Health Care Law Puts Free Clinics At A Crossroads
Free health clinics have long been places people turn to when they don't have health insurance or any money to pay for care. But the health law's expansion of coverage puts free clinics in uncharted...
View ArticleFast Food Chains In Cafeterias Put Hospitals In A Bind
On one side of a wall inside the Truman Medical Center cafeteria in Kansas City, Missouri, the menu features low-calorie, low-fat and low-sodium meals.
View ArticleMissouri, Kansas Reject Health Exchanges
Immediately after last week's election, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced the state would not be setting up its own health insurance exchange. Next door in Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback announced that...
View ArticleHospital Bids Bye-Bye To Big Macs, Others May Follow Suit
The McDonald's at the Truman Medical Centers' main campus in Kansas City, Mo., has closed, ending an epic, two-decade stint inside the hospital and making it the fifth health facility in the past few...
View ArticleGot A Health Care Puzzle? There Should Be An App!
Kansas City, Mo., is looking to boost its health-tech cred.So the city that's home to Cerner Corp. and other health information firms seemed a natural to host something called the Hackovate Health...
View ArticleCerner Fights For Share In Electronic Medical Records Boom
This is a story about data. Lots and lots of data. And they're not just any data — they're extremely sensitive data.The U.S. health system is undergoing a fundamental technological shift right now....
View ArticlePennsylvania Governor Talks Up Plan To Expand Medicaid His Way
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett may have been watching fellow Republican Gov. John Kasich of Ohio who bypassed the Republican Legislature in his state this week to expand Medicaid.As part of the...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Children's Hospital Bars Herbs And Supplements
One of the nation's largest and oldest children's hospitals is cracking down on parents who bring their kids herbs, extracts or other dietary supplements.In what it describes as a break from other...
View ArticleYoung People Are Falling Into A Health Insurance Subsidy Gap
Some young people seeking to buy health insurance are finding themselves falling into a subsidy gap that leaves them ineligible for financial assistance that was heavily advertised.Subsidies in the...
View ArticleHealth Care Law Puts Free Clinics At A Crossroads
Free health clinics have long been places people turn to when they don't have health insurance or any money to pay for care. But the health law's expansion of coverage puts free clinics in uncharted...
View ArticleFast Food Chains In Cafeterias Put Hospitals In A Bind
On one side of a wall inside the Truman Medical Center cafeteria in Kansas City, Missouri, the menu features low-calorie, low-fat and low-sodium meals. On the other side of the wall is a McDonald's,...
View ArticleMissouri, Kansas Reject Health Exchanges
Immediately after last week's election, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced the state would not be setting up its own health insurance exchange. Next door in Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback announced that...
View ArticleHospital Bids Bye-Bye To Big Macs, Others May Follow Suit
The McDonald's at the Truman Medical Centers' main campus in Kansas City, Mo., has closed, ending an epic, two-decade stint inside the hospital and making it the fifth health facility in the past few...
View ArticleGot A Health Care Puzzle? There Should Be An App!
Kansas City, Mo., is looking to boost its health-tech cred. So the city that's home to Cerner Corp. and other health information firms seemed a natural to host something called the Hackovate Health...
View ArticleCerner Fights For Share In Electronic Medical Records Boom
This is a story about data. Lots and lots of data. And they're not just any data — they're extremely sensitive data. The U.S. health system is undergoing a fundamental technological shift right now....
View ArticlePennsylvania Governor Talks Up Plan To Expand Medicaid His Way
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett may have been watching fellow Republican Gov. John Kasich of Ohio who bypassed the Republican Legislature in his state this week to expand Medicaid. As part of the...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Children's Hospital Bars Herbs And Supplements
One of the nation's largest and oldest children's hospitals is cracking down on parents who bring their kids herbs, extracts or other dietary supplements. In what it describes as a break from other...
View ArticleYoung People Are Falling Into A Health Insurance Subsidy Gap
Some young people seeking to buy health insurance are finding themselves falling into a subsidy gap that leaves them ineligible for financial assistance that was heavily advertised. Subsidies in the...
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