centers for medicaid and medicare

Seclusion is a protocol used in hospital settings when a patient is displaying unsafe behaviors. Many organizations, including US healthcare accrediting body The Joint Commission, say that it should be used as a “last resort” - but at Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital in Columbia, rates of patient seclusion are among the highest in the nation.

Rona McNally is the director of the Missouri Senior Medicare Patrol, which helps patients prevent and report Medicare fraud. It’s estimated that nationally, Medicare losses $60 billion a year to fraud, errors and abuse.

Medicare open enrollment began this week, and there are many changes that may immediately impact senior Missourians' lives.

Federal officials are raising concerns that long call center wait times may be contributing to a surge in the number of people losing Medicaid health care coverage.

The University of Missouri Health system has received $13.3 million in federal grant funding for a program that will combine high-tech and on-site…