Don’t risk a gap in your Medicaid or CHIP coverage. Get ready to renew now. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Congress ruled that people receiving healthcare coverage under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) must receive continuous coverage – meaning you couldn’t be kicked off the program during the public health emergency. …
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In honor of Black History Month, Swope Health hosts a series of community discussions, featuring Black leaders in Kansas City. All events are free, online, and open to all. Each of the events are recorded and available for replay. Eric Wesson Replay: https://youtu.be/NY9nq1lBNZs Wesson grew up in Kansas City in the 1960s, thumbing …
We are in the midst of flu season in Kansas City and the nation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there have been 24 million illnesses nationwide, with 260,000 hospitalizations and 16,000 deaths from the flu. The best way to fight the spread of the flu is by taking the influenza vaccination, …
Swope Health announces a new edition of its podcast, One on One with Swope Health, featuring Ardie Bland, Veterans Law and Municipal Court Judge for the 16th Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri – Kansas City Municipal Division. Judge Bland presided over Missouri’s first Veterans Treatment Court. Eric Wesson, managing editor and publisher of The Call, …
Swope Health’s campaign, This is What Healthy Feels Like, was honored with a Silver Telly Award for creative excellence in local/regional advertising. The campaign was produced with Dobies Health Marketing, a Kansas City-based marketing and branding firm focused on healthcare. The television spot and integrated campaign were designed to communicate the Swope Health promise and …
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Swope Health announces a new edition of its podcast, One on One with Swope Health, with host Eric Wesson interviewing Gwendolyn Grant, the president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City. Grant is a native of Kansas City who has long been recognized as a passionate and strong voice advocating for social …
Swope Health announces a new edition of its podcast, One on One with Swope Health, with host Eric Wesson interviewing Ruth Ramsey, publisher of Our Health Matters™, a monthly health publication focused on Kansas City. Ruth is an entrepreneur, founding her business Ramsey & Associates Design in 1989. She launched the print and digital magazine …
Our Health Matters Launches Special Edition Focused on Black Men Our Health Matters (TM) announces a special edition titled “Black Men Speak: Health, Strength, and Hope” available on November 19, 2022. Jeron Ravin, J.D., President and CEO of Swope Health, joins Our Health Matters as a lead sponsor and Editorial Director to ensure that this …
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Swope Health will host a free giveaway of family essential items and foods, including Thanksgiving turkeys while supplies last, from 9 am to noon on Saturday at Swope Health Central. The event will provide household cleaning supplies, toiletries, blankets and socks, and food boxes. The event is a drive-through giveaway, providing for up to two …
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In the latest edition of the Swope Health podcast, One on One with Swope Health, host Eric Wesson interviews Dr. Jennifer Collier, the interim superintendent of the Kansas City Public School District. Dr. Collier has served as an educator in the KC Public Schools for more than 23 years, as a teacher, assistant principal, and …
