funded services that currently has about 4,915 developmentally disabled people on a waiting list. About 3,225 people are waiting for any services and about 1,690 are waiting for additional services.