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Leiva, who works at Stone Mill Bakery, was moving the business’s vans to higher ground when the rain- swollen Jones Falls jumped its banks Saturday night and roared into the parking lot, sweeping up his Toyota Celica and other vehicles. “I can’t believe it,” said Leiva, who joined dozens of workers, business owners and residents surveying the flood’s aftermath Sunday…

“We really try our hardest to keep coverage affordable, but some of the costs are very difficult to manage when you have pharmacy companies going out with 800% increases on the price of their drugs in a year,” said Marti Lolli, senior vice president of commercial markets for Grand Rapids- based Priority Health, which is asking for an average 13.9% premium increase…

That’s a big deal because the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force influences insurance coverage and medical practice. Its draft guidance lends credence to the controversial 2014 recommendation of the American College of Physicians, which represents 148,000 internists. Even the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, an ardent fan of the…

July 31– Recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Orlando, Brussels and elsewhere have spurred more travelers to purchase cancellation insurance on their trips. The travel insurance comparison website Squaremouth.com told The Wall Street Journal that trip cancellation sales increased by 19 percent during the month after the attacks in Paris and Brussels.

July 31– SEBRING– Florida ranks 47th in child health, 44th in child economic wellbeing, 35th in the family and community category, and 30th in education. That’s according to the 2016 Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Child Well Being rankings. Highlands County may be doing worse.

Matt Bevin’s comprehensive plan to restructure Kentucky’s Medicaid system will be turned over to federal regulators Monday, signaling what could be considerable changes on the horizon for the state’s low-income health program. What those changes mean exactly for the 440,000 Kentuckians who enrolled in Medicaid under a nationwide expansion in 2014…

July 31– Monday marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Owensboro Fire Department. But with Owensboro growing, and fires getting worse, fire protection needed improving. “From what we have read, in the late 1850 s there was a series of fires downtown and the city decided to do some organizing,” said Owensboro Fire Chief Steve Mitchell.

“We really try our hardest to keep coverage affordable, but some of the costs are very difficult to manage when you have pharmacy companies going out with 800% increases on the price of their drugs in a year,” said Marti Lolli, senior vice president of commercial markets for Grand Rapids- based Priority Health, which is asking for an average 13.9% premium increase…

Amid her ongoing medical issues, she’s been unable to be approved for Medicaid. She can’t receive the kind of long-term care that Medicaid pays for. As Kansas works through a backlog of unprocessed Medicaid applications and tries to improve its KanCare call center, an increasing number of patients, providers and advocates have shared stories of frustration.

July 30– MORTON– A Yakima woman was injured in a rear-end crash on U.S. Highway 12 Friday night when the vehicle in which she was riding stopped for an elk and was struck by a pickup truck. Nicole J. Beaudoin, 35, of Seattle, was driving a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee west on U.S. Highway 12 at 9:47 p.m. about 35 miles east of Morton when she stopped for an elk in the roadway, the…

The lobby of the Healthcare Resort of Topeka would fool most people into thinking they had just checked into a nice spa or hotel. One of the first hints this isn’t your everyday rehabilitation and assisted living facility at 6202 S.W. 6th Ave. is the pub located just off the main lobby. The first floor of the 71,000- square-foot Healthcare Resort of Topeka, which is…

July 30– LAS CRUCES– J. Sumer Rose-Nolen, of Las Cruces, has been named a member of the 2016 executive council of New York Life Insurance Company. Members of the executive council are among the most successful of New York Life’s sales force of 12,000 licensed agents, according to a news release. Rose-Nolen has been a New York Life Agent since 2014, and is associated…

July 30– For some Frederick County patients on Medicare, finding a doctor has become a challenge. About half of the county’s 103 health care providers at family medicine practices take new Medicare patients, according to Dr. The county health department and Frederick Memorial Hospital keep lists of local doctors who take new Medicare patients, but those lists…

July 30– COLUMBIA, Mo.– Eric Fitch scored on a wild pitch in the top of the sixth inning as Webb City nipped Harrison County 5-4 Friday night in the opening game of the Missouri Little League Baseball State Tournament at Columbia Insurance Group Sports Park. Webb City advances to the winners’ bracket final at 5 p.m. today against DeSoto, which beat Jefferson City 5-4 in…

July 30– The family of an 80- year-old Memphis woman who was killed in a two-car crash last summer in Whitehaven is seeking $5 million in damages from the city claiming police and firefighters were negligent in their handling and investigation of the accident. Last year, three months after the death of their mother, Grose’s children hired Memphis Mayor Jim…

In less than five years, Medicaid managed-care company Centene says two office high-rises– one 28 stories, the other 34 stories– and some 2,000 employees will be new additions to downtown Clayton. About 1,000 of those employees will come from consolidating Centene’s existing operations within Missouri, where it currently employs some 2,900 people.

July 30– MIDLAND– A borough firefighter is trying to raise money for three families who recently lost their homes in a fire. Michael Caler said he was among many firefighters at the scene July 14 when three Midland Avenue homes burned. “Midland’s like a town that’s kind of going downhill,” said Caler, who has worked in the borough for the past year but has been a…

July 30– ST. LOUIS COUNTY– The name recognition and goodwill Rick Stream picked up during his near-miss race for county executive two years ago could give him an edge in his current bid to win a state Senate seat. Meanwhile, Mark Boyko and Stephen Eagleton– a nephew of the late U.S. Sen. The Senate seat is up for grabs because Republican incumbent Eric Schmitt of…

ONEIDA/ COOPERSTOWN- On June 1, Bassett Healthcare Network and Oneida Healthcare announced their intention to pursue a partnership agreement While both organizations will remain independent entities with their own boards of directors, they say the partnership will provide opportunities to exchange best practices, reduce operating costs, and provide…