Healthcare and Insurance
Marc Hahn is president and chief executive officer of Kansas City University. Q. How has health-care instruction changed since COVID-19? A. COVID-19 changed all education in a dramatic way and it did so with a speed no one thought possible.…
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The numbers suggest COVID-19 is easing its pandemic grip on the U.S., and with states lifting restrictions on business activity, tens of thousands of business owners will be trying to come up with their own answers to a shared question:…
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Health-care executives across the nation, like their counterparts in elective office, are anxiously studying metrics on the COVID-19 pandemic as states lift restrictions on business activity. They might take some measure of comfort from the latest statistics on the spread…
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The Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers about contract-tracing scams sent out via text message. It says that government health departments will send out a text message simply letting one know that they will call. Scan texts will ask for…
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Online insurance broker SelectQuote, which is based in Overland Park, is preparing for an IPO to raise $475 million with a stock price in the range of $17 to $19. MarketWatch reports it could place the value of the company…
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The good news, to people starving for some amid the carnage of the COVID-19 pandemic, is that in this region, the caseloads appear to be tapering off. A number of metrics reinforce that: The Web site rt.live, created by a pair…
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Mary Anne Jackson was named dean of the University of Missouri - Kansas City's medical school earlier this month after servicing as interim dean for nearly two years. Q. Medical school is already an intense environment. Has it become more…
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has added a new phase to stay-at-home restrictions which would require certain business across the state to close back down on Monday, under a plan called Phase 1.5. They include bars, casinos, museums, theaters and entertainment…
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COVID-19 testing is increasing in Missouri, according to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson. About 60,000 tests could be performed in Missouri each week if needed, now, he said in his daily news brief. “One of our primary focuses during this pandemic…
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Several hospitals are seeing major executive pay cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "As the virus spread beginning in mid-March, the falloff in patient volume and a ban on lucrative nonemergency surgeries led many hospital chains to lose tens of…
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