Tribal members in Oklahoma are testing positive for COVID-19 more than other Native Americans across the country.
Muscogee Nation Health Secretary Shawn Terry said COVID cases in his tribe are getting worse by the day. Our positive rates today are in the upper teens probably somewhere around 16 -17% positivity rates, which is a lot higher than what we would like to see it, said Terry.
According the Indian Health Service, tribal members in the Oklahoma, Kansas area have the highest positivity rate in the county - at nearly 13%. We ve had a very similar increase as the state, explained IHS director Travis Watts.
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Saint Francis
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma said Wednesday that negotiations with Saint Francis Health System had failed and, as a result, Saint Francis will leave the network on July 29th. After months of negotiation in good faith with Saint Francis Health System, BCBSOK and Saint Francis were unable to reach an agreement that would protect Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma members and customers from future cost increases as the hospital system continues to grow and expand, the insurer said in a statement.
The split, first reported by KTUL, impacts all Saint Francis hospitals, off-campus locations, and all Laureate and Warren Clinic doctors and health care professionals, according to BCBSOK, which said Wednesday it was in the process of informing 59,000 member households of the situation.
Tulsa s Cancer Treatment Centers of America patient fighting to save facility
Tulsa s Cancer Treatment Centers of America patient fighting to save facility
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TULSA, Okla. â Patients at Cancer Treatment Centers of America Tulsa are scrambling to find new care. The facility is scheduled to close in less than two months.
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âIn all my life I have never had care like I have here, Estabrook said.
âI was circling the toilet, said CTCA patient, Bill. I was at stage four by the time I got here. Iâd be dead if it wasnât for these people.â