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Healthcare and Insurance

Missouri and 25 States Experience Substantial Increase In COVID Hospital Admissions

Posted August 30, 2023 Hospitalizations of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Missouri rose by 38.9 percent—increasing from 175 to 243—since last week, a 'substantial' increase according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC’s COVID data tracker reported… more

Cigna To Exit Kansas and Missouri Markets Next Year

Posted August 30, 2023 Cigna Healthcare will be trimming its footprint on Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges next year and will not be providing healthcare plans for Kansas and Missouri in 2024. Despite the insurance company cutting two states from… more

Saint Luke’s Nurses Avoid Burnout Through Virtual Meetings

Posted August 23, 2023 As a strategy to avoid valued nurses potentially leaving their profession, Saint Luke's Healthcare System has provided its nurses with a way to ease their burnout through virtual means. Saint Luke's Healthcare has nurses offering to… more

Cingulate Inc. Report Shows $300K Will Last Until September For New ADHD Drug

Posted August 23, 2023 The Kansas City, Kansas-based pharmaceutical company Cingulate Inc., developing a drug for ADHD, released its second-quarter financial report claiming the company has $300,000 in cash. While Cingulate reported only $300,000 in cash assets, the company also… more

New Stormont Vail Health Campus In Manhattan Seen as Catalyst For K-State Partnership

Posted August 23, 2023 The Stormont Vail Health Campus in Manhattan, Kansas officially opened on Friday coupled with the announcement the facility will be further expanded to to accommodate a new health research center, according to Kansas State University. An… more

HCA Midwest Health New CMO: Julian Yang, MD, MBA

Posted August 16, 2023 HCA Midwest Health has selected Julian Yang, MD, as chief medical officer of the Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO., the health system announces Thursday. Dr. Yang has served as CMO at Ascension Saint Thomas… more

Some KU Hospital Doctors Use AI to Cut Hours Of Documentation Work

Posted August 15, 2023 The University of Kansas Health System is using an AI tech that helps to record and document patients' treatment plans, visitation and medical history. The AI app is called Abridge and the health system is considering… more

BJC Healthcare Profits Reach $443.7M, Saint Luke’s Merger On The Horizon

Posted August 16, 2023 The St. Louis-based BJC Healthcare reported a net income of $443.7 million for the year to date ahead of the $10 billion merger with Saint Luke's. The healthcare system released its quarterly financial report with figures… more

These Two-State Hospitals Were Awarded for Consumer Loyalty

Posted August 9, 2023 NRC Health has identified 100 top-performing hospitals through its annual healthcare consumer-perception survey, the healthcare data firm announced Tuesday. The survey includes multiple healthcare providers from the two-states area. In order to identify recipients of its… more

COVID Strain ‘Eris’ Is Now the Dominant in The U.S.

Posted August 9, 2023 A recent strain of the coronavirus, EG.5, has made its way to the top of the list regarding COVID-19 variants responsible for cases in the U.S. EG.5, nicknamed ‘Eris’, makes up approximately 17.3 percent of all… more