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Missouri spent $25 million on staffing and antibody treatments to help hospitals. The contract was marred by no-shows and ‘exorbitant’ costs.
Fewer hospitals signed on to receive staff than the Department of Health and Senior Services anticipated. Within the first few weeks, some hospitals faced no-shows, while the company’s hourly rates — up to $215 an hour for some nurses and $550 an hour for doctors — were too high for other hospitals to afford after state funds ran out.
Missouri allocated $11M for vaccine gift cards. Most health departments said no thanks
As the delta variant ran rampant this summer, Missouri officials pleaded with the federal government to allow a $100 gift card program to incentivize COVID-19 vaccines. The problem: Hospitals largely weren’t interested.
‘Soooo frustrating:’ Infighting, bad predictions hindered Missouri response to Delta surge
Dr. Robin Trotman had an inkling his Springfield hospital system was experiencing a harbinger of what was to come. It was late June, and CoxHealth was seeing an influx of COVID-19 patients who had already been vaccinated, as the highly contagious Delta variant spread unchecked through the region.