— Last updated Dec. 28, 2022
One month away: Register today for Advocacy Day 2023
KMS is partnering with many physician specialty societies to bring a united voice to the state capitol on issues facing medicine in Kansas. Advocacy Day events will include updates from legislative leadership, physician leaders, and other experts on health care issues. The morning’s activities will culminate into a convening of attendees from the KMS Advocacy Day event — along with members of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians and the Kansas Association of Osteopathic Medicine — for a Physician Day at the Capitol lunch with legislators. Register today to attend and learn how you can get involved!
KMS Advocacy Day
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Topeka
Preliminary meeting agenda
Wednesday, January 25
7:00 - 8:00 a.m
Specialty society meetings (as scheduled)
8:00 a.m.
Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 -11:15 a.m.
General sessions including presentations by legislative leaders, physician leaders, and experts on health care issues. Speakers scheduled will include: Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins; Catherine Walberg, JD, KMS outside counsel; and Kevin Hoppock, MD, KMS Legislative Committee chair.
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Physician Day at the Capitol lunch with legislators, 1st Floor North Wing. All legislators will be invited to attend this luncheon. We encourage you to invite your elected officials to meet you there. We will email you contact information for your Representative and Senator.
Afternoon
Open for personal visits with your legislators
2:00 p.m.
Specialty society meetings (as scheduled)
Transportation
Transportation will be provided to shuttle attendees to and from the KMS office for events at the Statehouse.
Hotel Accommodations
A block of rooms ($109.00 + taxes) for KMS members is available at the Cyrus Hotel, 920 South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, 66612, for Tuesday night. Reservations may be made directly by calling (785) 596-0500 and mentioning the Kansas Medical Society. The cutoff for reservations is January 6.
Time to vote on 2023 Board of Trustees nominees
The KMS Nominating Committee — comprised of LaDona Schmidt, MD, Holton, Chair; Deb Doubek, MD, Manhattan; Rob Gibbs, MD, Parsons; Jay Gilbaugh, MD, Wichita; Mike Machen, MD, Quinter; and Mark Synovec, MD, Topeka — present the following slate of candidates for KMS annual elections to be held on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at the KMS annual meeting in Topeka. Trustees and officers will serve two-year terms.
To read more about each nominee, click here.
To submit your vote on each nominee, click here.
2023 Legislative session begins January 9
The new year is nearly upon us and, with it, a new legislative session. As your voice in the Statehouse, we are prepared to advocate for the best environmental factors among which Kansas physicians practice medicine, thereby helping to protect and to improve the health of Kansas’s citizens. As the 2023 session progresses, we will keep you apprised of developments and — if, and when, necessary — alert you to timely opportunities to engage your own elected officials, as well as offer suggested approaches to best do so. Any given legislative session can quickly develop in unexpected ways. As your voice in the Statehouse, it is important that we can reach you via modes best suited to your preferences. We encourage you to let us know how we might best do so. This email newsletter will continue to be issued as circumstances warrant. We will also be resuming our podcasts on a more regular basis. You may subscribe here. New episodes will begin shortly after the holidays. In the meantime, we hope you have a wonderful, memorable time with your family and other loved ones during these last days of 2022.
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If you have questions about this update or other matters, please contact KMS Executive Director Rachelle Colombo:
