Healthcare and Insurance
Posted July 9, 2025 NKC Health has announced its first new leadership appointment following the health system’s rebrand, with Dr. Ian Rosbrugh named as the medical staff president. Rosbrugh began his new one-year term for the new role on July…
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Posted July 3, 2025 Children’s Mercy announced that Dr. Clark Andrew Bonham will become the new director of the hospital’s transplant center. Bonham will now serve Children’s Mercy as the Director of the Division of Transplant Surgery and Director of…
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Posted June 25, 2025 BJC Health System today announced that CEO Rich Liekweg will retire effective October 1, and the health system’s current president, Nick Barto, will succeed him. With a career of over 40 years, Liekweg spent 16 years…
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Posted June 25, 2025 NextStage Clinical Research announced it is opening and operating a new clinical research site network center in Kansas City. The research site is now active with NextStage team members already in place, according to a release.…
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Posted June 17, 2025 Lenexa-based Johnson County Clin Trials announced it has appointed Dan White as its new chief executive officer. Established in 2005, Johnson County Clin Trials was co-founded by Nathan Arthur and Mazen Zari, who served as co-CEOs…
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Posted June 16, 2025 Updated June 20, 2025 at 9:19 a.m. Overland Park Regional Medical Center is requesting $60 million in bonds for the construction and development of an expansion to its campus, which was previously approved in 2012. Overland…
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Posted June 12, 2025 Updated June 13, 2025 at 3:23 p.m. North Kansas City Hospital and Meritas Health have been rebranded under one unified name, NKC Health. The transition to the brand will commence over the next 12 to 24…
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Posted June 4, 2025 Overland Park-based Lucet announced it has acquired Emcara Health, an in-home care solutions provider based in Tennessee. Lucet acquired Emcara to address a growing need for integrated care models that align with co-occurring chronic conditions and…
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Posted May 29, 2025 AdventHealth Lenexa City Center, slated to open in July, has named Dr. Mark Brady as its chief medical officer. Brady has served for the past 27 years as a physician anesthesiologist for Midwest Anesthesia Associates on…
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Posted May 27, 2025 The University of Kansas Health System broke ground on its new cancer center, one of the largest funded projects the system has received. The groundbreaking, held on May 23, featured University of Kansas Cancer Center physicians…
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