Heartland Health Monitor
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A federal judge has ruled that Kansas cannot cut off Medicaid funding to two Planned Parenthood affiliates.
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A doctor at the University of Kansas Hospital has filed suit against the hospital for allegedly removing a healthy organ from a misdiagnosed cancer patient and then covering up the unnecessary surgery.
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Water systems in a total of 18 Kansas counties were cited for exceeding allowable lead levels.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down strict regulations for abortion clinics in Texas is expected to affect similar state regulations currently on hold in Kansas.
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The hospital’s administrator hired more doctors and physician assistants and created a team of social workers and case managers to follow up on patient care.
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Kansas has “reconsidered” its decision to terminate the participation of 11 Planned Parenthood medical providers in the state’s Medicaid program, although it’s still trying to cut off Medicaid funding for the group itself.
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The University of Kansas is under fire from the father of a student who says she was sexually assaulted by a KU football player. The father says KU cares more about its athletes than protecting women on campus.
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Mexican cavefish eat a lot to store up nutrients for times when food is scarce. Researchers at the Stowers Institute are hoping to find out why the fish don't get sick from bingeing, or develop the kinds of metabolic diseases humans can develop from eating too much.
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The new group will be called Planned Parenthood Great Plains.
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Kansas City-based Cerner Corporation is facing another lawsuit that claims the health care technology company failed to pay its employees overtime wages.