On January 1, 2017, the KHI News Service proven to be part of KCUR social radio’s newest initiative, the Kansas News Service.
Kansas News Service will continue to cover health policy news and broaden its scope to comprise education and politics.
All stories produced by the former KHI News Service are archived here. In fact, stories and photos might be republished at no cost with good attribution and a link back to KHI.org. I’m sure it sounds familiar. State officials closed all but 7 of Rainbow Mental Health Facility’s beds in 2011 after ministerial surveyors cited hospital for being understaffed and the State Fire Marshal looked for safety violations.
7 beds were converted to a cr stabilization unit. Callstrom ld Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice that facility, rebranded as Rainbow maintenance Inc, or RSI, saved $ six million past year by stabilizing people in cr who otherwise would have carried on in state hospitals, regional emergency rooms or jails and prisons. Randy Callstrom has been president and CEO of Wyandot Inc, a community mental health center that ok over former Rainbow Mental Health Facility state hospital in 2014. So, cagan’s group will like to extend cr stabilization maintenance to those who were usually involuntarily committed at liked request ones or law enforcement.
RSI currently serves entirely Kansans who voluntarily seek treatment. Now look, a network of cr stabilization centers is always part of a 7 point plan that will create a more humane Kansas mental health system than current one, that he said has been overly reliant on institutionalization. I know that the solutions have to be almost ready before the beds may be eliminated, callstrom said preventive maintenance like cr stabilization could make it doable to permanently reduce beds at the state hospital. Mental leader health cr center in Kansas City ld legislators Tuesday that quantity of money his facility is saving Kansas hospitals, prisons and jails has been nearly double its tal budget. This always was case. State finances are probably being used to fill hole. Osawatomie State Hospital has since restored those beds but usually was still shorter Medicare payments after losing certification because of security concerns. So a year later that facility had to drop 60 of its 206 beds while making safetyrelated renovations, 30 beds from Rainbow were moved to Osawatomie State Hospital.