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The Economic Cost of the Opioid Epidemic in Missouri
January 19, 2018
New research from the Hospital Industry Data Institute found the following: The total economic cost of the opioid epidemic in Missouri was $12.6 billion in 2016. This was 4.2 percent of the state’s total GDP of nearly $300 billion in 2016, ranking 15th highest among 50 states and the District of Columbia. This was 1.3 times the […]
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Missouri Hospital Heroes
December 21, 2017
There are more than 150,000 hospital heroes throughout Missouri’s hospitals. The heroes highlighted in the hall of the fame on www.mohospitals.com were nominated by a patient, patient’s family member or colleague, and have been recognized as a featured hospital hero. Watch their inspirational videos. Dorreen, R.N., Supportive Care Coordinator at Boone Hospital Center Allison, R.N., NICU nurse, […]
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Senate Health Bill In Peril As C.B.O. Predicts 22 Million More Uninsured
June 28, 2017
The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act was edging toward collapse on Monday after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said it would increase the number of people without health insurance by 22 million by 2026. Two Republicans, Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky, said Monday that they would vote […]
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Hospital Groups Slam Health Care Bill Released By Senate
June 26, 2017
Hospitals panned the Senate’s latest health reform efforts on Thursday, blasting the chamber’s newly released draft legislation as a draconian and devastating contraction of funds that support health care for low-income Americans and children. Every major hospital association criticized the draft, including the American Hospital Association, the Federation of American Hospitals, and America’s Essential Hospitals. […]
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1.2 Million Missourians With Preexisting Conditions Face Uncertainty Under American Health Care Act
June 22, 2017
Research released today finds that 1.2 million Missourians were diagnosed in a hospital with at least one condition that could lead them to be priced out of the individual insurance market under the provisions of the American Health Care Act, as passed by the House of Representatives on May 4, 2017. While the Senate is […]
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Missouri Hospital Association Study: GOP Health Bill Shorts State On Medicaid
June 12, 2017
A Missouri Hospital Association study of the American Health Care Act found that the Republican health care bill leaves Missouri and 18 other states that didn’t expand Medicaid short of federal money and continuing to feel the strain of uncompensated care. David Dillon, vice president of public and media relations for the hospital association, said […]
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For Rural Hospitals Already On The Brink, GOP’s Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Hit Hard
June 1, 2017
For the hundreds of rural hospitals struggling to stay in business, health policy decisions made in Washington D.C. this summer could make survival a lot tougher. Since 2010, at least 79 rural hospitals have closed across the country, and nearly 700 more are at risk of closing. These hospitals serve a largely older, poorer and […]
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As Senate Mulls A Health Care Overhaul, Area Patients Take Stock Of What Coverage Changes Could Mean
May 31, 2017
A Republican proposal to gut the Affordable Care Act narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives and now the U.S. Senate is crafting its own bill to reshape the nation’s health care system. Elected officials have held few town halls to hear from constituents in the St. Louis area about what they want in a […]
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House GOP Health Bill Projection: 23 Million More Uninsured
May 24, 2017
The health care bill Republicans have pushed through the House would leave 23 million additional people uninsured in 2026 compared to President Barack Obama’s health care law, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday. The GOP bill would lower average premiums, but in part that would be because coverage would typically be skimpier. In a blow […]
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Report Finds High Vacancy Rates In Hospital Workforce
May 17, 2017
A new report from the Missouri Hospital Association finds that the statewide vacancy rate for staff nurses — a mainstay of hospital care and the single largest category of employees — has increased to 15.9 percent. In addition, turnover for staff nurses remains high at 14.3 percent. A high nurse vacancy rate is consequential because […]
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