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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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Contaminated water ways
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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...
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New contamination study on some Missouri waterways
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Missouri dental practice outgrows current office, plans new location
A dental practice in Fulton, Mo., is planning a new location after outgrowing its current office, according to an Aug. 22 report from Fulton Sun. Fulton Dental Center is seeking a rezoning of a property that will be the site of the new practice, which will have space for three dentists and up to 25 additional staff members.