A Missouri Senate bill would require maternity health insurance plans to cover home blood‑pressure monitors. The sponsor, Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern, D-Clay County, said it’s needed because heart‑related conditions are now a leading cause of pregnancy complications. “When...
A new state‑backed rural doctor training program in Missouri appears to already be paying off. Dr. Jared James with MU Health Care said the program is already underway in the mid‑Missouri towns of Versailles and California. “From some of the statistics that we have...
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...
Columbia-based Boone Health is starting a search for a strategic partner to share resources. Christian Basi, communications director for Boone Health, told Missourinet, they are growing. “The catch is, is that we need to grow faster and to do that we need the help of...
