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Healthcare and Insurance


Stormont Vail creates alternative COVID vaccine scheduling option

Stormont Vail Health has established a COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling Line as another option for individuals to schedule their vaccine appointment. COVID-19 vaccine appointments are available based on the allocation Stormont receives from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and… more

Johnson & Johnson vaccine to arrive in KC area Wednesday

The third and latest COVID-19 vaccine to gain FDA approval is rolling out across the U.S. this week, the first doses expected to arrive in Kansas City tomorrow on Wednesday, March 2. Kansas City will receive 10,000 doses of the… more

Coping with COVID: Mo. partnership to deliver first doses of new vaccine to select health care centers

Today, Governor Mike Parson released the names of the health care centers in each of the state’s nine regions that will receive COVID-19 vaccines as part of the state’s partnership with High Throughput Health Centers (HTHC).  “Our partnership with high… more

SelectQuote makes secondary stock offering of 10.6M shares

This week, Overland Park-based insurance services company, SelectQuote Inc., has made a secondary offering from three of its shareholders as well as the company’s top private equity backer, Connecticut-based Brookside Equity Partners LLC. The secondary offering aims to sell 10.6… more

KU Health COVID patient count down to 16 with the active virus

Another big drop in the number of COVID-19 patients at The University of Kansas Health System today. Sixteen people with the active virus are being treated, down from 23 Friday. Of those patients, five are in the ICU, down from… more

Coping with COVID: Distribution of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to reach Mo. this week

The third approved COVID-19 vaccine will make its way to Missouri this week, the state anticipating receiving 50,000 of the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week. Emergency authorization of the vaccine was granted by the U.S. Food and Drug… more

Coping with COVID: Next tier of vaccinations to begin in Missouri mid-March with Phase 1B Tier 3 

With the start of March just days away, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced the state's intentions to begin Phase 1B Tier 3 of COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday, March 15. The move is expected to make an estimated 550,000 more Missourians… more

KCMO, YMCA form vaccine partnership with Walmart

A movement to vaccinate more vulnerable populations of the city will take its next step beginning this weekend through a COVID-19 vaccine partnership between the City of Kansas City, Mo., YMCA of Greater Kansas City and Walmart. Beginning this weekend,… more

Healthcare, tech companies to launch COVID-19 vaccine tool

The Vaccination Credential Initiative, a collective of organizations including Cerner, Epic and Microsoft, hopes to begin testing its co-developed COVID-19 vaccine digital passport technology this spring. The Vaccine Credential Initiative announced its project Jan. 14 and is building a digital tool… more

KU Health reports dip in active COVID-19 patients

The University of Kansas Health System has displayed a healthy down-tick in the number of hospitalized patients with active COVID-19. In a daily media briefing on Wednesday, Feb. 24, the count in active patients dropped into the 20-range at KU… more