State officials have set five-year benchmarks for the program, including a 10% reduction in emergency room visits, a 10% reduction in uncontrolled hypertension, a 5% reduction in low birth weight and ...
The proposed ballot measure, if approved by a majority of Missouri voters, would make it more difficult for the state to ...
Missouri lawmakers have their sights set on health care reform in 2026, including insurance coverage of certain prescriptions ...
Community health centers in rural and urban communities are a vital aspect of the health care system.
Missouri has been awarded $216.3 million in federal funding to improve rural health, according to a Monday press release from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
Missouri currently uses an antiquated, paper-based process to verify eligibility for most Medicaid benefits. State workers must type the information into a 17-year-old program known as the Family ...
Missouri’s Medicaid expansion has failed to deliver real access to care, leaving rural communities stranded by administrative barriers, hospital closures, staffing shortages, and persistent policy ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Four years before Kimberly Gallagher enrolled in Medicaid herself, the public health insurance program’s rules prompted her to make an excruciating choice — to give up guardianship ...