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Missouri takes months to process Medicaid …

WEBBram Sable-Smith, Midwest Correspondent, joined KHN after eight years covering public health and the social safety net for Wisconsin Public Radio, The Wisconsin Center for …

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Missouri launches cancer study after ProPublica identifies …

WEBThree months later, the state health department confirmed his fears: The rate of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the Verona zip code is more than twice as high as that of the …

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Corizon loses challenge to Missouri prisoner medical care …

WEBThe company providing health care to state prisoners failed to prove a competitor misled state purchasing officers to win the $1.4 billion contract, Cole County Circuit Judge …

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U.S. judge rules insurers don’t have to cover many free …

WEBThe decision could affect millions of Americans’ access to no-cost preventive health care — including pregnancy-related care, cancer screenings, HIV prevention pharmaceuticals …

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University of Kansas deal with Missouri hospital feels …

WEBGovernment + Politics; Health Care; Legislature; University of Kansas deal with Missouri hospital feels ‘terribly wrong’ to lawmakers ‘I can’t imagine the outrage of Missouri …

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Missouri will become the last state to enforce federal …

WEBTessa Weinberg covered education, health care and the legislature with the Missouri Independent. She previously covered the Missouri statehouse for The Kansas City Star …

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Extension of mental health, substance use health care for …

WEBThreats of a filibuster in the Missouri Senate this year extinguished a proposal to extend health care for new moms to a full year after giving birth. Few realized at the time that it …

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New way for states to cover pricey gene therapies will …

WEBThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration late last year approved two breakthrough gene therapies for sickle cell disease patients. Now a new federal program seeks to make …

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Navigating your Medicaid renewal

WEBHere are some of the things advocates and state officials want participants to know. 1. Renewal month is typically the anniversary month of first enrollment. Missouri’s process …

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Promoting telehealth in Missouri is a step to making …

WEBChuck Hollister is a licensed psychologist residing in Springfield, MO. He holds a PhD from the University of Iowa. He has worked passionately over the years helping to improve …

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Missouri hospitals lobby for changes to new Medicaid payment …

WEBMissouri lawmakers must finish work on the fiscal 2022 budget by Friday. And while the biggest spending issue of the session, Medicaid expansion, is off the table, there are …

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Merger between Kansas City and St. Louis hospital systems could …

WEBIn the medical industry, the goal is increasingly straightforward: Get bigger. Or else. Consider, for example, the merger of Kansas City’s St. Luke’s Health System with St. …

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Medicaid ‘unwinding’ breeds chaos in states as millions lose …

WEBMillions more are expected to lose Medicaid in the coming months. The unprecedented enrollment drop comes after federal protections ended this spring that had prohibited …

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Across Missouri mental health facilities, staffing shortages limit

WEBCOVID-19; Health Care; Across Missouri mental health facilities, staffing shortages limit access to patient care Asked how patients are being taken care of without the necessary …

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Bill ending Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood …

WEBThe bill’s passage Wednesday was a crucial step toward passing a plan to renew taxes set to expire later this year that are critical to funding Missouri’s Medicaid program known as …

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Health professionals push to reduce congenital syphilis infections

WEBTreatment for syphilis during pregnancy requires three shots of Benzathine penicillin G spread one week apart. A recent investigation by ProPublica highlighted some …

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Fare-free buses can mean health gains in Kansas City

WEBPublic health researchers from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Children’s Mercy Hospital hypothesize that when Kansas City Council voted in 2019 to phase out bus …

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Legal questions, inquiries intensify around rural Missouri hospital

WEBLegal questions, inquiries intensify around rural Missouri hospital closures. By: Sarah Jane Tribble - March 23, 2023 6:32 am. After Noble Health bought Audrain Community …

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To close racial gap in maternal health, some states take aim at

WEBDana Williams, top, and Khalyson McDuffie, doulas with Birth in Color, a Virginia group that offers doula services for pregnant patients of color and training for local maternal health …

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Systemic racism, politics prevent Black expectant mothers from …

WEBLast week was Black Maternal Health Week, and Mother’s Day is just around the corner — a perfect time to focus on the fact that the critical health care an expectant mother …

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