COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 22 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: Federal officials are acknowledging that patient safety indicators still haven't rebounded since the pandemic as two new reports stoke concern about a downturn in the quality of care. On the bright side, tracking data show recent improvement in safety indicators, Michelle Schreiber, M.D., director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Measurement and Value-Based Incen  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 22 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: One of the biggest health care stories of the year broke in February when an employee of pharmaceutical maker Johnson & Johnson (J&J) filed a lawsuit against the company and its Pension and Benefits Committee. Any hidden reasons behind the rising costs of employers' and workers' health care and prescription drugs should be covered widely, and the J&J lawsuit could be the first of many against   more

CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, March 22 -- The National Corn Growers Association issued the following news: A multi-state coalition of biofuel and farm advocates, including the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and many state corn advocates, called on President Biden's Treasury Department to swiftly resolve any questions standing in the way of efforts to scale up U.S. production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Specifically, they urged the administration to quickly adopt the U.S. Department of En  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 21 [Category: Business] -- The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued the following news: Lawmakers return to work on Monday after their annual spring break. In these final eight weeks, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry's governmental affairs team will be at the Capitol for long hours fighting for your business. Employers - We need your voice. Please review the issues below and use the links to contact your legislators on the bills that mat  more