News and Updates

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…]

For more information on COVID-19 products available [Read More…]

• VitalTech Telehealth Platform Improves Care, Practice, and Financials
• Voss Lighting – Lighting That Disinfects Your Environment with Kenall Indigo-Clean Lighting Fixtures
• Airgas – Ford Limited-Use Public Health Enmergency PAPR
• Airgas – Allegro New EZ Air PAPR Hoods with Disposable Tyvek Hood
• Airgas & Safety Services, Inc. – Signage for COVID-19
• Airgas – N95 Respirators (Masks) Available
• DJA Distribution Announces Danolyte – Hospital Grade Disinfectant
• Pet Krewe Switches Production to Make BioSmart® Masks and Gowns
• Sprayer-Disinfectant Combo Delivers Exceptional Results Against COVID-19
• phas3 Cardiac Rehab
• Decontamination, Disinfection, and Sanitization Information

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…]

APS members, Class Action Capital is offering Open Settlement Refund Opportunities. [Read More…]

APS is providing, to our members, Office Depot’s price updates for Q3-2020 that will go into effect on July 1, 2020 (due to rising material and commodity costs). To learn more, click on Office Depot’s price updates.

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 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 members, in these times when we are trying to solve supply chain solutions, we have procured pricing on the following products. Below are options your facilities could consider for decontamination, disinfection, and sanitization needs: MediDefense Penetrexx Antimicrobial Q&A Model SC-EB/Self-Contained “Suitcase-Style” Compact Sprayer Information Sheet Model SC-ET HD/Self-Contained “Suitcase-Style” Sprayer Information Sheet Noroxycdiff –... [Read More »]

APS is providing, to our members, Office Depot’s price updates for Q2-2020 that will go into effect on April 1, 2020 (due to rising material and commodity costs). To learn more, click on Office Depot’s price updates.

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…]

APS members can take advantage of a simple device that will greatly reduce the risk of employee injuries due to ice and snow. Known as the K1 Mid-Sole Ice Cleat, this affordable, dependable solution offers both safety and convenience for employees who must daily navigate potentially hazardous parking lots and sidewalks. [Read More…]

APS is providing, for our members, Office Depot’s price updates for Q1-2020. To learn more, click on Office Depot’s price updates and vendor lists.

Hospitals and other providers participating in the federal 340B drug pricing program can now align with a qualified APS vendor to strengthen their program compliance and boost 340B savings. [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…]