Allergy testing costs have been reduced for managed care patients. Utilization of skin testing has been reduced from 55 percent of patients to 34 percent with no reduction in patient satisfaction or outcome.

High levels of pollen and mold greatly affect child allergies and asthma.  The National Allergy Bureau recognizes Children's Mercy Hospital as a certified counting station for pollen and mold.  Click here to see the pollen and mold counts for Kansas City.

The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology has selected Children’s Mercy as a site for developing asthma disease management tools.

Our increasing emphasis on primary care treatment of child asthma continues to drive down inpatient stays and emergency care visits for the patient population of one local health plan. Asthma care costs have decreased by 37 percent for patients in the plan. In contrast, utilization by other asthmatic patients has increased by 4 percent and asthma care costs have decreased by 2.5 percent.