INGRAM'S • September 2011 • Volume 37, No. 9

Features


Rainmakers
Who is getting the job done as top producers on the Kansas City business scene? Meet the 2011 Rainmakers.

Saving Private Practice
Like the private medical practice, family practices are under increasing pressure to change. Can they be saved?


Top Doctors
Like those who have gone before them as Ingram’s Top Doctors, here are 12 physicians who set a standard for pinnacle delivery of health care.


Health Insurance Trends
These are busy days for folks in the insurance industry, and there’s more to that than health-care reform.


Performance Counts
Gov. Jay Nixon calls for dramatic change with performanced-based budgeting.


Life-Science Life-Saver?
Much is riding on the continued success of the region’s life-sciences sector.


Higher Education Industry Outlook Report

MBA and graduate studies program deans from around the bi-state region gather to reflect on the vitality and importance of their piece of higher
education.



COLUmns

BUSINESS & COMMERCE

Sales Moves

The savvy sales pro knows that e-mail is NOT by itself a sales pitch. Follow these tips to avoid the “Delete” response.


Of Counsel
There’s a lot more than health care reform tied up in health-care reforms, as business owners are finding out.


Small Business Adviser
Business owners who are reluctant to make full-time hires in this environment have other options open to them.

 


General Editorial

PERSPECTIVES

Editor's Note
Big 12... 10, 9, 8, 7, 6...


Between the Lines

If you really want to appreciate what works with U.S. health care, try spending a few days in the hospital.



 

 


Special Sections


Destination Kansas City
Welcome to World-Class Kansas City:
The Center of Commerce, Innovation and Entrepreneurship


Welcome to Kansas City—Both of Them!
Welcome to a Greater Kansas City
One Word for Kansas City's Economy: Stability
As Economy Improves, Kansas City is Primed for a Logistics Surge
Transportation
Distribution
International Trade

Greater KC Economic Development Report
Imagining the Entrepreneurial City
Cost of Living
Real Estate Values
Infrastructure: Doing Business in Kansas City
KC's Digital Diet Will Soon Be High in Fiber
Health Care and the Life Sciences
Education
Prime Location
Key Communities
A Productive Work Force
Business Climate and Economic Conditions
Leading Industries
Quality of Life
Hospitality and Tourism
Entertainment and Culture

 


Best Lawyers in Kansas City
The 2011 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America serving the greater Kansas City area.

 



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