COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 9 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 8, 2024: * * * Court Cases Could Shape the Future of U.S. Health Care, Panelists Say By Alander Rocha U.S. health care policy is increasingly being shaped by the court system, panelists agreed during a June 7 session at Health Journalism 2024 in New York City. POLITICO health care reporter Alice Miranda Ollstein started the conversation about pending court cases that could affect  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 9 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 8, 2024: * * * Maryland Hospital Payment Model Cuts Costs and Improves Quality of Care By Joseph Burns Unlike most states, Maryland pays for hospital services using annual hospital budgets that are set in advance, fundamentally changing how hospitals are paid. The majority of hospitals in all other states are paid for each service delivered, a method that provides an incentive to  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 10 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 9, 2024: * * * Why New Tools for Fighting Malaria Need More Media Coverage By Tara Haelle During my research on the reasons why health reporters should be covering malaria, I spoke with William Moss, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Moss, an expert particularly in malaria and measles. He highlighted three big reaso  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 9 [Category: Business] -- The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued the following news: The Missouri Chamber PAC announced its support of 18 candidates for seats in the Missouri General Assembly ahead of the primary election on August 6, 2024. The endorsed candidates are: Senate District 3: Mike Henderson Senate District 9: Barbara Washington Senate District 21: Kurtis Gregory Senate District 23: Phil Christofanelli Senate District 27: Jamie Burge  more