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Annika Merrilees Metro Hospital association president: Missouri鈥檚 health care staffing shortages will improve Annika Merrilees Local BJC HealthCare to combine with Kansas City-based Saint Luke鈥檚 Annika Merrilees , Steph Kukuljan | Post-Dispatch , Jacob Barker | Post-Dispatch Metro Citing 鈥榚normous鈥 cost difference, Anthem says no to imaging tests at hospitals By Samantha Liss 最新杏吧原创 Post-Dispatch Local Price sensitive? Health plans with no out-of-network benefits heat up in employer market By Samantha Liss 最新杏吧原创 Post-Dispatch Local BJC takeover of Farmington hospital stirs hope, worries By Samantha Liss 最新杏吧原创 Post-Dispatch 0 Comments The business news you need Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly. Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. 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BJC gets green light to combine with Kansas City health system BJC鈥檚 merger with Kansas City-based Saint Luke's will create a $10 billion health system spanning the state.聽 Leader steps down at 最新杏吧原创 health care business group Louise Probst, who has led the 最新杏吧原创 Area Business Health Coalition for more than 20 years, announced plans to retire at the end of the month. Most 最新杏吧原创 hospitals charge above 鈥榝air price,鈥 business group says The most expensive was BJC HealthCare. Barnes-Jewish charged private insurance over three times what Medicare paid for the same services.聽聽 A Swansea woman's health insurance saga: Breast cancer leads to bankruptcy Angie Salvador was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago. Her odyssey through the healthcare system led to bankruptcy.聽
Local Price sensitive? Health plans with no out-of-network benefits heat up in employer market By Samantha Liss 最新杏吧原创 Post-Dispatch
Metro Citing 鈥榚normous鈥 cost difference, Anthem says no to imaging tests at hospitals By Samantha Liss 最新杏吧原创 Post-Dispatch
Metro BJC, Saint Luke鈥檚 hospital merger would be one of the area鈥檚 largest. It may not be the last. Annika Merrilees
Metro Hospital association president: Missouri鈥檚 health care staffing shortages will improve Annika Merrilees
Local BJC HealthCare to combine with Kansas City-based Saint Luke鈥檚 Annika Merrilees , Steph Kukuljan | Post-Dispatch , Jacob Barker | Post-Dispatch
Metro Citing 鈥榚normous鈥 cost difference, Anthem says no to imaging tests at hospitals By Samantha Liss 最新杏吧原创 Post-Dispatch
Local Price sensitive? Health plans with no out-of-network benefits heat up in employer market By Samantha Liss 最新杏吧原创 Post-Dispatch
Jacob Barker | Post-Dispatch Reporter Author email Follow Jacob Barker | Post-Dispatch Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today
Who polices cross-market hospital mergers, like BJC鈥檚 tie-up with KC鈥檚 Saint Luke鈥檚? Without federal intervention, states are left to wrestle with the complex question of how to respond to such mergers.
As Cigna exits Missouri ACA marketplace, BJC says it is near a deal for new carrier BJC HealthCare is working to finalize an agreement for a new ACA coverage option, and will make an announcement this week, the health system said.
BJC gets green light to combine with Kansas City health system BJC鈥檚 merger with Kansas City-based Saint Luke's will create a $10 billion health system spanning the state.聽
Leader steps down at 最新杏吧原创 health care business group Louise Probst, who has led the 最新杏吧原创 Area Business Health Coalition for more than 20 years, announced plans to retire at the end of the month.
Most 最新杏吧原创 hospitals charge above 鈥榝air price,鈥 business group says The most expensive was BJC HealthCare. Barnes-Jewish charged private insurance over three times what Medicare paid for the same services.聽聽
A Swansea woman's health insurance saga: Breast cancer leads to bankruptcy Angie Salvador was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago. Her odyssey through the healthcare system led to bankruptcy.聽
