Healthcare and Insurance
Posted October 8, 2025 StaffDNA, a healthcare staffing firm headquartered in Plano, Texas, announced it has acquired certain assets from Lenexa-based Ethos Medical Staffing. This acquisition includes a database of allied professionals and travel nurses currently employed in thirteen states,…
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Posted October 6, 2025 Head & Neck Surgery of Kansas City is adding a fourth location to its operations following the retirement of Dr. F. Parker Thornton. Head & Neck Surgery of Kansas City has announced its next expansion at…
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Posted October 1, 2025 St. Louis-based BJC Health System has appointed Nick Barto as its new president and chief executive officer. Barto brings more than 30 years of health care and operations experience to his role. Barto will now lead…
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Posted September 24, 2025 Children’s Mercy researchers have found a breakthrough that can improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosing genetic conditions in children. Children’s Mercy announced on Monday that it has developed a single, advanced long-read sequencing (LRS) test…
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Posted September 24, 2025 The Olathe Planning Commission has approved AdventHealth’s request to rezone 4 acres for the construction of a new medical office building. The planning commission voted to rezone the site, located at 14354 W. 119th Street, from…
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Posted September 10, 2025 NKC Health has been granted $8 million from entrepreneurs Dave and Jamie Cummings. This gift will support facility expansion, state-of-the-art diagnostic technology and pioneering treatment programs in the health system. Dave was born at NKC Health…
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Posted September 3, 2025 Eurofins Viracor plans to build a custom-built 96,000 square foot facility at its Lenexa headquarters for its biopharmaceutical division. The new facility is scheduled for completion in September, according to a release. In 2020, Eurofins Viracor…
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Posted September 3, 2025 Aria Care Partners has named Dr. Adam Fritz as its chief clinical officer, a newly created position for the company. In this role, Dr. Fritz will direct the company's overall clinical program for skilled nursing facilities…
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Posted August 27, 2025 HCA Midwest Health announced Patrick Rafferty is the new chief executive officer at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence. Rafferty took on his new role effective in July. He most recently served as the CEO of Overland…
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Posted August 19, 2025 Research College of Nursing has appointed Dr. Amy Townsend as its new president. In her new role, Townsend will lead strategic academic planning and oversee all undergraduate and graduate programs for the institution, according to a…
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