Auditor Nicole Galloway has released her review of the state’s home and community-based services program to assist disabled and elderly Medicaid-eligible Missourians. The report examined the effectiveness of recent cost-saving measures approved by the legislature and recommended continued improvement to processes for determining and authorizing individual need. The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) […]
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Ballot initiatives on medical marijuana in the November 6th election simplified
On Tuesday, November 6, 2018, voters will see three medical marijuana initiatives on their ballots—Amendment 2, Amendment 3, and proposition C. Voters are permitted to vote “yes” or “no” on each of the ballot measures. You can read the full text of each ballot issue in the November 6 General Election by going to the Missouri […]
Audio: Missouri Health Department admits personal information of 10,000 people breached
The state of Missouri mailed letters last week to 10,400 individuals informing them their personal information was breached almost two months earlier. The Department of Health and Senior Services issued a generic news release Friday noting the breach occurred sometime before September 30th. But the agency also says the state discovered the situation […]
Grundy County Health Department signs contract to provide WIC services
The Grundy County Health Department of Trenton announces that a contract has been signed with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to continue to provide Women, Infants, and Children services for the federal fiscal year 2019. Under the terms of the contract, the health department will serve 265 persons eligible for WIC every […]
Former executive at Preferred Family Healthcare pleads guilty to concealment of $30M embezzlement scheme
A former executive of a Springfield, Mo., charity pleaded guilty in federal court to misprision (the deliberate concealment of one’s knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony.) of a felony in connection with the concealment of a multi-million-dollar scheme by which other charity executives embezzled and diverted millions of dollars from the Springfield nonprofit […]
Would Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS nomination endanger Missouri waterways?
Could Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court mean more polluted waterways in Missouri? The state chapter of the Sierra Club believes so, pointing to a ruling Kavanaugh says is one of his “most significant.” In 2014, Kavanaugh argued the EPA should have considered monetary costs when it implemented regulations on mercury and […]
A detailed listing of laws that take effect in Missouri on August, 28, 2018
Below is a synopsis of some of the new legislation the Missouri General Assembly recently enacted that is related to crime and motor vehicles. The listed legislation has been signed into law. Unless otherwise noted, these laws went into effect August 28, 2018. The public needs to be aware of several of these new laws […]
Department of Health and Senior Services working to to ensure continuation of the Time Critical Diagnosis System
The Department of Health and Senior Services is working with partners, including hospitals, providers, and emergency medical service professionals to ensure funding for the Time Critical Diagnosis System will remain steady moving forward. The TCD System is a statewide system that brings together the 911 response system, ambulance services, and hospitals in a coordinated way […]
Keeping up with kids’ dental health during Summer vacation
Summer is a time when kids might get away with less sleep and eat fewer meals, but it’s not a time dental health should be ignored. In 2016, Missouri’s Kids Count found that 73 percent of the state’s kids had teeth considered in excellent or very good condition. Program director Tracy Greever-Rice said that’s despite […]
United States Senator calls for federal investigation into billing at Putnam County Memorial Hospital
United States Senator Claire McCaskill has called for a federal investigation of questionable billing practices at Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville. McCaskill wrote a letter requesting the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services examine billing that occurred when management company Hospital Partners used the hospital as a pass-through for millions […]
4 months later, still no prescription monitoring in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A prescription drug monitoring program for Missouri, the last holdout for a program aimed at curbing opioid abuse, is still not operational, nearly four months after Gov. Eric Greitens signed an executive order to establish it. The head of the state agency that will oversee the plan told the Kansas […]