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Two Australians created Mental Health First Aid in 2001. Since then, millions of people have taken classes in how to help someone in a mental health crisis.

Wash U professor’s work leads federal officials to listen to mental health patients

Sarah Fentem

Hospitals don’t include mental health patients in federal standardized surveys of adults after they’re discharged. Washington University professor Morgan Shields and her colleagues teamed up with mental health advocates to fight for hospitals to survey those who receive behavioral health care.

Since March, 3,762 nursing home residents in St. Louis County have contracted the coronavirus and 593 have died, accounting for nearly 60% of all COVID-19 deaths countywide.

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Missouri and Illinois nursing homes rank last in hours of care residents receive

Chad Davis

Missouri and Illinois rank last in the nation in hours of care nursing home residents receive from workers each day. Advocates for nursing home residents say the Biden administration's plans to call for increased staffing could help residents.

Enrollment for Missouri Medicare begins Tuesday and lasts until early December.

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Missouri Medicare Patients Could Save Money This Enrollment Season By Switching Plans

Sarah Fentem

Health officials are urging Missouri’s 1.2 million Medicare enrollees to research new plans to save money during this year’s open enrollment.Enrollment in…

The Kansas City provider Center for Developmentally Disabled has one of the lowest reimbursement rates in the state, according to its own 2018 analysis. CEO Sarah Mudd said this affects staff turnover.

Missouri Looking To Fix 'Disastrous' Pay System For Developmentally Disabled Care

Aviva Okeson-Haberman

Missouri's methods of reimbursing community providers who care for people with developmental disabilities are complex, confusing and conflict with...

Julie Brookhart detailed a new law that changed Medicare cards to prevent identity theft.

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Medicare card changes, open enrollment ends Dec. 7

Lara Hamdan

On Thursday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed a recent law regarding Medicare – new cards are being issued that exclude Social Security…

Barnes Jewish Hospital, as seen from the campus of Saint Louis University Hospital. Both are Level I trauma centers, and treat hundreds of gunshot wounds a year.

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Barnes-Jewish, SLU hospitals rank high on price, low on quality; critics call rating unfair

Sarah Fentem

St. Louis’ most expensive hospitals don’t provide the best quality care, according to a new report from the St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition.The…

Lacy Seward, social services coordinator for the Monroe City Manor. Medicaid cuts proposed by Senate Republicans could hit hard in this small town, that helped vote them into office.

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Small Missouri town went for Trump, now some fear health care overhaul

MONROE CITY, MO. — The closest emergency room is 20 miles east on the highway. That’s why it isn’t unusual for people experiencing heart attacks, blood…

Van Tyler checks a list of names and addresses while delivering meals in Jennings for the Mid-East Area Agency on Aging in June, 2016.

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GOP’s American Health Care Act doesn’t account for aging population, providers say

States with rapidly aging populations, like Missouri, are seeing increased costs to Medicaid programs that cover low-income residents.But the Republicans'…

Keith Carter, 53, waits to pick up a prescription for diabetes at Affinia Healthcare in St. Louis. Though he falls in the income gap, he's able to get his preventive care covered through Gateway to Better Health.

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Checking in on a few of the thousands living in Missouri’s Medicaid gap

At any given time, a half dozen people sit in the waiting room at Affinia Healthcare in south St. Louis. Two parents coo over a new baby, while a group of…

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Cheapest hip replacement in Missouri? Here’s a place to look that up

Given the intricacies of individual insurance plans, co-pays and hospitals' calculations to determine how much to charge for care, it is no simple feat to…