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The Missouri Hospital Association released its 2026 Triennial Population Health Assessment Report, highlighting Missouri hospitals’ progress in advancing population health initiatives and identifying opportunities for continued improvement.The …

Two visionary leaders will be recognized for their work in improving care and health in the communities they serve on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Missouri Hospital Association’s 104th Annual Convention in Kansas City, Mo. The 2026 Visionary Leadership …

State Reps. John Voss, R-Cape Girardeau; David Dolan, R-Sikeston; Steve Jordan, R-Advance; and Lucas Green, candidate for the state representative in Missouri’s 146th House District, all recently visited Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape …

National Health Care Facilities and Engineering Week, observed Oct. 25-31, recognizes the professionals who keep hospitals safe, efficient and ready to support exceptional patient care. From maintaining critical infrastructure and life safety …

Check out these leadership changes from hospitals around the state for the month of October 2026:Harrison County Community Hospital Names Nikki Hendren As Interim CEONikki Hendren has been named interim CEO of Harrison County Community Hospital in …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a proposed rule to reform transparency and affordability within the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs. The proposals are due to recently enacted legislation contained within the …

The Missouri Hospital Association has grown its membership to 138 member hospitals with the addition of two new member facilities, St. Louis Children’s at CoxHealth in Springfield, Mo. and Three Trails Behavioral Hospital in Blue Springs, Mo.The …

The Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative, in partnership with the Missouri Hospital Association, published the “Neonatal Encephalopathy Screening and Treatment Initiation” resource workbook, the latest in a series of guidance resources to help …

As leaders reimagine the health care system, one emerging investment strategy has promise to add stability in both costs and the supply chain — health care utilities. These nonprofit businesses are designed to stabilize access to common but …

Unexpected hospital stays don't have to prevent Missourians from voting. State law ensures that registered voters who are hospitalized, confined due to illness or injury, or residing in a residential care or skilled nursing facility can still cast a …

The Missouri Department of Social Services introduced an H.R. 1 Communications Toolkit designed to help community organizations, health care providers, advocates, and other partners understand upcoming federal policy changes and communicate them …

The Missouri Hospital Association is proud to announce the graduating class of the 23rd annual Health Care Leadership Series, a comprehensive educational program designed to help hospitals develop effective leaders.This year, 47 leaders from 28 …

Rep. Darin Chappell, R-Rogersville, recently toured Mercy Hospital Springfield and CoxHealth in Springfield, Mo., and met with their leaders to discuss improving access to care while controlling costs.At Mercy, Chappell walked through the emergency …

The Missouri Hospital Association will honor three hospitals with its 2026 Aim for Excellence Award at MHA’s 104th Annual Convention in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday, Nov. 4. The awards will be presented to Harrison County Community Hospital in …

Missouri’s health care workforce grows when students are introduced to careers early, connected with strong partners and shown clear pathways into the field. The Missouri Hospital Association is proud to support members through events that make …

The Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative, in partnership with the Missouri Hospital Association, published the "Maternal and Exposed Infant Hepatitis C" resource workbook, the latest in a series of guidance resources to help mitigate the causes …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a proposed rule to amend the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments regulations to codify virtual access to digital lab data, results, and live imaging; update gynecologic cytology …

The Missouri Hospital Association will honor Phillip “Joe” Smith as the 2026 Trustee of the Year at MHA’s 104th Annual Convention in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday, Nov. 4, during the Celebration of Achievement Awards Dinner. Smith has served as a …

Hospitals are trusted sources of health information, and two timely topics are top of mind this season: Medicare Open Enrollment and respiratory virus season. The Missouri Hospital Association has ready-to-use toolkits to help your hospital spread …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a final rule to “improve the accessibility of pricing disclosures to participants, beneficiaries, and enrollees, and the standardization and reliability of the public pricing disclosures from …

More than 40 rural hospital leaders from across Missouri participated in the Missouri Hospital Association’s rural advocacy trip Sept. 29-30 in Washington, D.C. Hospital leaders met with staff from U.S. Reps. Mark Alford, Eric Burlison, Sam Graves, …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a final rule to address the increasingly expensive cost of drugs in Original Medicare Part B while preserving or enhancing Medicare beneficiaries’ quality of care.  The Global Benchmark for …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued fiscal year 2027 Medicare payment and policy correction notices for selected prospective payment systems. The correction notice is a result of two incorrectly classified hospitals from …

Health care leaders from across Missouri convened Sept. 23 in Columbia, Mo., for “Accountable Leaders for Worker and Environmental Safety,” a multidisciplinary program focused on advancing workplace violence prevention, workforce well-being and …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services transitioned Form CMS-10455 — Report of a Hospital Death Associated With the Use of Restraint or Seclusion — from the Qualtrics platform to the iQIES platform, effective Sept. 21.Hospitals and …

The Missouri Hospital Association prepared an analysis illustrating the financial effect of the federal fiscal year 2027 final updates to the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System. The analysis does not include effects caused …

As directed under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must collect private payer rates from applicable laboratories, which would establish a market-based methodology used to calculate …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced an effort to reduce fraud, waste and abuse in the federal Health Insurance Marketplace. Through the effort of the CMS Federally Facilitated Exchange anti-fraud coordination group, CMS is …

The third-quarter federal fiscal year 2026 inpatient and outpatient databases, including HIDI-reporting hospitals in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas City, Kan., now are available for download to subscribers of the Premier Data Package on HIDI …

Two state lawmakers visited with leaders and staff of Ray County Hospital and Healthcare in Richmond, Mo., this week. Sen. Kurtis Gregory, R-Marshall, and Rep. Terry Thompson, R-Lexington, toured the hospital’s inpatient unit and emergency …