News and Updates

Available on the APS website, APS Staffing, partnered and powered by Qualivis, has a recording of the webinar, State of the Market and qualitative market research study, “Mind the Gap,” both presented by AYA Healthcare. A division of APS, the APS Staffing Program is a stand-alone service available to any health care organization in Kansas and Missouri, regardless of your group purchasing affiliation. You can count on the APS Staffing Program for your health care organization’s diverse staffing needs. [Read More…]

APS is providing, to our members, Office Depot’s price updates, effective October 17, 2021 (due to rising material and commodity costs). To learn more, click on Office Depot’s Price Updates.

APS is providing, to our members, Staples price updates, effective September 14, 2021. To learn more, click on Staples Price File.

Statement of Jim Zakoura, attorney and consumer advocate, Smithyman & Zakoura, Chartered, on behalf of the Natural Gas Transportation Customer Coalition (NGTCC): We are disappointed with today’s KCC Order, refusing to issue a Subpoena for the records of Platts Gas Daily Index.  [Read More…]

The 2021/22 winter prices for natural gas are likely to increase further. Below is the pricing table from Jim Zakoura, attorney and consumer advocate, Smithyman & Zakoura, Chartered. Jim Zakoura was quoted in the following link regarding his efforts for natural gas transportation customers in Kansas and Missouri.  [Read More…]

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, has a new product offering, Bullard Salus PAPR that is designed for Healthcare. [Read More…]

The environment for 340B retail pharmacy is in a constant state of change, requiring eligible entities to be nimble and disciplined in the management of their program. Learn more of the Best Practices in Managing 340 Pharmacy. Register now for this informative webinar event.  [Read More…]

APS is providing, to our members, Office Depot’s price updates, effective September 06, 2021 (due to rising material and commodity costs). To learn more, click on Office Depot’s Price Updates.

Koch Filter’s goal is to exceed customer expectations and ensure quality products that are delivered as quickly as possible with their industry-best lead times and unsurpassed service. Their knowledgeable customer service team and network of dedicated regional managers are always ready to help with any questions you may have. [Read More…]

APS Members, as you may have heard, Florida hospitals are treating the highest number of COVID-19 patients since the pandemic began, straining the supply of medical oxygen. Hospital officials have said their oxygen needs are being met but, the oxygen supply chain is strained. [Read More…]

APS Members, Staples has now expanded their product offering to include business/office products and equipment. If you’d like to participate in the APS Program, for Staples products, please directly email Tricia Cano, Regional Sales Director at patricia.cano@staples.com. [Read More…]

APS Members, please join us for an informative lunch & learn webinar to discuss Locum Tenens and educational content on how hospitals can best utilize locum providers, offered by Qualivis. [Read More…]

Click on the APS Catalog of Services link to learn more about APS and how we can serve you and your community!

KHA and APS would like to assist their members through the crisis of extremely high natural gas pricing. APS has engaged Jim Zakoura, Smithyman & Zakoura, Charted, to assist. They will provide a “Payment Under Protest” letter on how to proceed with short paying your bill (regardless of who your gas supplier may be), based... [Read More »]

APS members can now take advantage of  comprehensive locum tenens solution through Qualivis, your provider of temporary allied health and traveling workforce services. [Read More…]

For more information on COVID-19 products available, click on one of the links below. Koch Filter – Enviro IsoClean CM Products – More Air Efficiency for Your Organization AMMEX Special Report – October 2020: Disposable Gloves Marketplace Update Airgas Product & Pricing Information – Adapting to the New Normal ContourMD – New Partnership Offers Surgical... [Read More »]

CorroHealth, delivers best-in-class medical coding and revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions at below-market rates is now available exclusively to APS member-organizations. [Read More…]

Alert from CI Security on ransomware attacks by Ryuk on Healthcare and Manufacturing.

We are hearing from multiple channels that several hospitals have been hit by ransomware in what is sounding like a coordinated attack. We are hearing on DHS/FBI industry outreach channels that the number may be in the dozens. [Read More…]

For hospitals, ensuring robust cybersecurity has never been more important or more challenging. CI Security’s cybersecurity solution offers affordable network monitoring and detection, managed detection response services, rapid threat identification and it is a cost-effective approach. [Read More…]

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Readiness Rounds developed Well Screen™, an entirely automated comprehensive entrance protocol, in response to the needs of their clients who were facing new challenges with building access entrance processes, critical PPE management, and visitor management. [Read More…]

PARA HealthCare Analytics, an HFRI Company, was founded in 1985 to provide reimbursement, pricing, coding and contract management services to hospitals. [Read More…]

Longtime APS Furnishing Vendor Under New Ownership, Remains Committed to Delivering Comprehensive and Cost-Effective Solutions. [Read More…]

Safely monitor with ThermoVu™. TrustThinkProducts, based in De Soto, Kansas, is the distributor for ThermoVu™, a non-contact temperature measuring instrument that measures temperature via the wrist. [Read More…]

Please join us for one of these informative 340B Developments webinar events with speaker Aaron Lott, PhD, MPH, MBA, CEO and Founder of AuthorityRx. AuthorityRx specializes in 340B compliance and referral savings capture, helps organizations tighten 340B guideline adherence to withstand potential Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) audits, and uses automated solutions to identify unrealized 340B savings opportunities available through existing referral relationships.

Register now for one of the following 45-minute webinars, exclusively for APS members:

• Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. CT/12:30 p.m. ET. 
• Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. CT/3:00 p.m. ET

Or, for more information, contact Dennis George at (913) 327-8730.
—Dennis George

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DJA Distribution is the sole distributor of Danolyte® to medical facilities. Both Kansas City-based companies work in accordance to ensure they make readily available what medical facilities need during tumultuous times. [Read More…]

APS is excited to share information about a new partner, phas3, that provides a clinically-validated digital health management platform for remote monitoring of cardiac patients. [Read More…]

VitalTech, a new turnkey telehealth platform, can help APS members ensure that at-risk patients continue to receive the care they need from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The solution also creates a new revenue stream for physician groups struggling due to pandemic-related office visit and procedure cancellations.

VitalCare is a proprietary Connected Care platform that enables health systems, providers, physicians and living facilities to streamline workflows while improving health outcomes, increasing patient safety and lowering the cost of care. VitalCare is owned by VitalTech, a rapidly growing provider of fully integrated digital health solutions and smart biomedical wearables that provide real-time remote patient monitoring. For more information or a free consultation, please email info@vitaltech.com or visit their website at www.vitaltech.com. [Read More…]

Based in Pennsylvania, SUNRx provides automated solutions that help community health organizations manage 340B, PAP, GPO and other discount drug programs and comply with government regulations. For nearly a decade, SUNRx provided pharmacy benefit management solutions to large employer groups. In 2007, it partnered with leading community health administrators, doctors and pharmacists to develop from the ground up its flagship 340B simplified solution.s. [Read More…]

A remote cybersecurity managed detection and response (MDR) solution now available to APS members can rapidly identify breach threats and potential security incidents inside your network.

Offered by Seattle-based CI Security, Critical Insight™ MDR can be deployed quickly and seamlessly across any IT infrastructure to monitor your internal network activity 24/7, 365 days a year. Security incidents and breaches are identified in seconds, investigated fully and reported rapidly, far faster than the IT industry average of up to 200 days. [Read More…]

Airgas and Safety Services, Inc. have signage, mats, and other products available to our APS members for COVID-19 [Read More…]

Airgas is prioritizing the supply of their N95 Respirators (masks) for our healthcare customers working on the front lines to fight the battle against the COVID-19 virus [Read More…]

Airgas is prioritizing the supply of their N95 Respirators (masks) for our healthcare customers working on the front lines to fight the battle against the COVID-19 virus [Read More…]

DJA Distribution is the sole distributor of Danolyte® to medical facilities. Both Kansas City-based companies work in accordance to ensure they make readily available what medical facilities need during tumultuous times. [Read More…]

Pet Krewe, a maker of pet costumes and toys, has shifted its factories from making costumes to creating PPE products to help pandemic efforts [Read More…].

APS members, Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is manufacturing Level 2 FDA and Level 3 Isolation Gown’s during the COVID-19 pandemic.  To learn more about the isolation gowns, technical data sheets, or pricing, select from the following: Level 2 FDA Isolation Gown Level 3 Isolation Gown

A state-of-the-art disinfectant system now available to APS members can kill the most dangerous pathogens, including COVID-19, while greatly improving application efficacy and accelerating terminal clean turnaround times.

Offered by Independence, Missouri-based HI Prevention, the disinfectant system combines an air-assisted electrostatic sprayer with NoroxyCdiff, a potent antimicrobial originally developed for the food industry that produces a 6-log kill rate at a dwell time approximately half that of bleached-based products. [Read More…]

New APS partnership announces savings for a new home-based cardiac rehab application. Offered by St. Louis-based, phas3, the telehealth solution can also help transform hospital cardiac rehab programs into profit centers and reduce readmissions rates. phas3’s remote capabilities are especially valuable as a means of limiting rehab patient infection risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read More…]

APS is a member of Kansas Industrial Consumers Group (“KIC”). We recently received a very favorable outcome in the Kansas Corporation Commission (“KCC”) consolidated Docket Nos. 16-WSEE-377-TAR, 17-WSEE-377-TAR, and 18-WSEE-355-TAR all billed by WEstar regarding past Transmission Delivery Charges (TDCs). In these proceedings, the KCC agreed with Kansas Industrial Consumers Group and rejected its staff’s position that Westar’s TDC rates should be retroactively reallocated – which would have resulted in large additional charges to business and school customers.

KIC estimates Westar’s largest hospital customer, Via Christi, will save about $66,000 as a result of APS participating in this case and defeating the KCC staff’s proposal. Every other hospital’s total savings can be estimated by multiplying the facility’s peak monthly demand by the staff’s proposed extra charge, and then multiplying that figure by 36 months. We expect the cumulative savings of all APS-member facilities will be very significant, almost certainly in excess of $500,000.

For more information, please contact Dennis George at dennis.george@apskc.org or 913-327-8730. [Read More…]

Providing clean, safe, healthy facilities is more than just buying cleaning supplies and equipment. [Read More…]

APS and Voss Lighting introduce Puro and their breakthrough germicidal ultraviolet fixtures. [Read More…]

APS Workforce Solutions, a joint venture of KHA and MHA, announces their addition of a fully managed staffing service to their staffing program. [Read More…]

New Partnership Offers Discounted Lighting Products and System Design. [Read More…]

Fill Physician Vacancies Quickly with Fidelis, May 8, 2019. [Read More…]

Practical Problem-Solving for Small Hospitals and Clinics. [Read More…]

APS Staffing now offers fully managed staffing services via SymmetryMSP. [Read More…]

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