Healthcare and Insurance
Several colleges and universities in Missouri will receive nearly $1 million in grants for expanding their nursing education programs. The grants are funded the Missouri Board of Nursing and in partnership with the state’s Department of Higher Education The funds…
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The Unified Government Public Health Department of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS has launched a program that demonstrates how communities can encourage and incentivize people to adopt healthier lifestyles. The program, called “Baby & Me Tobacco Free,” offers pregnant…
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After several years of exploring and successfully executing collaboration opportunities, The University of Kansas Hospital and Hays Medical Center, in joint statements today, announced a letter of intent to create a new partnership. The new alliance is intended to expand and strengthen…
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Hays Medical Center and The University of Kansas Hospital have some big news to share at a joint news conference today at 11am. Check back with Ingrams.com for an update on what these two award-winning institutions are calling an “historic…
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The earthquake that shook the Midwest on Saturday morning also jogged people’s minds about the subject of earthquake insurance. For policyholders unsure of their options, state insurance departments are excellent sources of information on the subject. Ken Selzer, Kansas Commissioner of Insurance,…
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If you look around, you can see the face of health-care delivery in the Kansas City region changing right before your eyes. It might be with a Mosaic Life Care’s gleaming medical offices and lifestyle-wellness centers in the Northland, or…
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Aratana Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: PETX), a Leawood, Kan.-based pet therapeutics company focused on the licensing, development and commercialization of innovative biopharmaceutical products for companion animals, this week announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine has approved…
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise last week announced that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment had selected HPE to upgrade the state’s Medicaid Management Information System. As part of the $215 million contract, HPE will establish the Kansas Modular Medicaid System…
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City members will be getting a letter offering them free online identity protection after the company’s ID card provider revealed it was the victim of a computer hacker. Albany, N.Y.-based Newkirk Products on…
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Kansas City, Mo.-based health-care information services giant Cerner on Tuesday announced results for the second quarter that ended July 2. Bookings in the quarter were $1.4 billion, an increase of 9 percent compared to $1.29 billion in the second quarter…
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