ST. LOUIS, August 3, 2021 – RHC community partner, the St. Louis Integrated Health Network (IHN), provided an editorial to the St. Louis American this week voicing support for the medical and lay professionals that have cared for our communities’ health and wellbeing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The RHC supports this message.
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In the St. Louis region, hundreds of people with bullet-related injuries are treated on an outpatient basis and directly released from the emergency department (ED) each year.
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PrepareSTL’s four-day Living Well Summit kicks off tonight! This event is an opportunity for the community to recenter after the pandemic has impacted everyone mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially.
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In the St. Louis region, many individuals with serious mental illness and substance use disorder are not being adequately treated, resulting in an increased number of encounters in emergency departments (EDs) and the criminal justice system.
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ST. LOUIS, July 7, 2021 – St. Louis Regional Health Commission CEO, Angela Brown, provided a guest column to The St. Louis American on Missouri Medicaid expansion. The fate of Medicaid expansion implementation is now in the hands of the courts, when it should have stayed in the hands of Missourians. This fight for expansion…
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Riisa Rawlins-Easley, Chief of Staff for the St. Louis Regional Health Commission, stopped by FOX 2 to share information on PrepareSTL’s upcoming “Living Well Summit”.
Read MoreRHC Commissioner and Provider Services Advisory Board Chair, Dr. Fred Rottnek, was interviewed by KMOV about the passage of a statewide prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) during Missouri’s 2021 legislative session.
Read MoreIn an article from The St. Louis American, the RHC’s Medical Director Dr. Heidi B. Miller, chimed in on the Senate’s vote against providing the necessary funding to expand Missouri’s Medicaid program.
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The St. Louis Regional Health Commission (RHC) strongly supports Senate Bill 64, which would allow any entity registered with the state to run syringe exchange programs.
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Read MoreMove From Comfort to Courage At one of our most recent patient advisory board meetings, the agenda included an update on Medicaid expansion. One of the representatives said, and I quote, “Yes, we need to talk about that. I’m mad.” Those words resonated with the other members of the board, as well as those of…
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