West-central Missouri Congressman Mark Alford has introduced legislation he says could help keep rural hospitals from closing their doors. The bill known as Sustaining Rural Healthcare Act would create a new designation for hospitals—one Alford believes will expand...
Access to healthcare in rural Missouri continues to be a challenge, especially as smaller clinics and hospitals close their doors. But Boone Health is stepping up to help fill that gap. On Thursday, the health system announced plans to build a new clinic in Glasgow in...
Boone Health announced Thursday that a new clinic will be built in Glasgow, located in the northwest part of central Missouri. Christian Basi Boone Health Director of Marketing and Communications told Missourinet that it is an upgrade to its existing clinic aimed at...
The Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) is asking for public feedback on its Rural Health Transformation Program. Kirk Mathews, Chief Information Officer for Missouri Medicaid, told Missourinet that the effort is tied to billions of dollars of funding from...
Medicaid cuts could force small town and inner-city hospitals to close. But some healthcare companies say that Artificial Intelligence could help them stay afloat. Don Rubin is president of BioSTL, a nonprofit group that invests in high-tech startups. He suggests that...
