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Kansas City childcare operator indicted for defrauding Missouri COVID-19 program
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City woman and childcare operator has been indicted for defrauding a state program to receive federal COVID funds. Yolanda Dale, 52, is charged with two counts of theft of government funds and two counts of aggravated identity theft, federal prosecutors say. In 2023,...
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Henry County Health Center Makes BIG Impact With Nursing Investment
Last week, 17 students, 16 women and one man, started the Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Program at the Clinton campus of State Fair Community College. This item is available in full to subscribers. Attention readers. We have recently launched a new and improved website. To continue reading, you will need...
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Main entrance to University Hospital temporarily closed for construction
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Patients and visitors to University Hospital in Columbia are being encouraged to allow extra time due to construction at the main entrance. MU Health Care shared on Facebook that the main entrance and circle drive will be closed until the end of September for construction starting Monday. This includes both vehicle and The post Main entrance to University Hospital temporarily closed for construction appeared first on ABC17NEWS .
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Missouri’s ‘Food is Medicine’ Act takes effect Friday, aims to help Medicare and Medicaid patients afford nutritious food
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A new law called the “Food is Medicine” Act takes effect Friday, Aug. 28, establishing a program to help pay for nutritional food for people on Medicare and Medicaid. The law shares its name with a program Ozarks Food Harvest launched earlier this year.
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St. Louis Medicaid Manager Fired After Reporting Racial Bias in Caseloads, Suit Says
A former regional manager for Missouri's Medicaid home-care assessment program has sued the state health department, alleging it saddled a mostly Black team of St. Louis assessors with the most dangerous and difficult caseloads, then fired her after she reported the pattern. Anjali Salik, who oversaw operations in St. Louis and St. Louis County, filed the lawsuit Wednesday claiming the department ran what her attorneys describe as a two-track system dividing assignments by race.
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Missouri’s ‘Food is Medicine’ Act takes effect Friday, aims to help Medicare and Medicaid patients afford nutritious food
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MU Board of Curators approves changes to MU Health Care employee PTO
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Changes are coming to MU Health Care employees’ paid-time off. An MU Health Care spokesman confirmed the changes were approved by the Board of Curators during an Aug. 4 meeting. MU Health Care had announced pending changes earlier this summer when it announced a slew of layoffs and the closure of Hy-Vee The post MU Board of Curators approves changes to MU Health Care employee PTO appeared first on ABC17NEWS .
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Monroe City nursing home administrator named Administrator of the Year for District 6
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‘It’s in memory of my mother-in-law’: New mobile podiatry service coming to the Tri-States
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MU program gives future health care providers firsthand look at rural Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo., (KBSI) — A University of Missouri program is giving future health care professionals firsthand experience in rural communities as the state works to address provider shortages and access to care. The Rural Immersion Program, a partnership between the MU School of Medicine’s Rural Scholars Program and MU...