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Department of Natural Resources now accepting Well Plugging Grant applications

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, OCT. 26, 2026 - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for Well Plugging grants from eligible public water systems through Feb. 28, 2027. The grant offers up to $20,000 per project to properly plug wells that, if left unplugged, may present a contamination risk to groundwater resources used by a regulated public water system.

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Ozark Center Sets the Standard for Crisis Care in Southwest Missouri

Officials with the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH) recently gave special recognition to members of Ozark Center Crisis Intervention Team by ranking them as. the No. 2 mobile crisis response team in Missouri. In 2026, Ozark Center provided 1,479 Mobile Crisis Response (MCR) face-to-face interventions or telephone evaluations to...

Missouri · 11d
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Missouri Awards $39.4 million to modernize Rural Healthcare Services

The Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) has awarded approximately $39.4 million in Smart Growth and Service Line Modernization funding under Missouri’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). These investments represent a significant step forward in expanding access to essential healthcare services in rural communities and will support improvements in maternal health, behavioral health, diagnostic services, outpatient care, and chronic disease management.

Missouri · 9d
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Ozark Center ranks No. 2 in Missouri for mobile crisis responses

JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) - Ozark Center’s Crisis Intervention Team ranked second in Missouri for mobile crisis responses, according to state figures released by the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

Missouri · 11d

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Missouri gives Medicaid adults 35 days to answer a work-rule notice

Missouri Medicaid adults who get a notice saying they have not met the new work rule will have 35 calendar days, counted from the date on the notice, to answer it. The state Department of Social Services sets out the window in its frequently asked questions on community engagement requirements. The requirements start January 1, […]

Missouri · 13d

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Cole County Commission approves moving ahead with next phase of EMS facility renovation

A plan to renovate the Cole County Emergency Medical Services building is moving into its second phase. During Tuesday’s Cole County Commission meeting, EMS Chief Eric Hoy said the building on Southridge Drive was bought used and needed repairs. “In the back bay where the ambulance services used to...

Cole County, MO · 12d

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Missouri gets ready for new Medicaid work requirements that could kick thousands off coverage

Missouri officials are preparing to upgrade the state's system for verifying whether people are eligible for MO HealthNet, the state's Medicaid program, ahead of new federal work requirements set to take effect at the end of the year. The Missouri Department of Social Services, which administers the program to approximately...

Missouri · 14d

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MU Health Care to buy Summit Pharmacy in Holts Summit

MU Health Care is in the process of acquiring a pharmacy in Holts Summit. The health system has signed an agreement to purchase Summit Pharmacy at 140 Northstar Drive, with the transaction expected to be finalized in December. Once the location is officially bought, Summit Pharmacy will be the 12th...

Holts Summit, MO · 14d

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Thousands of Missourians lose federal health insurance

Missouri · 12d

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Needed dental care is within reach for more people around Kansas City, but Medicaid cuts loom

When a dental surgery center in Independence opens next month, it will be the first in the state exclusively for Medicaid patients. The center, which will provide dental care requiring anesthesia to children and adults, wouldn’t have been possible even five years ago, before Missouri began an overhaul of the dental care offered through its Medicaid program, MO HealthNet, said Dr. Aaron Bumann, a pediatric dentist who is one of the center’s founders.

Independence, MO · 13d

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Missouri Senate candidate Keri Ingle says she'll prioritize funding for public education, Medicaid

In an election year that many analysts are predicting will be strong for Democrats across the country, party leaders in Missouri are hoping to cash in, too. Earlier this year, an analysis from Ballotpedia identified the state as “highly exposed” to breaking its long-running Republican supermajorities in the Missouri General Assembly.

Missouri · 16d

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Forever Chemicals Turn Up at Every Missouri Water Site Near Kansas City

St. Louis Skyline Viewpoint — Weather Coverage Skyline Backdrop. Every single Missouri waterway sampled for PFAS between 2022 and 2024 came back contaminated, according to a new report, including popular fishing spots just north of Kansas City. Researchers found the so-called forever chemicals at all 20 testing locations examined across the state, a result that raises fresh questions about drinking water, fish and wildlife in waterways many Missourians use every day.

Kansas City, MO · 17d

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Kansas City Nonprofit Sends Doulas Into Gaps Left by Vanishing Missouri Maternity Wards

A Kansas City nonprofit is stepping into a widening void left by Missouri hospitals that keep shutting down their labor and delivery units, sending doulas, community health workers and sometimes midwives directly to pregnant people who otherwise have nowhere nearby to turn. Altruism Inc. has already supported more than 200 families and handed out more than 38,000 diapers since its Maternal and Infant Health Center opened, according to its own figures. The need keeps growing as more of the state goes without basic obstetric care.

Missouri · 17d

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Missouri ramps up preparations for new Medicaid work requirements

Missouri officials are preparing to upgrade the state's system for verifying whether people are eligible for MO HealthNet, the state's Medicaid program, ahead of new federal work requirements set to take effect at the end of the year. The Missouri Department of Social Services, which administers the program to approximately...

Missouri · 17d

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Children’s Mercy: 400 kids face coverage loss as Medica exits; other plans won’t deal

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) — Children’s Mercy provided a new update Thursday after sharing that the hospital will no longer be in-network with Affordable Care Act Marketplace insurance come January. The new statement said that approximately 400 Children’s Mercy patients in Kansas and Missouri may lose coverage due...

Missouri · 18d

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Illinois state retirees among those affected as BJC HealthCare drops Aetna, Anthem Medicare Advantag

Illinois · 17d

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Missouri Medicaid expansion members will get no short-term hardship exception when work rules begin January 1, 2027

Missouri adults on Medicaid expansion who lose a job, get sick for a short spell or face a family emergency will not get an automatic pass when work rules begin January 1, 2027. The Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) says the state is not using the optional short-term hardship exception. The rule is posted […] The post Missouri Medicaid expansion members will get no short-term hardship exception when work rules begin January 1, 2027 appeared first on The Money Overview .

Missouri · 19d

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Truman Veterans' Hospital gains VA infrastructure funding

The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital in Columbia received infrastructure funding as part of $4.8 billion in spending by the Veterans Administration. The funding goes toward modernizing, repairing and improving VA health care facilities in fiscal year 2026, according to a news release from the veterans' hospital. In the...

Columbia, MO · 18d

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Missouri’s Largest Hospital System Just Went Out of Network for 85,000 St. Louis Seniors on Aetna and Anthem Medicare Advantage

St. Louis Seniors Did Not Lose Their Insurance — They Lost Their Hospital. When Medicare open enrollment opened on October 15, most St. Louis seniors on Aetna or Anthem Medicare Advantage assumed they had until December 7 to compare plans and decide. They were right about the deadline. They may not have known what they were deciding about.

St. Louis, MO · 19d