Healthcare and Insurance
CVS Health plans to add rapid COVID-19 testing at 1,000 pharmacies by the end of the year, according a Wednesday news release from the company. The sites will offer a self-swab test that takes about 30 minutes to deliver results, and…
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The beginning of a nationwide electronic health record (EHR) system launch for has begun this week for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. A Veterans Affairs (VA) center in Washington state is the first to begin the transition from its…
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A shipment of over half of 1.8 million rapid COVID-19 tests from the White House is on its way to Missouri, the Trump administration announced Monday. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the rapid tests being…
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A COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be available within the next month or two, according to experts, but not just anyone will be able to receive it at first. Regardless, Missouri and Kansas leaders plan to make the vaccine available…
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Overland Park-based Netsmart Technologies Inc. has bought an out-of-state health technology company, Tellus, LLC. Based in Florida, Tellus specializes in electronic visit verification and home health care claims. Other services include appointment scheduling, caregiver check-in and checkout, and more. Prior to…
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Pharmaceutical maker Eli Lilly and Company has purchased Disarm Therapeutics, a startup biotechnology firm founded by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Disarm Therapeutics was co-founded by Jeffrey Milbrandt, MD, PhD, and Aaron DiAntonio, MD, PhD, to speed…
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Contrary to recent news reports circulating information that Kansas City hospitals are experiencing a surge in capacity, a recent summary report from the Kansas Hospital Association, which includes data for the Kansas City metro, seems to show otherwise. Among 43…
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC), the region’s largest not-for-profit healthcare insurance provider, announced today it will invest in KCRise Fund II, which funds high-growth, early-stage technology companies in the Kansas City area. “Blue KC’s investment…
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On Thursday, Missouri officials will release their plans to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available. “We hope to have a limited number of vaccines in December and hope to have enough of the vaccine for everybody in April,”…
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This year, hundreds of health organizations have been impacted by large-scale security breaches and cyberattacks to their systems. So far this year, around 412 healthcare organizations reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), reports Becker’s Health IT.…
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