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Missouri's state House leader has assembled a panel to review how to provide Medicaid health care.Republican Speaker Todd Richardson appointed lawmakers,…
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Congress established Medicaid fifty years ago today as a health insurance program for the poor, with the intention that the program would provide care...
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Federal authorities are investigating claims that some Medicare Advantage health plans have overcharged the government for years by claiming that patients are sicker than they are.
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For cash-strapped rural hospitals, survival is uncertainIf you’ve ever lived in - or even visited - a small town, you know they can be pretty quaint. And Milan, Mo, population 1,881, is no exception.Milan’s…
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Missouri offering help to seniors wanting to enroll in MedicareThe Missouri Department of Insurance is offering free help to seniors who want to review their coverage or enroll in Medicare.Open enrollment for the…
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Rural hospitals play a vital role in delivering quick emergent care to people in some of the more isolated areas of the country. These institutions…
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As state lawmakers convened in Jefferson City Wednesday for the first day of the 2014 session, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon called for the reauthorization of…
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Tuesday is the first day of the Medicare open enrollment period that extends to December 7. Between now and December 7, Medicare beneficiaries can make…
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University of Missouri Health Care will lay off or cut the hours and pay for 35 employees and eliminate 90 unfilled jobs in the coming year.MU Health Care…
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The Missouri Department of Social Services has announced it will scale back on its participation in a contract to move welfare recipients onto federal…