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Kansas Medicaid 12th highest increase in USA after Obamacare
According to a recent report from the Paragon Health Institute, Kansas has experienced the 12th highest growth in Medicaid spending per resident
24Jun 2026

SEKMHC Medicaid foible a cautionary tale for other agencies, industry exec says
IOLA – The executive director of the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas says the ill-fated financial trajectory
13May 2026

SEKMHC trustees suspend Fawson following state legislative appearance
The embattled head of the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center based in Iola was suspended from his position on Monday
27Jan 2026

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
21Jan 2026

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”
08Dec 2025

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
27Nov 2025

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
05Aug 2025

$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
28Mar 2025

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
16Jan 2024

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
12Dec 2023