Even an ally of the county executive said the move 鈥渃onfirms that there is some chicanery going on here.鈥澛
The most expensive was BJC HealthCare. Barnes-Jewish charged private insurance over three times what Medicare paid for the same services.聽聽
The seemingly mundane business of choosing a health benefit administrator has聽turned into a politicized pressure campaign.
After years of mounting losses, a Creve Coeur-based operator of senior living communities filed for bankruptcy this week, a move it blamed on lower resident numbers, staffing shortages and inflation.
Letters sent this week caught fertility patients by surprise, they say.聽
Workers rallied at three St. Louis-area nursing homes Tuesday, complaining that despite some progress last year with a new ownership group, the union has reached a standstill in contract talks.
Providers worry that pregnant women faced with life-threatening conditions are not getting appropriate care because of the state鈥檚 ban.
Hospitals across the country 鈥 including two in St. Louis 鈥斅爃ave begun to incorporate learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic into their design.
Avadel secured the Food and Drug Administration's approval for its drug last spring, began selling it in summer, and in the first quarter of this year logged $27M in sales.
Staff at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital unsealed a time capsule from 1974 on Monday, revealing a collection of artifacts that ranged from the commonplace to the bizarre.
Parkland Health Center, which is part of the BJC HealthCare system, is the state's first 鈥 and so far, only 鈥 Rural Emergency Hospital.聽
鈥淭he need for more OB-GYNs is going to be at a crisis point here soon,鈥 McNicholas said.
Bayer withdrew from a state tax incentive program worth tens of millions of dollars. Two months later, the company rolled out a widespread restructuring plan.
Providers in the Metro East and Carbondale say calls have gone up, appointments have increased and more patients need assistance with the cost.
鈥淗ealth and Homes went silent all of a sudden,鈥 says one community resident who worked with the organization.聽
Louise Probst, who has led the St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition for more than 20 years, announced plans to retire at the end of the month.
The clinic, built as part of a nonprofit鈥檚 commitment to the area, did not have a full-time doctor based there for much of last year.聽
SSM Health has doubled the capacity of its emergency room in Wentzville, a move to improve safety and ramp up medical services in a growing county.
City officials said Friday that they have cleared out and boarded up the former Lutheran School of Nursing, which has sat vacant since the school shuttered almost two years ago.
Research shows patients do better when transfused with whole blood or blood products such as plasma and red blood cells instead of the saline, especially when miles away from a hospital.
A lawsuit filed against聽Northview Village Nursing Home 鈥 the St. Louis facility that closed abruptly one night in December聽鈥 will be delayed.
He also served nearly three years as dean of the St. Louis University School of Medicine beginning in January 2019, a pivotal time as he strengthened the school's partnerships with SSM Health hospitals and SLUCare physician practices.
Over the next few years, a St. Louis-based organ transplant agency will explore unmanned drones as a means of transporting test samples and medical supplies across Missouri.
Mercy opened an internal investigation after Pitt Development Group made allegations about the executive, including that he was involved in the 鈥渟exual exploitation of women.鈥
About 70 pharmacists and advocates gathered outside Express Scripts headquarters Friday, voicing wide-ranging complaints about the company and its peers.
The $40 million rehabilitation facility is the fourth in the St. Louis region operated by The Rehabilitation Institute, a partnership between Encompass Health and BJC HealthCare.
Last year, looking to capitalize on a booming Medicare Advantage business, health insurer Aetna offered new perks for seniors. Now the company has walked them back.
After a racially biased organ test is scrapped, transplant centers scramble to remedy past wrongs.
In two years, Washington University will launch a new school devoted to public health 鈥 and a Boston University epidemiologist will lead the charge.
Grand Manor, a St. Louis nursing home owned in part by the group behind Northview Village, sold this week. The new operator promises to provide quality care.