KANA Fall Meeting 2026

A full day of continuing education and association business for Kansas CRNAs. Sessions cover anesthesia practice and patient safety, reimbursement, and the future of the CRNA workforce, alongside legislative and PAC updates and the KANA Fall Business Meeting.

• Anesthesia practice and patient safety
• Reimbursement and CRNA advocacy
• Workforce projections and the future of practice
• Legislative, PAC, and KANA business updates
• Time with colleagues and exhibitors

All times Central Daylight Time, Saturday, October 17, 2026.

1. 7:30 – 8:00 AM

   Registration and Breakfast

2. 8:00 – 9:00 AM

   Propofol: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

   Matthew Zinder, DNAP, CH, CRNA

3. 9:00 – 10:00 AM

   Efficiency Driven Anesthesia Modeling

   How to advocate for CRNAs based on how we stack up in the three E model of Efficiency, Efficacy, and Equability compared to AAs and Physician Anesthesiologists.

   Tracy Young, MSNA, MBA, CRNA

4. 10:00 – 10:30 AM

   Coffee & Libation Break with Exhibitors

5. 10:30 – 11:30 AM

   Aviation and Anesthesia: Lessons Learned from our Unexpected Colleagues

   Matthew Zinder, DNAP, CH, CRNA

6. 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

   Legislative Update

   KANA Lobby team

7. 12:00 – 12:45 PM

   Lunch

8. 12:45 – 1:45 PM

   KANA Fall Business Meeting & PAC Update

   KANA Board

9. 1:45 – 2:45 PM

   Hot Topics in Anesthesia Reimbursement, and How They Affect CRNAs

   A review of changes in anesthesia reimbursement over the last couple of years and what it means for CRNAs in the future.

   Tracy Young, MSNA, MBA, CRNA

10. 2:45 – 3:00 PM

    Break with Exhibitors

11. 3:00 – 4:00 PM

    Human Factors in Anesthesia: Examining the Origins of Errors

    Matthew Zinder, DNAP, CH, CRNA

12. 4:00 – 5:00 PM

    Anesthesia Workforce Projections

    What CRNAs need to know today about the future of CRNA practice.

    Tracy Young, MSNA, MBA, CRNA

• MZMatthew ZinderDNAP, CH, CRNA
• TYTracy YoungMSNA, MBA, CRNA

Member

$500

Non Member

$600

Student

$150

Retired

$75

RN

$75

CE creditThis program has been prior approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology for 7.50 MAC Ed CE credits.