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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 …

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Missouri takes months to process Medicaid applications …

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

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Months-long wait for Missouri Medicaid coverage is a …

WebMissouri had nearly 72,000 pending Medicaid applications at the end of February and was averaging 119 days to process one, more than twice the maximum …

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As COVID causes hospitals to fill, Springfield asks Missouri …

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

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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 …

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Missouri officials vow progress as Medicaid applicant wait …

WebState health officials faced tough questions Wednesday from the board overseeing Missouri’s Medicaid program — with a focus on the persistently long wait …

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Missouri hospitals lobby for changes to new Medicaid …

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, …

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COVID visitor restrictions curbed under new Missouri laws …

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

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Stark disparities persist in Missouri's maternal mortality …

WebA multi-year report analyzing maternal mortality in Missouri and published Monday found that women on Medicaid are eight times more likely to die within one year …

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Merger between Kansas City and St. Louis hospital …

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 …

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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 …

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Budget, Medicaid funding could dominate final weeks of Missouri

WebEconomy; Education; Health Care; Legislature; Budget, Medicaid funding could dominate final weeks of Missouri legislative session Republicans also hope to pass …

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Missouri will become the last state to enforce federal mental …

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

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Missouri Medicaid application delays exceed federal limits for third

WebFederal data lags, but as of November, Missouri’s processing delays were among the worst in the country, according to a report by Centers for Medicare and …

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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 …

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WebThe Missouri Independent is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization dedicated to relentless investigative journalism and daily reporting that sheds light on …

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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 …

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Companies tied to out-of-state firms appeal revocation of social …

WebTwo Missouri social-equity licensees connected to a Michigan company that used Craigslist to recruit applicants have appealed the state’s decision to revoke their …

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Millions were booted from Medicaid. Insurers that run it gained

WebPrivate Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year as pandemic protections that prohibited states from dropping anyone from the government …

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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 …

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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 …

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Missouri House ethics panel drops probe of Dean Plocher after …

WebElection 2024; Legislature; Missouri House ethics panel drops probe of Dean Plocher after blocking push to release evidence The GOP chair of the committee was …

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Bill would exempt Missouri Farm Bureau health insurance plans …

WebThe Missouri Farm Bureau would be allowed to sell health insurance plans that skirt certain federal regulations under legislation critics worry could leave consumers …

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Red states fight growing efforts to give ‘basic income’ cash to

WebSouth Dakota state Sen. John Wiik likes to think of himself as a lookout of sorts — keeping an eye on new laws, programs and ideas brewing across the states. “I don’t …

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