Missouri's Medicaid program is preparing to centralize management of pharmaceutical benefits for some 850,000 beneficiaries across the state. Previously, managed care plans managed the pharmacy an…
Economic forces have put pressure on the budgets of Missouri and Kansas, putting health reforms in the backseat for 2009. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon wants to restore some residents cut from Medicaid in 2…
Kansas City is the new home of a major pilot initiative for value-based insurance design, with major employers pulling together to gather and evaluate data needed to calculate results of VBID moves.
The end of private fee-for-service Medicare plans by 2011 has health plans moving to re-shape their Medicare Advantage strategies, building networks where it makes sense to do so, or retreating from s…
Summary Healthcare reform fizzled out in both Kansas and Missouri in the past legislative sessions. A legislative revolt from his own party forced Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt to back off his Insure Misso…
Consumer-driven health plans are beginning to make inroads in the small-group market of Kansas-Missouri. The largest plan in Missouri, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, has a significant portion of i…