Around $110,000 in CARES Act funding will go towards expanding telehealth services at Labette Health in Parsons. The funds will be used for purchasing videoconferencing equipment, telehealth software, telemedicine carts and laptop computers. This is to help provide COVID-19 screenings, with testing for infection as required, and other critical operations through telehealth, such as wellness and annual visits, sick visits, medication refills, and specialty consultations.

Congressman Steve Watkins, who spoke in support of the CARES ACT, says expanding access to quality health care in rural communities is a top priority of his. His is proud to announce a portion of these funds are headed home to Kansas to help do exactly what he has fought for, which is expand quality health care to rural communities.