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Higher minimum wage movement picks up pace with KC-area hospitals

By Madison Parry

Another metro hospital joins other health care providers in the area in raising its minimum wage. North Kansas City Hospital and its subsidiary Meritas Health plan to raise their wage this month, the third hospital in the region over the last two months to do so.

A spreading trend at hospitals in the Kansas City region has been raising the minimum wage.

Image courtesy North Kansas City Hospital

This week, North Kansas City Hospital and its subsidiary, Meritas Health, announced it will be raising its minimum wage to $15 per hour. The raise will take effect this month.

North Kansas City joins two other metro hospitals within the last two months that have announced a similar raise.

“We value all our employees and the incredible work they do on behalf of those we serve,” North Kansas City Hospital CEO Dr. Reintjes Sr. said. “Providing a more equitable minimum base wage is the right thing to do.”

NKCH and Meritas Health employees, including patient care technicians, transporters, receptionists, dietary and environmental services workers, and other staff at the hospital and Meritas Health locations, will benefit from this wage increase, according to a news release from the hospital.