January 10, 2013
This is to alert all Kansas Health Care Providers that at present there is a severe shortage of Isoniazid 300 mg tablets as well as Isoniazid 100 mg tablets nationwide. Isoniazid is a commonly used anti-tuberculosis antibiotic for treatment of tuberculosis infection as well as tuberculosis disease (in combination with other antibiotics Rifampin, Ethambutol and ...
September 12, 2012
Portland Votes to Fluoridate its Drinking Water Wichita Now the Largest Non-Fluoridated City in Mainland U.S.
The city council in Portland, Oregon voter 5-0 to approve a policy fluoridating its public water system. Prior to this vote, Portland was the largest U.S. city that did not adjust the fluoride in its drinking water to the optimal ...
June 28, 2012
KAAP is pleased to see that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act of 2010. The ACA offers coverage for children that includes the “ABC’s”, Access to health care services, age-appropriate Benefits in a medial home and health care Coverage for all children in the United States.
AAP has endorsed ...
June 27, 2012
Governor Brownback announced today the three managed care companies who will provide Medicaid services across the state as part of his push to remake the Medicaid program in Kansas.
The three winning companies were:
Amerigroup
UnitedHealthcare
Sunflower State Health Plan a subsidiary of Centene
To learn more about this announcement click here to go to the KHI article.
May 30, 2012
KAAP is one of many reputable medical groups that has endorsed the Wichitans for Healthy Teeth campaign that launched May 30, 2012. Adding flouride to the water supply in Wichita will save citizens over $4.5 million annually in health care costs (25%). Wichita is the fourth largest city in the nation that does not have water ...