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Opioid settlement payouts will be made to thousands of communities across the country over 18 years. Payouts in the Kansas City metropolitan area so far have ranged from $2.4 million to Kansas City, Missouri, to Kansas City to $4,500 to Westwood, Kansas.
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Missouri's prescription drug monitoring database went online last week. Health workers will now need to enter patient information into a statewide database when they dispense opioids and other controlled substances.
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With demand high for new COVID vaccines, some CVS pharmacies around the Kansas City area weren't able to give out shots because of a pharmacist walkout. Organizers are demanding better working conditions and said that extremely limited staffing puts CVS pharmacists and patients at risk.
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Both Kansas and Missouri have seen the number of overdose deaths attributed to synthetic opioids like fentanyl increase dramatically in the last several years. The U.S.'s drug czar urged people to carry Naloxone to counteract opioid overdoses in a visit to the Midwest last week.
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Health insurers and medical providers are at odds over who's responsible for the supply of expensive infusion drugs to treat lupus and cancer.
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Centene showers politicians with millions as it courts contracts and settles overbilling allegationsOne of America's richest companies, which helps manage prescription drugs in the Kansas Medicaid program and settled with the state for $27.6 million over misconduct, has made hefty campaign donations to candidates in the Midwest and beyond.
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Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration officially declared a nationwide shortage of the prescription drug Adderall.
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Under the newly signed Missouri bill, “lawfully” dispensing or prescribing ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine cannot be the basis for disciplinary action.
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The Kansas City Police Department says officers have seen an increase in accidental fentanyl-related overdoses in individuals ages 15 to 24.
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Kansas is one of just a few states without a good Samaritan law that encourages people to call 911 when they witness a drug overdose, and it doesn’t permit syringe service programs that provide sterile injection equipment.
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Evidence is mounting that good Samaritan laws save lives. Kansas is one of just a few states without a law to encourage people to call 911 if a friend is overdosing.
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Health care spending is growing a lot faster than inflation and per-capita income. But it's not because we're getting tons more care. It's because prices rise so fast.