The embattled head of the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center based in Iola was suspended from his position on Monday by the organization’s board of […]
Tag: Medicaid
Kansas House committee grills SEKMHC head on salaries, operations of Medicaid-funded expanded care model
SEKMHC Executive Director Nathan Fawson testifies at the Kansas House Health and Human Services Committee hearing Tuesday./Kansas House Youtube capture TOPEKA – Kansas Representatives on […]
Medicaid-boosted salaries put SEKMHC execs in top 1% of earners in Kansas, USA
Salaries paid to executives at the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center pushed those top leaders into the celebrated “1 percent” of wage earners not just […]
Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center nabs more Medicaid dollars, boosts exec’s pay to nearly $900,000
The executive salaries at the Iola-based Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center which prompted the organization’s virtual defunding by the six counties in its service region […]
Medicaid Truth: Grow the cow, get more milk
Among the most ignored stories of Trump II is the administration’s confrontation of the stifling abuse of the federal Medicaid program – a story being […]
$600,000+ salary for CEO makes SEK commissioners question tax subsidies for Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center
HUMBOLDT – The salary figures for directors of the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center that have riled county commissioners in the district’s six-county region aren’t […]
The good, the bad and the ugly of Governor Kelly’s 2024 Kansas budget
Last week, Governor Laura Kelly kicked off this year’s legislative session by releasing her FY 2025 Budget Report. Inside are her policies that she wants to […]
As Kelly ramps up for expanded Medicaid push, auditor finds $16 million in program waste
TOPEKA – As Governor Laura Kelly and Kansas Democrats prepare for what’s expected to be a full-court press for expansion of KanCare (state Medicaid) this legislative […]