Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once CMS approves the budget, Missouri will still need legislative appropriation before the federal funds can be spent (Ariel ...

Sedalia's newest effort to help its most vulnerable residents appears to be a win: a building with the area’s most crucial social service providers all under one roof, available throughout the week on ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe and the Missouri Department of Social Services announced Wednesday that Missouri submitted its Rural Health Transformation plan to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Those who live in rural Missouri see 12.6 percent of the population without health insurance. In addition, 42 percent of the 161 licensed hospitals in the state are in rural ...

Missouri lawmakers are back in Jefferson City, and health care is a hot topic on both sides of the aisle. Takeaways Missouri lawmakers have returned to Jefferson City for the 2026 legislative session, ...

Families of Missourians with developmental disabilities are urging legislators to protect a Medicaid program that allows them to manage their loved ones’ care as the state faces billions of dollars in ...

Missouri Department of Mental Health Director Valerie Huhn told lawmakers that while the reductions would impact families, the spending reductions would preserve the state's ability to offer these ...

Missouri will receive more than $216 million under a sweeping federal rural health initiative, a substantial investment aimed at stabilizing and modernizing care in rural communities. The state ...