Healthcare and Insurance
Greg Callahan is a health-benefits consultant and strategist for CBIZ in Kansas City, Mo. Q. There’s a lot still to play out with respect to how the current COVID-19 crisis will impact health-care insurance, and particularly the coverage offered by…
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A new strain of COVID-19 that is believed to have started in Europe in February and is considered highly contagious is spreading throughout the United States, according to a new study. It shows a similarity to influenza in that it…
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About 17 percent of the 2,700-strong workforce at Triumph Foods pork plant in St. Joseph have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those that tested positive, about 90 percent of the workers were asymptomatic, said Triumph CEO Mark Campbell. "Those with…
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Deaths per day in the United States from COVID-19 could hit 3,000, said a report by the U.S. departments of Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services. The agencies also said that cases could hit 200,000 per day by the…
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Kansas City and much of the surrounding area is getting back to work today—incrementally—but it won’t be a return to business as usual. Conditional authorization is now in place from Kansas City, Mo., for businesses to emerge from a coma…
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Kansas and Missouri hospitals are reportedly receiving about more than $800 million in combined funding from the federal government to help combat economic financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On the Missouri side, hospitals will be receiving $412.5 million,…
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Stormont Vail Health, in Topeka, will re-open for elective surgeries on May 4 and its clinic in Emporia is set to open on that date as well. Prior to the elective surgery, patients must be tested for COVID-19 two to…
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Kansas City-based law firm is seeing the highest rate of Chapter 11 bankruptcies in seven years, according to its Polsinelli-TrBK Distress Indices Report. “It’s actually quite common to not see an immediate increase in bankruptcies during an economic crisis. With…
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Lockton Companies, the world's largest privately-held insurance-brokerage firm, based in Kansas city, has announced changes in its leadership to support increased growth. Hiram Marrero, currently executive vice president and regional executive officer with Lockton, will assume the role of president,…
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Kansas City-based healthcare-tech giant Cerner reported that it had increases in sales and earnings during its first quarter, despite impacts other businesses have sustained during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, executives lowered their earnings-per-share guidance for the year to between $2.78…
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