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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, …

Check out these leadership changes from hospitals around the state for the month of October 2026:Lakeland Behavioral Health System Names Justin Hoover As Interim CEO Justin Hoover has been named interim CEO of Lakeland Behavioral Health System in …

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 …

The Missouri Department of Social Services announced three Rural Health Transformation Program investments this week, totaling more than $45.6 million.The largest award, approximately $35 million, will fund 20 rural hospital projects through the …

Each year, the Missouri Hospital Association collaborates with hospitals, EMS agencies, local public health organizations, and other state preparedness partners to review the protocols used to report and monitor respiratory virus illness impacts on …

The Alliance for Performance Excellence and Communities of Resilience and Excellence will host the 2026 Baldrige Conference: The Rhythm of Excellence on Monday, Oct. 12, and Tuesday, Oct. 13, in New Orleans.More than 30 speakers — including many …

On Sept. 17, health officials identified the first measles case in St. Louis County in 20 years, involving an individual who is fully vaccinated and had recently traveled out of state.The case comes as the Missouri Department of Health and Senior …

The Missouri Hospital Association has made available a summary and analysis of the federal fiscal year 2027 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System final payment and policy updates. The analysis includes the financial effects of market basket …

The MO HealthNet Division announced that effective Sept. 16, responsibility for provider enrollment currently under the Missouri Medicaid Audit and Compliance Division will move under MO HealthNet. This move is intended to streamline and improve …

The Missouri Hospital Association released an analysis that illustrates the financial effect of the federal fiscal year 2027 Medicare final Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System rule. LTCH PPS hospitals in Missouri are projected to …

Check out these leadership changes from hospitals around the state for the month of September 2026:SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – Jefferson City Names Dr. John Lucio As CEODr. John Lucio has been named CEO of SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – …

Twenty-three independent Missouri hospitals have joined together to form the Show-Me High Value Network, a new statewide collaboration focused on strengthening local health care, improving quality and care coordination, and advancing value-based …

One need look no further than the faces in the hallways of our hospital organizations to find the meaning of our work. They are faces of compassion and purpose, directed toward improving lives, health, and care for the individuals and communities we …

Sen. Stephen Webber, Rep. Kathy Steinhoff and Rep. Gregg Bush toured MU Health Care on Sept. 8 to learn more about the health system's efforts to expand access to care and address critical health care needs in mid-Missouri. During the visit, …

The Missouri Hospital Association prepared an analysis that illustrates the financial effect of the FFY 2027 final Medicare inpatient rehabilitation facility PPS rule. This analysis, which is available online for authorized users of HIDI Advantage®, …

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued a health alert encouraging health care providers to remain aware of increased measles activity across the Midwest and review existing measles response plans.Missouri is not currently …

MedPAC released a summary of an analysis that contains information about health care spending and trends in Medicare expenditures. Key findings include: Medicare spends approximately 14% more for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries than for comparable …