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Self-proclaimed Hackers Take Credit for Computer Problems at Liberty Hospital (December 20, 2023)
Missouri State Senator Wants Voters to Have Say in KU Health System, Liberty Hospital Merger (December 13, 2023)
The Brendan Tripp Elam Transplant Center Annual Outcomes Report 2022-2023 (December 2023)
BJC and Saint Luke's Reach Definitive Agreement to Combine into One Integrated Health System (November 29, 2023)
Children's Mercy's Illuminate Program Seeks to Address Youth Mental Health in Kansas City Region (November 22, 2023)
New Tech Helps Doctors Diagnose Rare Genetic Diseases in Kids (November 22, 2023)
Chamber Names Longtime Health Care Leader Charlie Shields Kansas Citian of the Year (November 21, 2023)
Children's Mercy Kansas City First to Use 5-Base HiFi Genomic Sequencing in the Clinical Setting (October 6, 2023)
Powering Families -- A Learning Series from Children's Mercy (October 1, 2023)
Proposal for 3-bed ER in Clay County Defeated at State Level: Rare Decision (September 29, 2023)
Rockhurst University Launches Online MSN-PMHNP Program to Equip Nurses to Fill the Mental Health Care Gap (September 14, 2023)
Kansas City Has Thousands of Open Child Abuse and Neglect Cases and Too Few Investigators (September 8, 2023)
Suicide Awareness and Prevention Toolkit -- Resources for Families, Kids and Teens (September 1, 2023)
Missouri AG Warns Providers Including Children's Mercy and Planned Parenthood to Stop Gender-affirming Care for Minors (August 30, 2023)
Missouri System Reorganizes, Makes Leadership Changes (August 30, 2023)
Children's Mercy Reaches Medical Milestone (August 18, 2023)
Kansas City Magazine: Children's Mercy Aims to Tackle the Youth Mental Health Crisis with a $150 Million Initiative (August 14, 2023)
The University of Kansas Health System Beta Testing AI Abridge App for Doctors & Patients (August 9, 2023)
Children's Mercy Kansas City Announces New Clinic to Treat Depression and Anxiety in Youth (July 18, 2023)
HCA Faces Inevitable Lawsuit over Massive Patient Data Breach from Cyberattack (July 14, 2023)
'Truly A Crisis': Missouri Hospitals House Children in Foster Care with No Place to Go (June 30, 2023)
Sunderland Foundation $100M Gift to University of Kansas Cancer Center Will Help Build New Tower (June 27, 2023)
Children's Mercy Kansas City Recognized as a Top Pediatric Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, Ranking #1 In Missouri (June 21, 2023)
Children's Mercy Kansas City Announces 5-Year Major Initiative to Address Pediatric Mental Health Crisis; $150 Million Investment in Kids (June 15, 2023)
A Forward-looking Transaction': BJC, Saint Luke's CEOs on Merging 2 Strong Entities (June 14, 2023)
New Directions Behavioral Health Renamed 'Lucet,' Two New C-suite Additions (June 8, 2023)
BJC HealthCare And Saint Luke's Health System Sign Letter Of Intent To Form Integrated Missouri-based Health System (May 31, 2023)
BJC, St. Luke's Eye Integration (May 31, 2023)
State of the Art Pediatrics: What Can You Do About Food Allergies? (May 1, 2023)
Children's Mercy Kansas City, GE HealthCare Launch Nation’s First Pediatric Hospital Operations Center to Improve Patient Care (April 24, 2023)
Oracle Cerner Layoffs in Kansas City May Number Less Than 500 (March 23, 2023)
CareNow Urgent Care Opens Second Location in Lee's Summit, South on SW Market Street (March 20, 2023)
Walmart Health's 2024 National Primary & Urgent Care Clinic Expansion Includes 4 Locations in Kansas City (March 2, 2023)
KC Emerging as a Life Sciences Powerhouse: New Facilities Culminate Decades-Long Quest (February 28, 2023)
Olathe Health CEO Stan Holm Steps Down Following Combination with KU Health System (January 27, 2023)
Hall Family Foundation Donates $15M for New UMKC Medical/Dental Building on Hospital Hill (January 20, 2023)
KC Pediatrician Scott Dattel Pleads Guilty to $300,000 Medicare Fraud (November 10, 2022)
Children's Mercy Kansas City Hires Simaras as New CFO (November 2, 2022)
Viral Season Resources & Guidelines (November 1, 2022)
Powering Children's Potential Video Series Launches (September 19, 2022)
Blue KC's HQ Move to 1400KC in 2025 Is 15-year Lease of Entire 18-story Building Once Slated for Waddell & Reed (September 16, 2022)
CMRI Pioneers Most-Advanced Genomic Sequencing System in the World (September 14, 2022)
KU Med, WSU to Partner on $302M Medical School Complex in Wichita (September 13, 2022)
Children's Mercy Kansas City Recognized as a Top Pediatric Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, Ranking in 10 of 10 Pediatric Specialties (June 14, 2022)
Oracle Completes $28B Purchase of Cerner; Oracle Industries' EVP Mike Sicilia Posted a Blog, Saying the Newly Combined Companies Will Be Focused on Interoperability, Innovation and User-Centered Design; Oracle, Cerner Plan to Build Unified National Health Records Database (June 7, 2022)
Cerner Slides off Fortune 500, Tumbling 49 Spots to No. 539 (May 23, 2022)
Oracle Extends Cerner Tender Offer for 3rd Time, Until May 11 (April 12, 2022)
Cerner to Delay COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Employees (April 1, 2022)
Janet Stanek Sworn in as New Kansas Health Department Secretary (March 28, 2022)
Oracle Extends Cerner Tender Offer for Second Time (March 14, 2022)
125 years of Children's Mercy (February 17, 2022)
Children's Mercy CFO Takes CEO Role in Oregon (February 2, 2022)
Children's Hospital Association: Paul Kempinski, President and CEO of Children's Mercy Named to 2022, CHA Board of Trustees (January 14, 2022)
Social Determinants of Health Find Their Way Into the EHR (December 15, 2021)
Oak Street Health Announces Plans to Enter 21st State, Kansas Centers to Open in 2022 (October 5, 2021)
Amazon Care May be Coming to Another 20 U.S. Cities: Report (September 8, 2021)
Shawnee Mission School District Will Open Health Clinic 'to Break Down Barriers' (August 30, 2021)
Kansas City Mayor's Chief of Staff John Stamm to Leave Office in Early September (August 13, 2021)
Kansas City Public Schools First in Area to Require Vaccinations of All Staff or Weekly Testing (August 12, 2021)
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Joins Appeal in Missouri Medicaid Expansion Lawsuit (July 1, 2021)
Children's Mercy Recognized as a Top Pediatric Hospital by U.S. News & World Report (June 15, 2021)
47,000 BCBS Kansas City Members Exposed Through Vendor Breach (June 4, 2021)
Governor Laura Kelly Vetoes Junk Insurance Bill; Calls for Medicaid Expansion (May 20, 2021)
Kansas Insurers and Hospitals Wrestle Over How Much Your Telehealth Visit Should Cost (April 13, 2021)
Carbon Health Expands to Kansas City Market with Two Locations (April 5, 2021)
Children's Mercy Names Jeanne James, MD, Pediatrician-in-Chief (March 9, 2021)
Children's Mercy's New Research Building Opens, Accelerating the Discovery of Cures and Transforming Pediatric Care (February 19, 2021)
For the Sixth Year in a Row, All 10 Children's Mercy Specialties Ranked by U.S. News and World Report (June 16, 2020)
Kelly, Denning reach deal to expand Medicaid in Kansas. But lawmakers must still vote (January 9, 2020)
Missouri leads nation in rising number of uninsured children (January 2, 2020)
Children's Mercy Progress Notes January 2020 (January 2020)
Olathe health care staffing agency (Docs Who Care) redefines rural care (December 31, 2019)
HCA finds yet another use for telemedicine: triage (December 23, 2019)
The atypical (so far) 2019-2020 influenza season and other circulating respiratory viruses (December 10, 2019)
Children's Mercy Progress Notes: New Chief Medical Officer; Safe Medicine Disposal; Access Your Patients' Information (December 2019)
School-based social worker partnership creates a proactive approach to improve behavioral health (November 6, 2019)
Telemedicine's future? It's primary care, says NY insurer in KC (November 5, 2019)
BlueKC's Spira Care opens 6th location in KCK (November 1, 2019)
Walgreens to close all 17 healthcare clinics in Kansas City (October 28, 2019)
Children's Mercy Progress Notes (October 2019)
Tennessee company reveals plan for $100M proton therapy center, medical office building in JoCo (September 17, 2019)
Cerner begins layoffs that will affect hundreds of employees (September 4, 2019)
Johnson County Mental Center offering free mental health education in schools across county (August 29, 2019)
Truman Medical Center techs, lab workers file unfair labor practice charge (August 28, 2019)
KU Health sets opening date for KCK behavioral health campus (August 27, 2019)
New York health insurer (Oscar Health) will expand to KC area -- Official Press Release (August 22, 2019)
Children's Mercy Progress Notes (August 2019)
2020-21 Cancer Care Annual Report
Children's Mercy COVID-19 Resources for Primary Care Providers
Children's Mercy Offering On-Demand Behavioral Health Course with Continuing Medical Education (CME)
The State of Children's Health: Community Health Assessment for the Kansas City Region 2019

Regional (Midwest)
Transgender Minors Sue University of Missouri for Refusing Puberty Blockers, Hormones (November 16, 2023)
Saint Luke's in Kansas City Is Merging with a St. Louis hospital, but Who Is Policing These Deals? (October 2, 2023)
Kansas and Missouri Receive $2.1B Federal Funding to Expand Broadband Internet under Infrastructure Law Necessary for Healthcare/Telehealth (June 27, 2023)
Compass Health to Open Comprehensive Children's Center (May 24, 2023)
KU Med School Preps New Program in Wichita to Train More Child Psychiatrists (March 13, 2023)
Camber Children's Mental Health in Hays to Open in February and Start Accepting Patients (January 28, 2023)
Governor Laura Kelly Announces Partnership to Bring Youth Psychiatric Hospital to Hays (December 13, 2021)
Kansas Healthcare Professionals Named to Workgroup, Work to Protect Schools from COVID-19 (September 9, 2021)
Missouri Will Become the Last State to Enforce Federal Mental Health Parity Act (September 7, 2021)
Missouri Lawmakers Expect Special Session Next Week to Renew Important Medicaid Tax (June 16, 2021)
Kansas Now Has The Beds It Needs For Most Kids Awaiting Psychiatric Care, But Not The Workers (June 10, 2021)
Attorney General Says Missouri Lawmakers Can Refuse to Fund Medicaid Expansion (June 8, 2021)
Lawsuit Filed to Force Medicaid Expansion in Missouri (May 20, 2021)
Missouri Health Chief (Dr. Randall Williams) Resigns (April 20, 2021)
Missouri 'Voted for This Lie,' Says State Rep Trying to Block Medicaid Expansion (April 6, 2021)
The CDC released new guidelines for reopening schools, businesses, and other public spaces (May 21, 2020)
US births hit 35-year low (May 20, 2020)
Positive COVID-19 tests fall for everyone but kids: 4 CDC updates (May 15, 2020)
Hospitals in Missouri, Kansas (Pinnacle Healthcare System) file for bankruptcy (February 13, 2020)
Telehealth is changing healthcare in Kansas (December 20, 2019)
New reports show Kansas' health ranking is plummeting, rate of uninsured children is on the rise Georgetown Health Policy Institute Report (December 13, 2019)
Kansas mental health hospitals, strained for years, could reach turning point in 2020 (December 12, 2019)
Autism CARES Act extended; more trained providers needed in Kansas (October 29, 2019)
Doctors, pharmacists offer marijuana expertise to Missouri peers (August 30, 2019)
As Missouri trims its Medicaid rolls, families say they've been kicked off unfairly (August 29, 2019)
Report: More than 2,100 Kansas students diagnosed with concussions last school year (August 29, 2019)
Group launches petition campaign to place Missouri Medicaid expansion on 2020 ballot (August 4, 2019)

National & International
17 States Report High Respiratory Virus Levels as COVID-19 Admissions Rise (December 18, 2023)
50 States Ranked by Overall Health in 2023, Per UnitedHealth (December 5, 2023)
RSV Drug Supply Woes Prompt White House Team to Meet with Suppliers (November 29, 2023)
Ten States with High Levels of Respiratory Virus Activity (November 28, 2023)
A Cancer Patient's Dying Wish to Burn Other's Medical Debt Goes Viral, Now Topping $40M (November 21, 2023)
Seven States with High Levels of Respiratory Virus Activity (November 20, 2023)
Flu Admissions Jump Ahead of Thanksgiving: 4 CDC Notes (November 17, 2023)
US Report Card on Preterm Birth Rates: Grades by State (November 17, 2023)
25% of Current Drug Shortages Are More Than 5 Years Old (November 16, 2023)
A Quiet 'Pharmageddon' Walkout (November 1, 2023)
Admissions, Vaccines and a New Variant: 5 COVID-19 Updates (October 30, 2023)
Rite Aid Files for Bankruptcy, Names New CEO (October 16, 2023)
Amazon Moves into Healthcare Generative AI with $4B Investment (September 26, 2023)
Costco Bets Big on Healthcare -- What It Means for Hospitals (September 25, 2023)
Amazon Mulls Tying Healthcare to Prime: Insider (September 19, 2023)
AMA Posts CPT 2024 Code Set (September 18, 2023)
Medicaid in the Headlines: 10 Recent Updates (September 18, 2023)
ED Visit Times, by State (September 15, 2023)
Two Scenarios for Virus Season Admissions: CDC (September 15, 2023)
25% of US Health Visits Are Conducted by a Non-physician (September 14, 2023)
Flu Season in US: What the Latest Trends Show (September 11, 2023)
States Ranked by Percentage of Employers Offering Health Insurance (September 5, 2023)
150 Things to Know about the 'Big 6' Health Insurers (September 1, 2023)
States Ranked by Average Annual Family Health Insurance Premium (August 21, 2023)
Where COVID-19 Admissions Are Highest, Rising Fastest (August 16, 2023)
COVID-19 Admissions Rise for 5th Straight Week: 5 Updates (August 14, 2023)
What Is 'Loud Quitting'? Healthcare Labor Action May Be One Example (August 10, 2023)
20 States with the Highest Percentage of Price Transparency Compliant Hospitals (July 24, 2023)
The Misconception That Young Physicians 'Don't Want to Work That Hard' (July 11, 2023)
Eli Lilly Overtakes UnitedHealth Group as World's Largest Healthcare Firm (July 6, 2023)
40% of PAs Favor Title Change (July 5, 2023)
65% of Health Plans 'Very Concerned' about Off-label Use of Ozempic, Other Weight Loss Drugs (June 28, 2023)
Epic, Cerner 2048: What Will EHRs Look Like In 25 Years? (June 14, 2023)
US Health Spending To Top $7.2T By 2031 (June 14, 2023)
UnitedHealthcare, Cigna Halt Policies After Pushback (June 8, 2023)
Why Don't Millionaires Fund Medical Students? (June 7, 2023)
States Ranked By Healthcare As Percent of Overall Employment For 2023 (June 1, 2023)
Where CVS, Walmart, Kaiser, Target Rank In Market Share For Retail Clinics (May 31, 2023)
Healthcare in Five Years: What Is Hard To Imagine Today But Will Be Normal Then? (May 26, 2023)
Nine Health Systems Working With Amazon, Microsoft, Apple (May 25, 2023)
CVS, Amazon Shutting Down Their Health Businesses (May 23, 2023)
The Healthiest County in Each US State (May 16, 2023)
Optum Spending Spree Continues, Adding to 70K+ Physicians (April 11, 2023)
Amazon, CVS, Optum, Walgreens, Walmart: Which Disruptors Have the Most Clinics (March 9, 2023)
Walmart Looks to 'Disrupt' Healthcare with 32 Clinics Powered by Epic, Microsoft, VMware (March 3, 2023)
Walmart Health Plans to Enter Two New States in 2024 (March 2, 2023)
COVID-19 Admissions up in 21 States: 4 Respiratory Virus Updates (February 27, 2023)
An HCA Healthcare Co-founder and Shareholder Tops the List of Billionaires in U.S. Healthcare: Top 7 List (February 22, 2023)
Senators Eye Bipartisan Solutions to Healthcare Worker Shortage (February 21, 2023)
How Walgreens Shifted Its Focus from Pharmacies to Physicians (February 20, 2023)
Meet America's Largest Employer of Physicians: UnitedHealth Group (February 16, 2023)
Cigna Rebrands to the Cigna Group (February 13, 2023)
Feds Reportedly Prepping Antitrust Case Against Amazon's One Medical Deal (February 6, 2023)
Spotify Founder Launches Healthcare Startup (February 3, 2023)
Employers Hope to Address Parents' Concerns About Their Kids' Mental Health (January 31, 2023)
Optum Health Eyes Big Boost to Value-based Care (January 17, 2023)
CVS, Walgreens Limit Sales of Children's Pain Meds Amid Shortage (December 20, 2022)
Can Health Systems Compete with Disruption from CVS, Walgreens? (December 19, 2022)
COVID-19 Admissions up 14% in 2 Weeks: 3 Updates (December 19, 2022)
22 States Ask CMS to Withdraw Healthcare Worker Vaccine Mandate (December 8, 2022)
WHO Lands on New Name for Monkeypox (November 29, 2022)
29 Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Products on Back Order (November 21, 2022)
H3N2: 3 Notes on the Dominant Flu Strain (November 21, 2022)
Pediatric Groups Urge Biden to Issue National Emergency over Respiratory Viruses (November 16, 2022)
'Enough Is Enough': AMA President Pushes Back Against Disinformation in Medicine (November 14, 2022)
HHS to Maintain COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Past January (November 11, 2022)
Feds Warn Against Iranian Cyber Threats Targeting the Healthcare Sector (November 8, 2022)
More Than 300K Healthcare Providers Dropped out of the Workforce in 2021, Report Finds (November 1, 2022)
Healthcare Workforce Lost 333,942 Providers in 2021 (October 24, 2022)
RSV Surge Creates Risk of 'Tripledemic' (October 24, 2022)
CDC Advisory Panel Recommends Adding COVID Vaccine to Kids' Routine Immunization Schedule (October 20, 2022)
RSV Cases Reaching 'Seasonal Peak Levels,' CDC Says (October 17, 2022)
Walmart's Healthcare Ambitions: Six Recent Moves (October 17, 2022)
HHS Renews COVID-19 PHE for 11th Time -- Here's Why (October 13, 2022)
Mark Cuban's Pharmacy Teams up with 1st PBM, Won't Make Its Own (September 27, 2022)
What Healthcare Tech Leaders Think about the CVS-Signify Deal (September 7, 2022)
US Bets on Omicron Boosters Heading into Third COVID-19 Fall (September 2, 2022)
Consumers Are Delaying Care and Losing Interest in Health Organizations. Understand and Connect with the 'Invisible Patient' by Personalizing Care Through Human Understanding (TM). (September 2022)
While Already at a Crisis Level, the Demand for Healthcare Workers is Projected to Continue to Grow by Nine Percent Annually Through 2030. To Overcome This, Hospitals Are Looking For Innovative Solutions and An Integrated Care Approach Beyond Focusing Sol (September 1, 2022)
Hackers Shifting Focus to Small Hospitals, Clinics and Tech Companies to Siphon off Patient Data, Report Finds (August 24, 2022)
Amazon's Growing Presence in Healthcare (August 23, 2022)
Hospitals Push for PHE Extension into 2023 (July 28, 2022)
Oracle Cerner Internal Email Reveals EHR Leadership Shake Up (July 25, 2022)
VA Postpones Oracle Cerner EHR Rollout Indefinitely (July 22, 2022)
Amazon to Buy Primary Health-care Provider One Medical for Roughly $3.9 Billion (July 21, 2022)
CVS Will Stop Filling Cerebral and Done Health ADHD Med Prescriptions (May 25, 2022)
Youth Mental Health Crisis: USPSTF Recommends Anxiety Screenings for Children (April 14, 2022)
Mark Cuban's Pharmacy Adds 50+ Drugs, Rolls Out Social Media Community (March 30, 2022)
OSHA Will Hold Hearing on Permanent COVID-19 Standard for Healthcare Workers (March 22, 2022)
Oracle's Future is Uncertain After Cerner Deal Closes, Analyst Says (March 14, 2022)
If 1 in 5 Healthcare Workers Have Quit, Where Have They Gone? (February 11, 2022)
Amazon Expanding Healthcare Service to 20 More Cities, Lands Silicon Labs, Whole Foods Market as Customers (February 8, 2022)
Charted: What Parents Think about Covid-19 Vaccines (February 7, 2022)
HLTH21: Where Walmart is Focusing its Health Efforts in the Next 5 to 10 Years (October 19, 2021)
UnitedHealthcare Launches Virtual-First Health Plan (October 19, 2021)
Walgreens Boosts Stake in Primary-Care Company VillageMD with a $5.2 Billion Investment (October 14, 2021)
Elemy Reaches Unicorn Status Boosted by $219M Investment from SoftBank, Chelsea Clinton and Ashton Kutcher (October 8, 2021)
CVS Health is About to Turn Hundreds of its Drugstores into Health Care Super-Clinics (October 4, 2021)
Biden Admin Releases Surprise Billing Rule Detailing Arbitration Process (September 30, 2021)
Labor Shortages in Healthcare Expected to Rise as Demand Grows, Report Finds (September 30, 2021)
Lead Exposure Continues to be a 'Silent Epidemic' for Kids. These Three States Have the Most Affected Areas (September 17, 2021)
Amazon Care Could be Getting a Whole Lot Bigger (September 9, 2021)
Pediatric Teletherapy Provider DotCom Therapy Raises $13M Backed by LRVHealth, OSF Ventures (September 9, 2021)
Pandemic Has Changed the Way Patients See Doctors, New Survey Finds (August 17, 2021)
Nationwide Out-of-Pocket Spending Jumped 10 Percent in 2021. Expect That Growth to Continue Through 2026 (August 3, 2021)
These Teens Want to Get Vaccinated--With or Without Their Parents' Approval (July 6, 2021)
STDs Are at an All-time High in America. See the State-by-State Maps (June 24, 2021)
Walmart Launching Drug Discount Offering in Membership Program (June 8, 2021)
Walmart Looks to Virtual Care with Acquisition of Telemedicine Company MeMD (May 7, 2021)
Births Fall to Lowest Level Since 1979 (May 5, 2021)
UnitedHealthcare Gets New CEO (April 7, 2021)
Amazon Plans to Expand Amazon Care Virtual Health Service Nationally to Employees, Other Companies (March 17, 2021)
Deloitte: 2021 Outlook for Hospitals, Health Systems, and Medical Professionals (February 4, 2021)
Frost & Sullivan Provides Industry Analysis and Post-Pandemic Predictions (July 22, 2020)
Ten Innovations That Can Improve Global Health (July 15, 2020)
Big Tech in Healthcare: How Tech Giants Are Targeting the $3T Industry (May 28, 2020)
WHO Warns of 'Second Peak' Before Second Wave (May 26, 2020)
States brace for 'nearly certain' Medicaid budget shortfalls amid COVID-19 (May 18, 2020)
Children likely play role in coronavirus spread, two new studies suggest (May 6, 2020)
Fifteen children are hospitalized in New York City with mysterious illness possibly tied to COVID-19 (May 5, 2020)
Flu sickening children at unusually high rate (February 5, 2020)
Flu count jumps to 15M cases (January 24, 2020)
Four ways Medicaid expansion opponents in Kansas might still sink the deal (January 22, 2020)
Flu season update: more prevalence of influenza B (January 17, 2020)
'Hotspotting' in healthcare has little to no effect on patient outcomes (January 10, 2020)
Shriners Hospitals for Children-Cincinnati finalizes close, move to Dayton Children's (January 6, 2020)
AMA releases online checklist for E/M services transition (December 31, 2019)
How Ochsner's focus on social determinants will continue to lead its innovation efforts (December 31, 2019)
The FDA has officially raised the age to buy tobacco products to 21 (December 27, 2019)
U.S. hospitals less capable of providing acute care to kids Study (December 27, 2019)
Employers are focused on expanding mental health services and care options for employees next year (December 10, 2019)
CDC: More people dying from antibiotic resistance than previously believed (November 13, 2019)
CDC pinpoints potential culprit for vaping illnesses (November 8, 2019)
Pediatric hospital leaders explore challenges in health care (November 5, 2019)
Study: Medicaid expansion linked to decline in preventable hospitalizations (November 5, 2019)
How to reduce unnecessary ED utilization by more than 80% -- six provider success stories (October 24, 2019)
Employer medical costs forecast to raise at more than double the inflation rate (September 13, 2019)
CVS Health exec: Retail giant wants to create a Netflix-like healthcare experience (September 10, 2019)
Fewer children had health insurance in 2018 than year before, census data shows (September 10, 2019)
Recall of Similac, Alimentum and EleCare
Value-based care: Turning healthcare theory into a dynamic and patient-focused reality

Pediatric Medicine & Research
KU Medical Center Researcher Testing Drug to Improve Concussion Symptoms (December 8, 2023)
Pediatricians Scramble for RSV Shots Amid Shortage (December 5, 2023)
'Zero Evidence' Pediatric Pneumonia Cases in US Linked to China: 4 Updates (December 4, 2023)
Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Process May Cause Cancer-linked Mutations in Blood Stem Cells (November 20, 2023)
US Childhood Cancer Mortality Has Fallen Significantly, but Disparities Have Emerged, CDC Report Shows (November 17, 2023)
Global Measles Cases Rose 18% in 2022 Amid Low Vaccination Rates: Report (November 16, 2023)
US Childhood Vaccination Exemptions Reach Their Highest Level Ever (November 9, 2023)
ED Visits for Flu, RSV Tick up (November 7, 2023)
Physicians Warn Against 'Bone Smashing' (November 7, 2023)
CDC: Physicians to Reserve RSV Drug for High-risk Babies (October 23, 2023)
Getting COVID Raises Odds for Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Vaccination Lowers Risk (October 18, 2023)
COVID Down. RSV, Flu up: 4 Notes (October 16, 2023)
Study Finds Racial Disparities in Treatment Rates for Teen Depression (October 9, 2023)
How Exactly Does Lead Exposure Harm the Brain? (September 28, 2023)
Early Signs Indicate COVID-19 Is Plateauing (September 20, 2023)
Study Demonstrates Adding Complex Component of Milk to Infant Formula Confers Long-term Cognitive Benefits (August 31, 2023)
A Broad Genetic Test Saved One Newborn's Life. Research Suggests It Could Help Millions of Others (August 28, 2023)
Are Cannabis-Based Medicines Safe for Children with Cancer? (August 28, 2023)
Recommendations Made for Hearing Assessments in Children (August 28, 2023)
America's Pediatricians Reiterate Support for Gender-Affirming Care (August 3, 2023)
Families of Transgender Children and Advocacy Groups Sue to Block a Missouri Law Banning Most Gender-affirming Care for Minors (July 26, 2023)
More Children Missing Developmental Milestones: 9 out of 100 Diagnosed with a Developmental Disability (July 13, 2023)
Dell Children's Performs Historic First Pediatric Partial Heart Transplant in Texas; 7th in World (July 10, 2023)
Eating Disorders In Kids A Global Public Health Emergency (June 20, 2023)
About 15% Of US Children Recently Received Mental Health Treatment, New CDC Data Shows (June 13, 2023)
Surgeon General Advisory Warns Of Social Media's Effects On Youth Mental Health (June 2023)
Half Of Teens Drop Below Clinical Obesity Threshhold/Cutoff With Semaglutide (Wegovy) (May 28, 2023)
Food Insecurity Is Associated Not Only With Unhealthy Diets, But Behaviors Like Emotional Eating Among Adolescents (May 24, 2023)
It's Electric: The Utility of the Screening ECG for Sports Physicals (May 1, 2023)
NPR: Lifesaving or Stigmatizing? Parents Wrestle with Obesity Treatment Options for Kids (May 1, 2023)
Planned Parenthood Sues Missouri Attorney General Over Transgender Care Investigation (March 31, 2023)
Missouri Senate OKs Limits on Transgender Treatments, Sports (March 23, 2023)
Speech Disorder Diagnoses in Children Doubled During COVID, Komodo Health Finds (March 15, 2023)
Everybody's Afraidâ„¢ Doctors Warn of Chilling Effect as MO, KS Target Transgender Care (March 14, 2023)
Allergies in America, in 8 Charts (February 1, 2023)
Yet Another Study Shows Gender-affirming Care Leads to Better, Long-lasting Mental Health for Trans Youth (January 30, 2023)
Outdoor Play May Mitigate Screen Time's Risk to Toddler Brain Development: JAMA Pediatrics Study (January 23, 2023)
Emergency Department Preparedness Cuts Mortality Risk in Children (January 19, 2023)
US Kindergarten Vaccination Rate Dropped for the Second Year, CDC Data Shows (January 12, 2023)
Children With Obesity Should Get Proactive Treatment: American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines (January 8, 2023)
JAMA Pediatrics Study Shows Increase in Mental Health ED Visits & Revisits (December 27, 2022)
Yet More Data Underscore the Growing Risk of Suicide Among Youths (November 16, 2022)
Long COVID's Effect on Children and Adolescents Under the Microscope (November 14, 2022)
Surprising New COVID-19 Associations (October 13, 2022)
Report: Kids' ED Visits, Inpatient Admissions for Mental Health Are Increasing Steadily (September 12, 2022)
Primary Care Docs Need 27 Hours a Day to Provide Guideline-based Care, Study Finds (August 23, 2022)
Pfizer's 20-valent Pneumococcal Vaccine Hits Goal in Infant Trial, Teeing up 2022 Approval Filing (August 12, 2022)
Where Are We Now? An Expert Shares His Insights on the Pandemic and Kids One Year Later (July 27, 2022)
Uncovering Rare Pediatric Diseases Through Atypical Gene Associations (May 17, 2022)
Antibiotic Treatment Alone Less Effective in Children with More Appendicitis Pain (May 6, 2022)
This Online Trend Seems to Glamorize Psychiatric Hospitalization. Providers Are Seeing Its Effects on Youth (April 22, 2022)
Charted: The 'National Emergency' in Youth Mental Health (April 4, 2022)
Children's Behavioral Health Greatly Affects Adult Workforce (March 30, 2022)
New Detailed Guidance for Providers on Youth Suicide Prevention (March 16, 2022)
Pediatric Milestone Guidelines Just Changed for the First Time in Decades (February 24, 2022)
The Direct--and Indirect--Effects of Covid-19 on Children (February 24, 2022)
Innovative Gene Therapy Treatment May Extend Life Expectancy for Epilepsy Patients (February 17, 2022)
Study Reveals Bariatric Surgery Reverses Low Testosterone Levels in Obese Male Teenagers (February 3, 2022)
Can We Harness Intestinal Cells to Treat Endocrine Disorders? Boston Children's Answers (January 28, 2022)
Rethinking Cerebral Palsy Origins: Boston Children's Study Uncovers Genetic Causes in up to One Quarter of Patients (January 28, 2022)
Genetic Ancestry Provides Important Context for Understanding Global Diversity in Childhood Leukemia (St. Jude's, CHOP, Benioff Children's) (January 27, 2022)
Burn Care: The New Immersive Approach at Children's Mercy (January 19, 2022)
Children's Mercy Uses Big Data, Digital Innovation to Improve Diabetes Care (January 18, 2022)
GoodRx Launches Health Information Site With the Aim of Being a Go-To Medical Resource (September 27, 2021)
Low-Income Kids Benefit from Community-Based Healthcare (September 8, 2021)
What Two New CDC Studies Reveal About the Delta Variant in Kids (September 8, 2021)
Pediatric Drug Prep App Helps EMS Curb Medical Error: JAMA Study (September 2, 2021)
Digital Health for Supporting Precision Medicine in Pediatric Endocrine Disorders: Opportunities for Improved Patient Care (July 29, 2021)
How the Pandemic Made Childhood Obesity Worse, According to New Research (July 9, 2021)
Health Care 'Breaking Point': Cox Confirms Some Springfield COVID-19 Patients Transferred to St. Louis, Kansas City (June 29, 2021)
As Children's Hospitals Build up Precision Medicine Programs, Families Still Face Challenges in Reaching a Diagnosis (June 9, 2021)
Up to 33% of Young Athletes with ACL Injury Have a Second One (May 27, 2021)
Mental Health and Substance Use Considerations Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic (May 26, 2021)
FDA Approves First New Pediatric ADHD Drug in More Than a Decade (April 6, 2021)
Social Determinants of Health Impact Fetal Brain Development (March 31, 2021)
Walmart Heir's Nonprofit to Start New Integrative Medical School in Arkansas (March 9, 2021)
Race, Postoperative Complications, and Death in Apparently Healthy Children (August 2020)
The ICU of the Future Is Virtual: Four Things to Know (May 28, 2020)
High reliance on urgent care centers may disrupt primary care in children (May 6, 2020)
Study finds new way to detect autism years before symptoms appear (May 4, 2020)
Pediatric Sepsis Guidelines: Timely and Appropriate Treatment Saves Lives (May 1, 2020)
FDA approves first drug for treatment of peanut allergy for children (January 31, 2020)
Pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs work, study shows (January 21, 2020)
Why CDC just narrowed its vaping recommendation (January 21, 2020)
Making pediatric risk scoring a reality for children's hospitals (January 8, 2020)
Children frequently receive unnecessary medical care regardless of insurance type (January 7, 2020)
Genetic signature helps distinguish latent autoimmune diabetes in adults from pediatric-onset T1D (January 7, 2020)
Congenital heart disease and autism: A possible link? Study (January 2, 2020)
Decolonizing parents cut staph colonization in NICUs (January 2, 2020)
Proton therapy as effective as standard radiation with fewer side effects (December 27, 2019)
Calls interrupting pediatric ICU nurses can lead to medication errors, study finds (December 23, 2019)
Nationwide Children's: New cystic fibrosis treatment could treat 90% of patients (December 13, 2019)
Tape strips may replace biopsies in pediatric atopic dermatitis (December 13, 2019)
More teens are using tobacco products. See the trends, charted. (December 10, 2019)
Telehealth increases primary care physicians' accurate diagnosis of skin conditions (December 10, 2019)
The latest CDC data shows a significant slowdown in new vaping-linked illness causes (December 9, 2019)
A pediatric leader's perspective: treating the vaping epidemic (December 5, 2019)
U.S. sees earliest flu season in 10 years (November 22, 2019)
Measles may be even more dangerous than you think (November 19, 2019)
Integrating behavioral health into pediatric care holds long-term benefits (November 7, 2019)
Breakthrough in Wichita teen's death (November 6, 2019)
Screen-based media associated with structural differences in brains of young children (November 4, 2019)
Centura Health becomes first in Kansas to offer needle-free blood draws (October 31, 2019)
Children's Hospital Colorado uses telehealth to diagnose fetal heart disease (October 31, 2019)
Weight-loss surgery could be right for some kids, pediatrician group says (October 30, 2019)
Fast DNA sequencing can offer diagnostic clues when newborns need intensive care (October 28, 2019)
Johns Hopkins Medicine celebrates opening of proton center at Sibley Memorial Hospital, in collaboration with Children's National (October 28, 2019)
'Off-Label' drugs for kids raises concerns (September 16, 2019)
Proton therapy continues to show promise for children with cancer (September 13, 2019)
As deaths add up, experts say physicians should advise patients to stop vaping (September 12, 2019)
The seven things families care about most (September 9, 2019)
What's behind the recent vaping deaths? Health officials may have a lead (September 6, 2019)
US on the verge of losing its measles elimination status, CDC warns (September 3, 2019)
Measles case in 2019 (August 29, 2019)
Vaping-linked disease reported in Kansas as schools fight 'epidemic' of teen use (August 29, 2019)
Better seizure control with ketogenic diet in infants with genetic epilepsy (August 28, 2019)
A mysterious lung illness leads to new concerns about vaping (August 20, 2019)
Mom's voice may help babies sleep better in NICU (August 15, 2019)
How one children's hospital is responding to the largest measles outbreak in 20 years (April 30, 2019)
Research Indicates That Engaging Clinic Staff Lowers Barriers to Value-Based Care Adoption

Hospital Workforce & Operations
The Physician Specialties with the Most Burnout (August 29, 2023)
KU School of Nursing Launches Kansas Nursing Workforce Center to Address Nursing Shortages (August 3, 2023)
Fifteen Unhappiest Nurse Jobs (July 28, 2023)
Why Do Women Resident Physicians Report More Burnout? (June 20, 2023)
Employment of RNs, by State (June 12, 2023)
COVID-19 Greatly Affected Health Systems Everywhere but by How Much? Get a Data-driven Look at the Pandemic's Impact (August 22, 2022)
US Faces Deficit of up to 450,000 Nurses by 2025, a 10-20% Gap in Supply & Demand of RNs; # of Graduates Entering/Staying Would Need to Double Every Year 3 Years Straight (but not enough nursing school spots or educators!) (May 12, 2022)
Global Report on Future of Health Care Anticipates Considerable Changes in Next Decade (March 17, 2022)
High Housing Costs Preventing Some Workers from Taking Healthcare Jobs (March 17, 2022)
The Shadow Pandemic of Behavioral Health Is Putting U.S. Pediatric Hospitals at Risk (January 6, 2022)
UMKC Suspends Vaccine Mandate for All Employees, Including Student Workers (December 7, 2021)
ED visits fell 42% in April, CDC finds (June 3, 2020)

Patient Experience & Healthcare Affordability
Unpleasant waiting rooms a bigger issue for patients than long wait times (November 5, 2019)
Health payers tap telehealth to boost pediatric psychiatry access (November 4, 2019)
Health insurance confusion (lack of health care literacy) is growing in America, finds annual survey (November 1, 2019)
Employers are scaling back their dependence on HDHPs (October 29, 2019)
Here's how much Missourians spend on health care costs -- Data is from Health Care Cost Institute Report (August 29, 2019)
The spike in families health care spending, charted (August 19, 2019)

Community Benefit & Development
Children's Hospital Association: How Serious Safety Events Can Inform Improvements in Health Equity (May 23, 2022)

HIT & Healthcare Analytics
HHS Releases Cybersecurity Strategy for Health Care Sector (December 6, 2023)
AI Has an Image Problem in Healthcare, Expert Says (September 19, 2023)
The No. 1 Healthcare Challenge, Per 150 Leaders (August 15, 2023)
Eight Fastest-growing Healthcare Occupations (August 8, 2023)
Amazon, Healthcare and Head Noise (August 7, 2023)
Healthcare Workers Keep Calling It Quits (July 6, 2023)
5 States Where Licensed Practical Nurses Get Paid the Most (June 30, 2023)
Amazon Launches $100M AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, Targeting Healthcare (June 22, 2023)
Physicians Embrace Gig Work Model To Tackle Burnout (June 7, 2023)
Healthcare Costs For Average Family Of Four Surpass $30K, Study Says (May 30, 2023)
CVS, Amazon Shutting Down Some Of Their Health Businesses (May 23, 2023)
United Healthcare Study: College Students More Likely to Face Mental Health Needs Than Parents Think (March 24, 2023)
29 Physician Specialties Ranked by Happiness (February 27, 2023)
47% of Physicians Are 55 or Older: 8 Things to Know About the Physician Workforce (January 17, 2023)
COVID-19 Admissions to Rise Through Early December, CDC Forecasts (November 28, 2022)
People of Color Face High Risk of Flu Hospitalization: CDC (October 19, 2022)
Oracle's Plan to 'Modernize' Cerner: Inconceivable Technology Rate with New Generation of Application Development Tools (September 15, 2022)
Healthcare Spending Declines for First Time in 60 Years (July 28, 2022)
New C.S. Mott Poll Provides Insight into Parental Views of Adolescent Behavioral Health Concerns (March 23, 2022)
Six Key Findings from the Chartis Group's 2022 Digital Transformation Survey (March 18, 2022)
More Than 50M Patient Records Breached in 2021, Report Finds (March 16, 2022)
HIMSS 2022: Becerra, Brooks-LaSure Say Provider Info Blocking Penalties, Revamped Interoperability Rule on the Horizon (March 15, 2022)
Healthcare Data Breaches Hit All-Time High in 2021, Impacting 45 Million People (February 1, 2022)
2022 Forecast: Competition in Retail Healthcare Will Heat Up. Here's What to Expect from Amazon, CVS and Walgreens (December 22, 2021)
Missouri Hospital Association's Data Arm Launches Health Equity Dashboards: Three Details (October 13, 2021)
J.D. Power: Number of Patients Seeking Health, Wellness Services at Pharmacies on the Rise (July 28, 2021)
Hospitals, Corporations Own Nearly Half of Medical Practices, Spurred by COVID-19 Disruption: Report (June 29, 2021)
Physician Productivity, Revenues Rebounding to Pre-pandemic Levels: Report (June 29, 2021)
Aunt Bertha Secures $27M to Expand Referral Platform for Social Services (June 2, 2021)
Eighteen Things to Know About New Cyberattack Campaigns Emerging This Year (April 22, 2021)
Health Data Hacking Incidents Spike 42% During Pandemic: Report (March 15, 2021)
Making pediatric risk scoring a reality for children's hospitals (January 8, 2020)
Eleven healthcare innovation trends to watch in 2020 (December 31, 2019)
Cerner builds machine learning platform on Amazon Web Services (December 3, 2019)
How the Cerner, Amazon partnership is unfolding (November 6, 2019)
Uber app to integrate directly into Cerner's EHR so providers can schedule transportation for patients (October 28, 2019)
The business case for integrating claims and clinical data (September 13, 2019)
Patients Are Tired of Seeing 'Pay in Full' as the Only Option on Their Medical Statements. Drive Better Payment Results with These Strategies.
There's Only One Way to Harness Healthcare Data Without the Risk of Compromising Patient Privacy. Click here for Three Real-life Case Studies on How AI is the Future of Quality Improvement.

Community Health & Development
COVID Admissions up for 4th Week Straight: Where They're Highest, Rising Fastest (December 8, 2023)
Flu Cases Rise for a 5th Week: 8 FluView Notes (December 8, 2023)
Fentanyl-related Deaths in Children under 5 Increased 500% in Missouri Last Year (November 27, 2023)
Emerging Threat: Animal Tranquilizer Xylazine aka 'Tranq' Poses Challenges for PCPs (October 9, 2023)
How Bad Will This Respiratory Virus Season Be? CDC Weighs In (October 4, 2023)
A Pediatrician's View on Increased Child Poverty Rates: 'I Need Policymakers to Do Their Job' (September 15, 2023)
A New Missouri Law Will Help Pay Back Student Loans for Healthcare Workers (September 5, 2023)
Family-based Interventions Prevent Substance Use Among Youth (September 2023)
UnitedHealthcare Puts $11M Behind Social Determinants of Health (August 2, 2023)
CDC Is Preparing for a Winter with '3 Bugs out There': Covid, Flu and RSV (July 22, 2023)
The New Crisis of Increasing All-Cause Mortality in US Children and Adolescents (March 13, 2023)
Dollar General Pilots Mobile Clinics as it Targets a Bigger Presence in Healthcare (January 20, 2023)
UnitedHealthcare Launches Behavioral Health Coaching Program for Commercial Plans (January 19, 2023)
Children's Firearm Injuries Up During the Pandemic: JAMA Pediatrics Study Shows (December 19, 2022)
Major Payers Spent Less Than 1% of 2021 Income on Social Determinants of Health (November 15, 2022)
How CVS, Amazon and Walgreens Are Pushing into Primary Care, Home Health (November 8, 2022)
Kids in the Midwest Will Get More Blood Screenings under EPA Plan to Deal with Lead Threat (October 28, 2022)
'Literacy Is Health': Healthcare Workers Say Reading Is Tied to Medical Outcomes Later in Life (October 7, 2022)
Medicaid Coverage for Some Children Might End Soon, Experts Warn (September 22, 2022)
Hospitals Push for Early Flu Shots Amid Concerns of Severe Season (September 13, 2022)
Everything to Know about the New Crisis Hotline, 988 (June 18, 2022)
Children's Cancer Outcome Disparities Not Fully Explained by Race, Socioeconomic Factors: Presentation During Opening Press Briefing Preceding the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (May 27, 2022)
Hepatitis Outbreak in Children, What to Know (May 10, 2022)
Cerebral Stops Prescribing Adderall for New ADHD Patients as Reports of DEA Investigation Surface (May 4, 2022)
Social Determinants of Health Worsened Specialty Care Access Among People Born with Congenital Heart Disease (April 12, 2022)
What's Driving the 'Mental-Health Crisis' Among Young Americans? (March 24, 2022)
Health Affairs Study Sheds Light on the Value of Transportation Benefits (March 14, 2022)
NCQA Launches Website Offering Insight into Health Equity: https://www.ncqa.org/health-equity/ (March 11, 2022)
The Rise of 'Medtail': Why Health Care Providers Are Moving into Retail Spaces (February 23, 2022)
Teletherapy's Crucial Role in Reaching Remote Students (February 18, 2022)
Long COVID: What a New Study Revealed about Its Impact in Children (February 10, 2022)
GSK Finds Americans Missed 37M Routine Vaccinations Amid Pandemic (February 7, 2022)
Young Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women are at Higher Risk of Transactional (Survival) Sex (January 25, 2022)
Pediatric Suicide Attempts, Mental Health Cases Rose 53 Percent in 2021, Stanford Children's CEO Says (January 19, 2022)
HHS Puts $48M Toward Rural Public Health IT, Workforce Expansion (December 23, 2021)
Surgeon General Warns of Looming Youth Mental Health Crisis (December 7, 2021)
Most Racial, Ethnic Groups Underrepresented in Pediatric Clinical Trials (October 8, 2021)
Alternative Data Paired with Social Determinants Help Redraw Patient Health Outcomes (August 16, 2021)
In New Covid-19 Guidance, CDC Emphasizes Schools Fully Reopening (July 12, 2021)
Health Care Employers Must Take New Steps to Protect Against Covid-19, OSHA Says (June 11, 2021)
In Missouri and Other States, Flawed Data Makes It Hard to Track Vaccine Equity (June 4, 2021)
FQHCs Continue Vaccine Health Equity as US Faces Enthusiasm Cliff (April 22, 2021)
SDOH-Informed Primary Care Improves Patient Experience Scores (April 22, 2021)
RWJ Foundation: 10 Percent of Black Patients Report Implicit Bias in Medicine -- Download Brief (April 6, 2021)
Root of Some Health Disparities May Be Buried in Technology (March 3, 2021)
Insights on Racial and Ethnic Health Inequity in the Context of COVID-19 (July 31, 2020)
Report: 36 Percent of Missouri Students Lack Internet to Learn at Home (July 29, 2020)
Impact of coronavirus on community health centers (May 20, 2020)
Seventeen percent of children aren't getting enough food amid pandemic, research shows (May 6, 2020)
Safely back to school after coronavirus closures (April 29, 2020)
Report: Strategy needed for collecting, using data on social determinants of health (January 2, 2020)
How does socioeconomic status impact racial health disparities? (December 2, 2019)
Neighborhood poverty and pediatric intensive care use (October 30, 2019)
Addressing Health and Social Needs of Immigrant Families: Lessons from Local Communities (October 28, 2019)
Teen suicide rates jumped 56 percent over a decade, CDC data shows (October 18, 2019)
Embracing the Social Determinants of Health in pediatric healthcare (August 26, 2019)

Telemedicine & Digital Health
AMA Releases Principles for AI Use (November 28, 2023)
Why Primary Care Is Finally Going Virtual (November 27, 2023)
Mental Health App Global Market to Grow $6.5 Billion by 2028 (November 13, 2023)
Amazon Launches One Medical for Prime (November 8, 2023)
Amazon Launches One Medical for Prime Early November (November 8, 2023)
Retailers Are Flocking to the Virtual Care Market (October 31, 2023)
Walmart Launches Virtual Primary Care for Employees (October 10, 2023)
Amazon Launches Virtual Care Nationwide (August 1, 2023)
Epic, Cerner 2048: What Will EHRs Look Like in 25 Years? (June 14, 2023)
Patients Today Are Demanding A Digital-first Healthcare Experience. Make Sure Your Organization Can Meet That Demand With These Tips. (June 14, 2023)
Google Bets Big on Virtual Care, Partners with Pager (April 3, 2023)
Will Amazon and One Medical's 'Marriage' Work? We Asked Hospital Chief Digital, Innovation Officers (February 23, 2023)
Amazon Completes $3.9B Acquisition of One Medical Virtual & In-person Primary Care Company (February 22, 2023)
Blue Shield of California Teams with Accolade on New Virtual-first Plan (January 31, 2023)
Digital-First Health Insurance Provider Angle Health Raises $58 Million To Modernize Access to Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits (January 25, 2023)
CVS Health Debuts New Virtual Primary Care (January 24, 2023)
Will Your Smartphone Be the Next Doctor's Office? (January 17, 2023)
Amazon Will Be the Biggest Threat to Health Systems' Core Business (January 4, 2023)
What Providers Think About Telehealth, in 3 Charts (December 22, 2022)
More Health Systems Charging for MyChart Messages (November 28, 2022)
Amazon Clinic Makes Debut Nov 15 (November 15, 2022)
Hazel Health Nabs $51.5M to Fuel Expansion and Scale up School-based Physical, Mental Health (November 1, 2022)
Patient Preference Survey Finds Drop in Telehealth Use, ER Visits Compared to 2021 (October 28, 2022)
Most Telehealth Consumers Prefer Virtual Appointments to In-person Visits for Certain Routine Care, Survey Finds (September 30, 2022)
Most Telehealth Consumers Prefer Virtual Appointments to In-person Visits for Certain Routine Care, Survey Finds (September 30, 2022)
FTC Probe Could Delay Amazon's Deal for One Medical (September 6, 2022)
Telehealth Is Propelling Healthcare Forward. Don't Get Left Behind. Learn How Telehealth Is Impacting Care Delivery. (September 2022)
Summer Health Launches out of Stealth to Provide Access to Pediatricians Via Text Message (August 1, 2022)
Teladoc Losses Mounting to Nearly $10B in 1st Half of Year (July 28, 2022)
Walmart Health Medical Group Signals Plans to Offer Telehealth in 16 More States (June 8, 2022)
CVS Health Rolls out Virtual Primary Care Service (May 30, 2022)
Digital Front Door Spending Hits Record High of $1.9B in '21 (May 12, 2022)
New Digital Health Assessment Framework Developed to Address Privacy & Security Risks Associated with Tools and Apps Not Covered by HIPAA; to Aid Healthcare Leaders and Patients to Make Informed Digital Health Tool Adoption, Engagement and Use Decisions (May 6, 2022)
Antitrust Advocates Are Worried About Amazon's Telehealth Push (March 31, 2022)
Brightline Fuels National Expansion of Virtual, Equitable, and Affordable Family Behavioral Health Care with a $105M Series C Raise, Led by KKR (March 29, 2022)
Google Ventures the Most Active Digital Health Investor in 2021 (March 17, 2022)
There's a Big Caveat in the Telehealth Expansion that Congress Just Passed (March 12, 2022)
Good Parents Raises $16M for Pediatric Remote Monitoring Tech (March 11, 2022)
Congress to Grant 5-month Extension for Pandemic Telehealth Flexibilities with Omnibus Bill (March 9, 2022)
Report Finds Telehealth Use Lags. Can Providers Make It More Attractive to Patients? (February 27, 2022)
Amazon Care Rolls out Telehealth Services Nationwide: Four Notes (February 8, 2022)
Parents, Patients Prefer Telehealth, In-Person Combo for Asthma Care (January 27, 2022)
Pediatric ADHD Video Game Therapeutic Developer Akili Interactive to Go Public Via SPAC (January 26, 2022)
First Telehealth-Focused VC Fund Launches with $75M for Enterprise Solutions in Mental Health, Obesity, Pediatrics (January 25, 2022)
Hy-Vee Launches Telehealth, Prescription Delivery Service (December 15, 2021)
Teladoc Plans to Take on Risk in Primary Care, Expand Program to Hospital Clients (October 28, 2021)
UnitedHealthcare Launches Virtual-First Health Plan (October 19, 2021)
Teladoc Takes its Primary Care Service Nationwide with Aetna Slated to Roll out in Early 2022 (October 8, 2021)
Brave Care Nabs $25M to Roll out Pediatric Clinics Supported by Tech Platform (October 7, 2021)
CareFirst Unveils New Virtual Primary Care Practice, CloseKnit (September 15, 2021)
Babyscripts Raises $12M, Plans to Expand to All 50 States (September 13, 2021)
Telehealth Visits Fall from Pandemic Highs (September 9, 2021)
Three-quarters of Employers Have Accelerated Telehealth Offerings Amid Pandemic: Business Group (August 26, 2021)
Optum Quietly Adds Cash-Pay Virtual Care Services to Online Pharmacy (August 17, 2021)
Expanding Telehealth into Schools Proves Effective to Address Children's Health Needs (August 11, 2021)
How 'Person First' Thinking Can Improve Digital Health Tools (August 11, 2021)
Aetna Launching Nationwide Virtual Primary Care Solution (August 10, 2021)
Report: Digital Health Tools Maturing as Research, Funding Grows (August 3, 2021)
How Amazon, Walmart and Seven Others Are Expanding Their Telehealth Business (July 19, 2021)
Telehealth Use Drops for 3rd Straight Month as Patients Return to In-person Appointments (July 8, 2021)
How Health Plans are Reimagining Telehealth Reimbursement Rates--and What it Means for You (July 6, 2021)
Biden Administration 'Absolutely Supportive' of Efforts to Expand Virtual Care, HHS Official Says (June 28, 2021)
Telehealth Use Falls 37 Percent from Pandemic Highs, While Demand for Healthcare Services Projected to Flatten: Report (June 27, 2021)
Amazon Care Has Inked Deals With Multiple Companies for Telehealth Services, Executive Says (June 10, 2021)
Walmart Health Files Plans to Expand Virtual Care into 16 More States (June 7, 2021)
Most Consumers Want to Keep Using Telehealth After COVID-19 Has Passed: Survey (April 9, 2021)
Uber Expands Prescription Delivery with ScriptDrop (March 25, 2021)
The Boom in Out-of-State Telehealth Threatens In-State Providers (March 16, 2021)
People in Wealthy, Urban Areas Saw the Biggest Increase in Telehealth Use (March 15, 2021)
Trump Signs Executive Order to Cement Rural Telehealth Services: Three Things to Know (August 3, 2020)
Adapting SDoH Screening for Remote Care (June 4, 2020)
Telehealth: A Quarter-Trillion-Dollar Post-COVID-19 Reality? (May 29, 2020)
How telepsychiatry is improving access to mental health care (January 22, 2020)
Children's hospitals use technology to address social determinants of health (January 14, 2020)
Cigna expands use AI to check if patients are taking their meds (December 12, 2019)
USDA announces dozens of grants to support rural telehealth rollouts (December 3, 2019)
School-based telehealth program reduces ED visits by pediatric asthma patients (November 8, 2019)
Telehealth strategies for the next 3-5 years: five key points (October 30, 2019)
Healthcare Outside of the Hospital: three remote monitoring devices are transforming how we track health (September 10, 2019)
New app helps Los Angeles parents care for high-risk infants (August 31, 2019)
The six technologies that can most help practices, according to MGMA study (August 29, 2019)
Assistive technology helps kids connect with the world (July 29, 2019)
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Health Care Policy & Payer
CMS New Medicaid, CHIP Model Takes Whole-person Approach to Maternal Health (December 15, 2023)
Kansas Medicaid Doesn’t Cover Birth Doulas, but One Contractor Is Footing the Bill to Help Moms (November 28, 2023)
25 States with 'Failing' Medicaid Redetermination Grades (November 20, 2023)
Behavioral Health Medicaid Rates Get a Boost in Most States (November 14, 2023)
Medicaid Enrollment to Decrease by 8.6% in 2024: KFF (November 14, 2023)
One-third of Americans Burdened by Medical Debt: Study Shows Insurance Coverage Fails to Avoid It (October 26, 2023)
Employer Health Insurance Premiums Surge: KFF Survey Findings (October 18, 2023)
Kansas Mistakenly Removed 12,000 Patients from Medicaid Due to an Eligibility Processing Mistake (September 27, 2023)
Nearly Half of All Missouri Medicaid Terminations in Last Three Months Have Been Children (September 26, 2023)
AMA Identifies a Digital Health Disconnect Among Payors (September 18, 2023)
CMS Requires States to Assess Medicaid Disenrollment Process (August 30, 2023)
36 States Are Falling Short on Medicaid Redetermination Compliance, HHS Says (August 14, 2023)
CMS Releases April Medicaid Unwinding Data; Total Disenrollments Top 3.8M (July 28, 2023)
Healthcare Costs To Jump 7% In 2024: PwC (June 29, 2023)
Merger of BJC (#1 St. Louis) and Saint Luke's (#2 KC) Creates Market Leader & Will Likely Raise Hospital Prices in Missouri, Analysts Say (June 26, 2023)
Medicaid Updates from the First Half of 2023 How CVS, Walgreens Are the Front Door to Medicaid Redeterminations/Re-enrollment CMS Proposes Rate Transparency Rules for Medicaid to Increase Transparency & Accountability (June 22, 2023)
HHS Urges Governors To Adopt New Flexibilities To Keep Medicaid And CHIP Members Covered (June 13, 2023)
Cuban Increases Pharmacy Labor Fee (June 5, 2023)
Medicaid/CHIP Redeterminations Going Worse Than Expected, Experts Observed (May 19, 2023)
Insurance Commissioners Eye Cigna Following Report Of Physicians Denying Claims Without Reading Them (May 17, 2023)
Medicaid Unwinding: Redeterminations Begin April 1 (March 30, 2023)
Humana to Exit Employer Group Insurance Business Over the Next 18 to 24 Months (March 3, 2023)
CMS Puts No Surprises Act Payment Determinations on Hold After Court Loss (February 13, 2023)
Payer Startup Angle Health Raises $58M (January 26, 2023)
What Happens After People Lose Medicaid Coverage? (January 25, 2023)
Managed Care Plans, States Can Now Text Medicaid Beneficiaries to Warn of Enrollment Changes (January 24, 2023)
HHS, CMS Guidance Boosts Access to Specialty Behavioral Healthcare (January 11, 2023)
Key Trends for Payers and Providers in 2023 (January 11, 2023)
Some Missourians Could Lose Medicaid Coverage as Eligibility Renewals Restart April 1 (January 4, 2023)
'It's Finally Here': States Have Long Sought Medicaid Eligibility Redetermination Deadline (December 22, 2022)
HHS to US Governors: COVID-19 Flexibilities Available (December 12, 2022)
ACA Open Enrollment Period Begins: Six Changes to Know (October 31, 2022)
Apple Reportedly Launching Health Insurance in 2024 (October 18, 2022)
MGMA Survey: New Good Faith Estimates Causing Extreme Burdens for Physician Practices (October 12, 2022)
Payers Are Steering Their Members to Mark Cuban's Pharmacy (October 6, 2022)
Optum, Change Healthcare Complete $7.8B Merger (October 3, 2022)
Hazel Health Chief Health Officer, Travis Gayles, MD, PhD: Managed Healthcare Executive's Emerging Health Leaders Feature Interview (September 24, 2022)
Judge Signs off on UnitedHealth Group $7.8B acquisition of Change Healthcare (September 20, 2022)
Anthem Plans to Change Name, Rebrand to Elevance Health (March 10, 2022)
Medicaid Enrollment Is at an All-time High. Millions May Soon Get Kicked Off. (March 1, 2022)
HealthCare.com Scores Additional $31.5M and More Digital Health Fundings (February 8, 2022)
Senators to Craft Major Mental Health Package with Focus on Reforming Pay Parity, Expand Telehealth (February 8, 2022)
CMS Commits Over $49 Million to Fund Health Care Coverage through Medicaid and CHIP to Reduce Number of Uninsured Children (January 27, 2022)
Centene to Pay Kansas $27.6M to Settle Drug Overbilling Allegations (December 7, 2021)
A Third of U.S. Kids Lack Good and Consistent Health Insurance (December 6, 2021)
Schedule Online Visits First? It's the Next Big Thing in Health Insurance (October 15, 2021)
CMS Announces Expansion, Nearly $1B in New Funding for Missouri Medicaid (October 4, 2021)
UnitedHealthcare Awarding $11.4 Million to Social Determinants Programs in 18 States (July 22, 2021)
Amazon Is in Talks with Insurers to Cover Amazon Care (July 12, 2021)
The Status of Medicaid Expansion in Missouri and Implications for Coverage and Cost (June 30, 2021)
Biden Quietly Transforms Medicaid Safety Net (June 25, 2021)
Medicaid, CHIP Saw Enrollment Boost During Coronavirus Pandemic (June 24, 2021)
CMS: Mental Health Services Decline by Double-digits for Medicaid, CHIP Beneficiaries Last Year (May 14, 2021)
Hit by Higher Prices for Gear, Doctors and Dentists Want Insurers to Pay (May 8, 2021)
Here Are the Physician Specialties That Got a Big Pay Bump in 2020 and the Ones That Took a Salary Hit (April 16, 2021)
How CMS Final Rule Will Impact E/M Coding and Documentation Requirements (April 12, 2021)
UnitedHealthcare, Humana & More: Five Payers Expanding Telehealth Strategies (March 31, 2021)
Increase in Medicaid Managed Care for Youth Linked to Slightly More Preventive Care (March 1, 2021)
CMS to Revamp the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program: To Encompass Value Based Pricing (July 29, 2020)
CMS Relaxing More Value-Based Model Requirements in Wake of Pandemic (June 3, 2020)
Private Insurance Telehealth Claim Lines Increase 4,347% Nationally from March 2019 to March 2020 (June 2, 2020)
How provider relationships shape value-based care quality measures (February 11, 2020)
Congress approves $1.4T spending deal that repeals ACA taxes (December 20, 2019)
Price transparency rule on ice in win for providers (November 1, 2019)
Children's uninsured rate rose 400k, experts blame White House (October 31, 2019)
State-run reinsurance programs reduce ACA premiums by 16.9% on average (October 29, 2019)
Our take (The Advisory Board): How CMS will change physician payment in 2020
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Workforce & Operations
Physicians are suffering, and they need help (January 1, 2020)
Tech-based population health strategy reduces readmissions, shortens stays Study (December 27, 2019)
Burnout in pediatric residents: three years of national survey data (December 12, 2019)
Fifteen tips for coping with health-care related work stress (October 21, 2019)
Pediatric sepsis cases 12 times costlier than other childhood hospitalizations (August 29, 2019)
Missouri will rank among top five for nurse surplus by 2030 (August 26, 2019)

Health Care Transformation & Innovation
The Long Road to 'Physician Associate' (November 29, 2023)
Why Orlando Health Became Walmart's 1st Hospital Partner (November 6, 2023)
Amazon Pharmacy Rolls out Drone Delivery to Customers in Texas (October 18, 2023)
Impact of School-Based Interventions on Pediatric Obesity: A Systematic Review (August 8, 2023)
Five Innovations That Are Revolutionizing Global Healthcare: WHO Says Healthcare Innovation Is Accelerating at Unprecedented Scale (February 22, 2023)
New Study Shows First FDA-cleared Video Game Treatment for Pediatric ADHD Improves Brain Function (March 2, 2022)
Doctor Pioneers Pacemaker Procedure in Kids (February 9, 2022)
A Robot Performed Laparoscopic Surgery Without Human Help (January 28, 2022)
Five Pediatric Electrophysiology Devices You Need to Know (December 13, 2021)
Walmart Files to Provide Healthcare in 37 States as it Pushes Deeper into Telehealth (July 20, 2021)
How Amazon Care's Pay-by-Usage Model Targets Big Employers (May 10, 2021)
Six Innovations That Are Propelling Health Systems Into the Future (April 5, 2021)
Equitable Access To Healthcare Starts With Affordable Broadband For All (March 30, 2021)
Five Proposals Receive Seed Funds to Develop Medical Devices for Children - Pennsylvania Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (PPDC) (March 16, 2021)
Adopt a Millennial Mindset for 21st Century Healthcare Success (March 11, 2021)
Four of the Biggest Healthcare Trends CVS Health Says to Watch in 2021 (March 9, 2021)
Federal Watchdog Raises Concerns About Increasing Telehealth Fraud During Pandemic (February 22, 2021)
Innovative Programs Address Inequality in Young Children's Development (February 19, 2021)

Patient Access & Experience
Kansas' Unrivaled Rural Hospital Crisis: 58% At Risk Of Closing, 82% Lost Money On Patient Care (December 13, 2023)
The Mark Cuban Effect on Payers' Drug Pricing (December 5, 2023)
Large Areas of Missouri and Kansas Lack Primary Care Doctors: How Can Medical Schools Help? (November 15, 2023)
Rural Kansas Hospital in Herington Abruptly Closes; Gov. Laura Kelly Campaigns for Medicaid Expansion (October 11, 2023)
How Uber Eats Is Getting into Healthcare in 2024 (September 27, 2023)
Judge Denies Request to Halt Missouri's Gender-affirming Medical Care Ban (August 29, 2023)
Amazon Tiers Healthcare Prices (August 24, 2023)
The Gas Station Company Delving into Urgent Care (August 16, 2023)
More Than Half (60 of 104) of Rural Kansas Hospitals at Risk of Closing (August 9, 2023)
One-third (19 of 57) of Missouri's Rural Hospitals Are at Risk of Closure: Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform Report (August 3, 2023)
New CHA Report Urges Congress to Address Children's Physical and Mental Health Care Needs in Planning for Future Pandemics and Disasters (July 18, 2023)
Amazon Discounts Healthcare in Prime Day First (July 11, 2023)
Healthcare Billing Fraud: 11 Recent Cases (July 5, 2023)
Americans Are Turning to 'Doctor Walmart,' Amazon, Dollar General for Healthcare (June 22, 2023)
Mark Cuban's Drug Company Doubles Local Pharmacy Network (June 9, 2023)
CVS-owned Oak Street Health Announces Opening Of Its First Value-based Primary Care Clinic In Kansas (KCK) (June 2, 2023)
CMS: 'Substantial' Portion Of Medicaid Terminations Due To Red Tape (June 1, 2023)
Rural Healthcare In 2030: What Four Experts Say It May Look Like (May 19, 2023)
The First Five States to Disenroll Residents from Medicaid: Seven Notes (April 3, 2023)
CVS Health Expands to the Home with $8B Signify Health Deal (March 29, 2023)
Amazon, CVS, Optum, Walgreens, Walmart: Which Disruptors Have the Most Clinics (March 9, 2023)
Atrium, Best Buy Partner on Home-based Care (March 7, 2023)
Many Patients Leave the Doctor's Office with Unanswered Questions: Survey (February 16, 2023)
Amazon Pharmacy Rolls out Service for Unlimited Generic Drug Prescriptions for $5 a Month (January 24, 2023)
Optum Rolls out New Tool That Automatically Offers Members the Lowest Generic Price (January 23, 2023)
Amazon a Step Closer to $3.9B One Medical Acquisition (January 3, 2023)
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Adds 82 Drugs to Portfolio (November 27, 2022)
'The Panic Sets in': Millions of ADHD Patients Are Struggling Amid an Adderall Shortage (November 21, 2022)
Mark Cuban's Next Goals: Enter Brand-name Drugs Market, Accept Insurance (November 17, 2022)
Amazon Clinic Makes Debut: 6 Things to Know (November 15, 2022)
Lawrence Teen's Struggle to Get Help after Brush with Suicidal Thoughts Illustrates Systemic Issues (November 2, 2022)
GoodRx Launches Provider-facing Tool to Bring Drug Savings, Specialty Drug Enrollment to the Exam Room (October 14, 2022)
Mark Cuban's Pharmacy Nears 1 Million Customers (September 7, 2022)
UnitedHealth, Walmart Partner on Value-based Senior Care, Will Launch Co-branded Health Plan (September 7, 2022)
Optum vs. Amazon After the $3.9B One Medical Deal (July 26, 2022)
Will Amazon Change Healthcare?: Health System CIOs Weigh One Medical's Acquisition (July 26, 2022)
CVS Health Launches a New Virtual Primary Care Service: Range of Health Offerings - Clinical Services, Expertise and Data in One Coordinated Platform, Giving Members the Access to Primary Care, Mental Health and Chronic Pain Management as Well as Option; CVS Health Virtual Primary Care Press Release (May 26, 2022)
Walmart, CVS and Others Blocking ADHD Drug Prescriptions from Online Startups (April 28, 2022)
The 15 Best, Worst States for Physicians in 2022 (March 21, 2022)
Amazon's Alexa Is Now a Healthcare Provider (February 17, 2022)
HHS Launches $14M Telehealth Program to Expand Mental Healthcare to Children (May 24, 2021)
As Healthcare Consumerization Gains Steam, Organizations Must Balance Convenient Service and Quality Care (April 21, 2021)
The Digital Mental Health Market is Booming. Here's Why Some Experts Are Concerned (April 21, 2021)
With Consumers' Health and Privacy on the Line, Do Mental Wellness Apps Need More Oversight? (April 21, 2021)
Lyft Launches Non-emergency Medical Transport -- Upon Patient Request (April 15, 2021)
Social Media Can Have a Good Effect on Behavioral Health (April 7, 2021)

Our Region
KDHE Releases the Healthy Kansans 2030 State Health Assessment Report (November 14, 2022)
Olathe Health Signs Letter of Intent to Join The University of Kansas Health System (October 5, 2022)
No Funds for Oklahoma Children's if Gender-affirming Care Continues: Governor Decides (October 4, 2022)
University of Kansas Medical Center Announces $9M Federal Grant to Fund KanAWARE: Multi-agency Project to Improve K-12 Student Behavioral Health in SE Kansas Corridor (September 13, 2022)
University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus Topeka CEO Steve Anderson to Resign (April 4, 2022)

Health Equity
Top States for Racial Health Equity: US News (November 17, 2023)
Twenty States Have Banned Youth Gender-Affirming Care: Interactive Map Showing Practice Limitations, Exemptions, Penalties (June 12, 2023)
Missouri Governor Signs Laws, Joins Growing List Of States Imposing Limits On Transgender Health Care, Athletes (June 7, 2023)
Texas Bans Gender-affirming Care For Minors (June 5, 2023)
Many Americans Face 'Hunger Crisis' As Food Insecurity Rises (May 31, 2023)
Transgender Kansans Brace For Sweeping New Law To Take Effect (May 25, 2023)
Missouri Transgender Care: Court Hearing From Lawsuit Seeking To Block Sweeping Restrictions Delayed Until July 20 (May 5, 2023)
5 Imperatives for Health Equity: How Health Systems Can Make Healthcare More Equitable and Better Meet the Needs of Their Patients When, Where, and How They Need It. (April 7, 2023)
Food-insecure Households Spend More on Health Care (January 10, 2023)
How Value-based Payments to Clinicians Can Help Close Equity Gaps (December 28, 2022)
At Least 24 Hospitals, Providers Have Been Targeted Online and Offline for Gender-Affirming Care, Report Says (December 15, 2022)
New Vital Signs Report -- Inequities in Flu Vaccination (October 28, 2022)
Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Information (September 2022)
Health and Poverty in Rural Children Podcast

Cybersecurity Updates & Advisories
HCA Notifies 11 Million Patients Affected in Data Breach (August 14, 2023)
171 Hospitals Affected in HCA Data Theft (July 14, 2023)
11 Million Patients May Be Affected In HCA Data Theft (July 10, 2023)
Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats And Protecting Patients - 2023 Guide (June 2023)

Kansas Medicaid KanCare Bid
Nonprofit Health Plan UCare Hires Former Kansas Medicaid Director Jon Hamdorf to Lead Effort (June 29, 2023)
Healthy Blue Leader Chosen as BCBS/Anthem Partnership Prepares to Compete (June 27, 2023)