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MSHP Announces Procedures For Collection And Storage Of Unreported Sexual Assault Kits
Regional Health Commission, Legal Services Of Eastern Missouri Host Medicaid Expansion Forum
MLN Connects Provider eNews Available
CMS Announces Hospital Quality Reporting Webinar
Fulton Medical Center Names New CEO
Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St. Louis Names Interim CEO
Staff Contact: Amy Schwartz or Sarah Willson
The Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Laboratory issued a letter to inform medical providers of the procedures for collection and storage of unreported sexual assault kits. Unreported kits will be stored for five years or until the sexual assault is reported to law enforcement, whichever comes first. The unreported sexual assault kits can be delivered to any of the eight MSHP labs detailed in the letter.
Staff Contact: Brian Kinkade
The St. Louis Regional Health Commission and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri is hosting a Facebook Live presentation on Medicaid expansion in Missouri at 2 p.m. CST Thursday, Nov. 12. LSEM’s director of advocacy Joel Ferber and RHC’s medical director and primary care physician Dr. Heidi Miller will discuss what the expansion will mean for low-income citizens and the larger community.
Staff Contact: Andrew Wheeler
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued updates to MLN Connects Provider eNews. eNews includes information about national provider calls, meetings, events, announcements and other MLN educational product updates. The latest issue provides updates and summaries of the following.
Staff Contact: Sherry Buschjost
A Hospital Quality Reporting webinar, “Cyberattacks in Healthcare,” is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 18. The event is offered at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., and will review security standards, case studies and strategies to help protect electronic protected health information data and reduce breaches, cyberattacks and ransomware. Registration is required; attendance is capped at 3,000 participants for each webinar.
Staff Contact: Carol Boessen
Melinda Hays-Kirkwood was named CEO at Fulton Medical Center, effective Nov. 2. She replaces David-Paul Cavazos who served as interim CEO since June. Hays-Kirkwood also serves as the chief people officer for Noble Health Corporation and as executive director of Noble People. Before joining Noble Health Corporation, she was the CEO, and former COO and director of human resources for Decatur County General Hospital in Tennessee. She has worked in health care for 30 years serving in varying positions of management, business development and human resources. She understands the complexities and challenges of rural health care and how health care has changed.
Staff Contact: Carol Boessen
Joseph Koehler has been named interim CEO of Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St. Louis, effective Thursday, Nov. 12. He succeeds Jerry Rumph who served as CEO since September 2018. Rumph accepted the CEO role at OSF Saint Anthony’s Health Center in Alton, Ill., effective Monday, Nov. 16.