Healthcare and Insurance
Posted July 10, 2024 North Kansas City Hospital has named Dr. Collin Lovitt as the new medical staff president. Lovitt began her one-year term on July 1, according to a release Monday. In her new role, she will be a…
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Posted July 10, 2024 A report from the Long-Term Care Community Coalition shows over one-fourth of Kansas’ nursing holmes have been designated as problem facilities due to a lack of quality care. The U.S. Nursing Home Ratings & Info report…
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Posted July 2, 2024 The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has named Dr. Jennifer Gerton, as its new dean. Gerton joined the Stowers Institute in 2002 as an investigator. Her research focuses on chromosome organization and…
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Posted July 2, 2024 The Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute announced the formation of a new cancer program, allowing for more services for residents in the Northland. The new cancer program will expand to the campus of Saint Luke's North Hospital,…
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Posted July 1, 2024 Liberty Hospital has now officially joined the University of Kansas Health System and will soon begin an integration process for staff. News of both hospitals officially finalizing a partnership agreement was made during a livestream update…
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Posted June 26, 2024 HCA Midwest Health announced Kirk McCarty is the next chief executive officer for Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park. McCarty has been CEO of Menorah Medical Center, effective June 1. McCarty rejoins HCA Midwest Health from…
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Posted June 25, 2024 HCA Midwest Health has appointed Katie Bruels as the new chief nursing executive for the healthcare provider. According to a release published Tuesday, Bruels has been active in her new role effective June 17. Bruels, most…
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Posted June 5, 2024 HCA Midwest Health has named Dr. Eric Benink, a 25-year physician leader veteran, as chief medical officer. Benink began his new role effective June 1, according to a release Tuesday. He now oversees clinical quality and…
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Posted June 4, 2024 Updated at 11:57 a.m., June 5, 2024 Citing high regulation and financial pressure, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City announced it will exit the Medicare Advantage market at the end of 2024. The not-for-profit…
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Posted June 4, 2024 Overland Park-based Patheous Health Inc. has acquired DianosTEX, an onsite dysphagia imaging provider in the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas market. Patheous Health, which offers mobile dysphagia imaging services, first announced the acquisition of DianosTEX, according…
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