Medicare and Medicaid have approved a new test for two blood cancers that was developed by Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Richard Cote at the School of Medicine said the test advances precision, or personalized, medicine for blood cancer treatment by...
Medicare is cutting payments to 62 Missouri hospitals for having high rates of patient readmissions, infections and injuries. The penalties are based on Medicare patients who had originally been treated for heart failure, heart attack, pneumonia, chronic lung disease,...
The Medicare Open Enrollment period opens Friday, October 15th, and closes December 7th. The enrollment period offers Missourians a chance to change their Part D drug coverage or Medicare Advantage plans. The Department of Commerce and Insurance says the plan a person...
Most Missouri state offices will be closed on Friday, in observance of Truman Day. Harry Truman, America’s 33rd President, was born 137 years ago in southwest Missouri’s Lamar. He was born in 1884. Truman was vice president in 1945, when President Franklin...
Roughly 10,000 people age into Medicare healthcare coverage each day in the United States. In Missouri, about 1.16 million individuals are Medicare beneficiaries. Each year, an open enrollment period gives Missourians on Medicare the chance to review their...
